Editors’ Introduction to the Special Issue of the Annals Dedicated to the Renowned Criminologist Professor David Weisburd

Abstract

This special issue is dedicated to the renowned criminologist, Professor David Weisburd, to mark his transition to Emeritus status at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2022. An overview of Weisburd's achievements and contributions to the field of criminology could constitute a long and detailed paper, including his work on crime and place, policing and experimental criminology, and the numerous awards and prizes he has received over the years, such as the Stockholm Prize in Criminology and the Israel Prize. As described by the Academic Committee of the Rothschild Prize in Social Sciences (2002, iii), which Weisburd has also recently received: