Brandon Welsh
Dean's Professor of Criminology; Director, Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study; Co-Director, Crime Prevention Lab
Dr. Brandon C. Welsh is the Dean’s Professor of Criminology in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, at Northeastern University. He serves as Director of the Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study and Co-Director of the Crime Prevention Lab. From 2022 to 2024, he was the Visiting Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
His research and teaching focus on the prevention of delinquency, crime, and interpersonal violence, as well as evidence-based social policy. He is the author or editor of 13 books, including Between Medicine and Criminology: Richard Cabot and the Making of the Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study (Oxford University Press, 2025).
Dr. Welsh holds a Ph.D. in Criminology from the University of Cambridge.
Books
- Welsh, B.C., Zane, S.N., & Podolsky, S.H. (2025). Between Medicine and Criminology: Richard Cabot and the Making of the Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Welsh, B.C., Zane, S.N., & Mears, D.P. (Eds.). (2024). The Oxford Handbook of Evidence-Based Crime and Justice Policy. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Piza, E.L., & Welsh, B.C. (Eds.). (2022). The Globalization of Evidence-Based Policing: Innovations in Bridging the Research-Practice Divide. New York: Routledge.
- Welsh, B.C. , Braga, A.A., & Bruinsma, G.J.N. (Eds.). (2013). Experimental Criminology: Prospects for Advancing Science and Public Policy . New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Welsh, B.C. , & Farrington, D.P. (Eds.). (2012). The Oxford Handbook of Crime Prevention . New York: Oxford University Press.
Articles
- Welsh, B.C., & Piza, E.L. (Eds.). Crime Prevention for Social Impact and Social Justice. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, in progress.
- Farrington, D.P., & Welsh, B.C. (Eds.). (2023). Cost-Benefit Analyses. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 33(2), 87-148.
- Welsh, B.C., Braga, A.A., & Bruinsma, G.J.N. (Eds.). (2015). Reimagining Broken Windows: From Theory to Policy. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 52(4), 447-629.
- Welsh, B.C., & Kleemans, E.R. (Eds.). (2015). Preventing Violence and Upholding Justice: Global Perspectives, Local Solutions. Crime, Law and Social Change, 64(4-5), 205-317.
- Welsh, B.C., & Farrington, D.P. (Eds.). (2007). What Works in Early Prevention? Victims and Offenders, 2(2), 103-225.
- Farrington, D.P., & Welsh, B.C. (Eds.). (2001). What Works in Preventing Crime? Systematic Reviews of Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Research. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 578, 1-173.
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Education
PhD, Criminology, University of Cambridge
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Contact
617.373.8078 b.welsh@northeastern.edu -
Address
401B Churchill Hall
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
