Abstract
I am honored to have been invited to participate with the editors of JQC to join in the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Journal. I think I got called on because I probably have had the longest opportunity to observe the dramatic growth in bringing quantitative analysis to criminology. My involvement started in 1966 when I was invited to lead the Task Force on Science and Technology for the President’s Crime Commission. 1 That was quite a challenge for someone who had an undergraduate degree in engineering physics and a PhD in operations research who protested that he knew nothing about crime or criminal justice, but accepted that risky invitation with the assurance that the Commission had lots of people around who had that expertise and could answer any questions. That was a golden opportunity to play ‘‘emperor’s clothes’’ and ask any probing questions however nao¨ve, and—little did I realize—launch a new career.
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