Bo Jiang Ph.D. ’19 established the Dr. Gary LaFree Endowed Scholarship in Criminology and Criminal Justice in December 2024. This fund provides merit-based scholarships for undergraduate students in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences.
Distinguished University Professor Emeritus Gary LaFree joined UMD’s Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice in 2000, serving as its chair from 2018-2021. He was the Founding Director of UMD’s National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) and the Director of the Maryland Crime Research and Innovation Center (MCRIC).