Jin R. Lee
George Mason University
Current University
George Mason University
Research Areas
Cybercrime, cybersecurity, cyberpsychology, online interpersonal violence, computer-mediated communications, big data
Background
Lee is an assistant professor in George Mason University’s Department of Criminology, Law and Society.
His work has examined various topics around cybercrime and cybersecurity, including law enforcement competencies and perceptions of online crime; computer hacking and the role of the internet in facilitating crime and deviance; online illicit market behaviors; ideologically motivated cyberattacks; and online interpersonal violence offending and victimization.
Lee is a research partner at Michigan State University's International Interdisciplinary Research Consortium on Cybercrime (IIRCC), Mason's Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy (CEBCP), Boston University's Center for Cybercrime Investigation and Cybersecurity (CIC), and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology's Digital Life Research Group (DLRG).
In 2024, he was appointed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) to serve as a consensus committee member on the Committee on Cybercrime Classification and Measurement.
Lee is the 2022 recipient of the American Society of Criminology (ASC) Division of Cybercrime Early Career Award. His recent work has appeared in numerous peer-reviewed journals, including Criminology & Public Policy, American Journal of Criminal Justice, Computers in Human Behavior, Crime & Delinquency, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Terrorism and Political Violence, and Victims & Offenders.
Lee holds a Ph.D. and master’s in Criminal Justice and a bachelor’s in Criminology and English
Alma Maters
Michigan State University
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
University of Toronto