Janet Lynn Lauritsen is an American criminologist and the Curators' Distinguished Professor Emerita of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri–St.
Lauritsen served as the executive counselor of the American Society of Criminology from 2004 to 2007.
[1][2] In 2022, she was elected president of the American Society of Criminology.
[1] Lauritsen was named a fellow of the American Society of Criminology in 2013.
[6][7][8][1] Having retired, she now a Curators' Distinguished Professor Emerita of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri–St.