John H. Laub (born 1953)[1] is an American criminologist and Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland, College Park.
from University of Illinois at Chicago Circle in 1975, where he majored in criminal justice and minored in history.
[4] In 2011, Laub and Robert J. Sampson, with whom he frequently collaborates on research, jointly received that year's Stockholm Prize in Criminology.
[5] Since 1996, he has been a fellow of the American Society of Criminology, and in 2002-2003 he served as its president.
In 2005 he received the Edwin H. Sutherland Award from the Society.