Plenary Speaker, “What Works in Community Corrections,” July, 2005. Academy of Sciences, “Sex Offender Treatment,” July 2006.Guest Lecturer, 2006, Cambridge Institute of Criminology, Lent Term 2006 Lecture Series, “What Works in Corrections: Reducing the Recidivism of Delinquents and Offenders,” Cambridge, UK.Plenary Speaker, “Structure and Components of Successful Educational Program s,” Reentry Roundtable on Education, John Jay College, NY, NY, Mar-Apr, 2008.Keynote Speaker, “Reentry: Examining What Works,” International Community Corrections Association, St.Awarded Visiting Scientist position, National Institute of Justice, U.S.Louisiana Probation and Parole Officers Association, for Meritorious and Outstanding Service to the Association, 1988.Department of Justice, Certificate of Appreciation for 'Outstanding Leadership Contributions, and Dedicated Service to the Nation's Criminal Justice Community,' 1992.

House of Representatives Congressional Record, 1989. Honored as a 'Researcher of Distinction' by Phi Delta Kappa and acknowledged by the Honorable R.H.National Association of Governmental Communicators (NAGC) second place award for Correctional Boot Camps: A Tough Intermediate Sanction (MacKenzie and Hebert, 1996).Cecil and Ida Green Honors Professor, Texas Christian University, February 2001.

Elected Fellow, Academy of Experimental Criminology, 2004.

Bloch Award, American Society of Criminology, 2004.

Most Distinguished Scholar, American Society of Criminology Division on Corrections and Sentencing, 2005.

Recognized as one of the 10 most “productive criminology and criminal justice scholars” by Steiner, B.

Awarded Fulbright Research Scholar Grant to study in China, 2007.

Co-Investigator, with Gaylene Styve Quality of conditions of Confinement: The Effect of Privatization on Juvenile Correctional Institutions, National Institute of Justice, 1999-2000.

Faculty Supervisor, National Institute of Justice Fellowship to Angela Gover, Exposure to Family Violence and Adjustment in Corrections, 1999-2000.

MD Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention. Experimental study of Maryland’s boot camp program.

Co-Investigator with Ojmarrh Mitchell.

Experimental Study of Maryland’s Therapeutic Boot Camp: A Randomized Trial. Correctional Boot Camps, Corrections and Sentencing Professional Grants

Escape from Xanadu by D.L. Mackenzie