It does so by electing fellows annually, and by honoring criminologists with its Joan McCord and Young Experimental Scholar Awards.[1] Since 2017, its president has been Friedrich Losel.[2] The Academy was co-founded by David P. Farrington, who served as its second president from 2001 to 2003.[3] The other founder was Lawrence W. Sherman, who served as its founding president from 1999 to 2001.[2] It sponsors the Journal of Experimental Criminology, which was established in 2005.[4]