Barry Latzer
Barry Latzer (born 1945) is an American criminologist and emeritus professor of criminal justice at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.[1] He previously taught at the Graduate Center, CUNY. He also prosecuted and defended accused criminals while teaching both there and at John Jay.[2] In 2016, his book The Rise and Fall of Violent Crime in America was published by Encounter Books.[3][4] He is an expert on core curricula[5] and a supporter of capital punishment.[6]
Education[]
Latzer received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1977, and his J.D. from Fordham University in 1985.[7]
Books[]
- State Constitutions and Criminal Justice (Greenwood Press, 1991)[1]
- State Constitutional Criminal Law (Clark, Boardman, Callaghan, 1995)[1]
- Death Penalty Cases (Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002)[1]
- The Rise and Fall of Violent Crime in America (Encounter Books, 2016)[8]
Other writing[]
- "Don't Call Rioters 'Protesters'" (commentary) (subscription required), The Wall Street Journal, June 4, 2020; for context, the WSJ lead online news headline the same day was "Protesters Gather to Memorialize George Floyd" (subscription required).
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Professor Barry Latzer's Op-ed on the Shooting in Ferguson, MO Published in the New York Post". John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
[O]p-ed ... titled 'Time to Start Deracializing Ferguson' ...; ... [h]is history of violent crime in the United States, 'Murder, Mayhem Mugging' is due out in 2015
- ^ Frum, David (19 June 2016). "The Cultural Roots of Crime". The Atlantic.
- ^ Willick, Jason (23 February 2016). "Backlash". The American Interest.
- ^ Lopez, Graham (1 September 2016). "Confronting the myth that "black culture" is responsible for violent crime in America". Vox.
- ^ Mathews, Jay (6 September 2005). "Freshman Classes Getting Hooked on the Classics". The Washington Post.
- ^ Willing, Richard (11 February 2002). "Fight against death penalty gains ground". USA Today.
- ^ Death Penalty Cases. Elsevier. Butterworth-Heinemann.
- ^ Stringham, Edward (30 July 2016). "Is America Facing a Police Crisis? (book review)". The Wall Street Journal. ProQuest 1807673628.
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