Barry Latzer

Barry Latzer is an emeritus professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY. His most recent book is The Rise and Fall of Violent Crime in America. His history of violent crime pre-1940, The Roots of Violent Crime in America: From the Gilded Age through the Great Depression, will be published in 2021.

Mr. Latzer is an emeritus professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY. His most recent book is The Rise and Fall of Violent Crime in America. His history of violent crime pre-1940, The Roots of Violent Crime in America: From the Gilded Age through the Great Depression, will be published in 2021.

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Is Coronavirus Killing Crime?

By Barry Latzer April 24, 2020

Those expecting a major-crime dividend from the present-day pandemic had better think again.

Law & the Courts

Voodoo Criminology

By Barry Latzer March 24, 2020

Sanders’s candidacy may be dead, but his dangerous plan to cut 50 percent of the prison population could live on.

Politics & Policy

The Complicated Legacy of Bloomberg’s Stop-and-Frisk Policy

By Barry Latzer February 21, 2020

The controversial NYPD tactic faces new scrutiny as the mayor who oversaw it runs for president. The truth is less clear-cut than critics or defenders admit.