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] In 2021 The Roots of Violent Crime in America: From the Gilded Age through the Great Depression was published by LSU Press.[5] In 2022 his book The Myth of Overpunishment: A Defense of the American Justice System and a Proposal to Reduce Incarceration While Protecting the Public was published by Republic Book Publishers.[6] He is an expert on core curricula[7] and has lectured and written extensively on capital punishment[8][9][6][10] as well as state constitutional criminal procedure law.[11]
Latzer's work outside the university included service as an Assistant District Attorney in Brooklyn (1985-1986), and as a member of the Indigent Defendants Appeals Panel in Manhattan (1987-1990).[12] He also served (2003-2005) as a Senior Consultant for the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, a higher education reform organization, where he managed projects involving core curricula.[13][14] Latzer was a member of the board of trustees of the National Association of Scholars from 2004 to 2017, and a co-founder and member of the executive committee of the CUNY Association of Scholars (1997-2003).[15]
Barry Latzer has also appeared numerous times on TV and podcasts being interviewed and discussing his books.[16][17][18]
Education
editLatzer received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1977, and his J.D. from Fordham University in 1985.[19]
Books
edit- State Constitutions and Criminal Justice (Greenwood Press, 1991)[1]
- State Constitutional Criminal Law (Clark, Boardman, Callaghan, 1995)[1]
- Death Penalty Cases (Butterworth-Heinemann, 200)[1]
- The Rise and Fall of Violent Crime in America (Encounter Books, 2016)[20]
- The Roots of Violent Crime in America: From the Gilded Age through the Great Depression (LSU Press, 2021)
- The Myth of Overpunishment: A Defense of the American Justice System and a Proposal to Reduce Incarceration While Protecting the Public. Description. (Republic Book Publishers, 2022)
Other writing
edit- "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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Latzer, Barry (2021). The Roots of Violent Crime in America: From the Gilded Age through the Great Depression. LSU Press.
- ^ a b Latzer, Barry (2022). The Myth of Overpunishment: A Defense of the American Justice System and a Proposal to Reduce Incarceration While Protecting the Public. Republic Book Publishers.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Latzer, Barry (2011). Death Penalty Cases: Leading U.S. Supreme Court Cases on Capital Punishment (3rd ed.). Newton, Mass.: Butterworth-Heinemann.
- ^ Latzer, Barry (1991). State Constitutions and Criminal Justice. Greenwood Press.
- ^ Latzer, Barry (1995). State Constitutional Criminal Law. Rochester, N.Y.: Clark, Boardman, Callaghan.
- ^ "Barry Latzer, PhD Biography". ProCon.org. May 22, 2019. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021.
- ^ Gershman, Jacob (May 13, 2004). "CUNY Campuses Measure Up to Ivy League". ACTA American Council of Trustees and Alumni.
- ^ Mathews, Jay (May 18, 2004). "Learning the Value of Liberal Arts". ACTA American Council of Trustees and Alumni.
- ^ "National Association of Scholars". sourcewatch.org. July 5, 2022.
- ^ Latzer, Barry (September 3, 2022). "C-SPAN (Barry Latzer)". C-SPAN.org.
- ^ Latzer, Barry. "Internet Archive". Archive.org. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
- ^ Latzer, Barry (September 3, 2022). "Youtube: Barry Latzer". Youtube.
- ^ Death Penalty Cases. Butterworth-Heinemann.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ Stringham, Edward (30 July 2016). "Is America Facing a Police Crisis? (book review)". The Wall Street Journal. ProQuest 1807673628.