Barry Latzer

Barry Latzer is an American criminologist and emeritus professor of criminal justice at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He previously taught at the Graduate Center, CUNY. He also prosecuted and defended accused criminals while teaching both there and at John Jay. In 2016, his book The Rise and Fall of Violent Crime in America was published by Encounter Books. In 2021 The Roots of Violent Crime in America: From the Gilded Age through the Great Depression was published by LSU Press.