In episode 99, we feature Professor Gary LaFree who talks to us about his career, his contributions to criminology, and his thoughts on the discipline.
Gary LaFree is a Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the Founding Director of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) at the University of Maryland. He is a past president of the American Society of Criminology and the 2024 recipient of the Stockholm Prize. His research is on the causes and consequences of violent crime and terrorism. His most recent books are The Handbook of the Criminology of Terrorism (with Josh Freilich), Countering Terrorism (with Martha Crenshaw), and Toward a Criminology of Terrorism.
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Get in touch with Gary:
University of Maryland website // glafree AT umd.edu // Twitter
These are the works authored by Gary and his colleagues that were
discussed in this episode of The Crim Academy:
LaFree, G., & Jiang, B. (2023). Does globalization reduce personal violence? The impact of international trade on cross-national homicide rates. Social Forces, 102(1), 353-376. [article link]
LaFree, G. Has Globalization Reduced Worldwide Terrorist Attacks?. [under review]