RSCJ Faculty

Leslie W. Kennedy, University Professor, served as Dean of the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice from 1998 to 2007. Dr. Kennedy has published extensively in the areas of fear of crime, victimology, and violence. He is the co-author with Vince Sacco of The Criminal Event, appearing in its 4th edition this year. In this book he advocates a holistic approach to the study of crime in social context. In addition, he has published extensively on spatial and temporal analysis of crime patterns.

Dr. Kennedy's current research in public security builds upon his previous work in event analysis and understanding the social contexts in which dangers in society are identified and deterred. He has recently published (with Cynthia Lum and Alison Sherley) an extensive review of counter-terrorism studies in the Journal of Experimental Criminology. He is the co-author, with Erin E. Gibbs Van Brunschot, of Risk Balance and Security (2008, Sage), a book that examines how risk is assessed by agencies faced with major hazards including crime, terrorism, environmental disaster and disease. He is extending this work (with Ed McGarrell) to examine risk governance, particularly in the context of the globalization of these hazards, culminating in an edited book from Routledge. In addition, he is completing (with Van Brunschot) a new co-authored book, the Risk in Crime (to be published in 2009 by Rowman and Littlefield) , that explores the use of risk in criminological theory and research.

Dr. Kennedy is also the Director of the Rutgers Center for the Study of Public Security. RCSPS' primary focus is to conduct original analytical, objective research on how risk assessment can be applied to the study of security and to inform public policy discussions in this area.


Leslie W. Kennedy Specialization: Public security, victimization, and theory University Professor Ph.D. (1975) University of Toronto
Leslie W. Kennedy, University Professor, served as Dean of the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice from 1998 to 2007. Dr. Kennedy has published extensively in the areas of fear of crime, victimology, and violence. He is the co-author with Vince Sacco of The Criminal Event, appearing in its 4th edition this year. In this book he advocates a holistic approach to the study of crime in social context. In addition, he has published extensively on spatial and temporal analysis of crime patterns. Dr. Kennedy's current research in public security builds upon his previous work in event analysis and understanding the social contexts in which dangers in society are identified and deterred. He has recently published (with Cynthia Lum and Alison Sherley) an extensive review of counter-terrorism studies in the Journal of Experimental Criminology. He is the co-author, with Erin E. Gibbs Van Brunschot, of Risk Balance and Security (2008, Sage), a book that examines how risk is assessed by agencies faced with major hazards including crime, terrorism, environmental disaster and disease. He is extending this work (with Ed McGarrell) to examine risk governance, particularly in the context of the globalization of these hazards, culminating in an edited book from Routledge. In addition, he is completing (with Van Brunschot) a new co-authored book, the Risk in Crime (to be published in 2009 by Rowman and Littlefield) , that explores the use of risk in criminological theory and research. Dr. Kennedy is also the Director of the Rutgers Center for the Study of Public Security. RCSPS' primary focus is to conduct original analytical, objective research on how risk assessment can be applied to the study of security and to inform public policy discussions in this area.

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