James P. Lynch is a Distinguished Professor at John Jay College in New York. His research interests include victimization theory, crime statistics and survey methodology, and the role of coercion in social control. Lynch received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in Sociology and joined the Bureau of Social Science Research in 1980 where he was the manager of the National Crime Survey Redesign. He became a faculty member in the Department of Justice, Law and Society (JLS) at American University in 1986 where he remained as an associate and full professor and, ultimately, chair of the department until leaving for John Jay College in 2005. Professor Lynch has published three books, 25 refereed articles, and over 40 book chapters and other publications. He was elected to the Executive Board of the American Society of Criminology in 2002 and has served on the editorial boards of Criminology and the Journal of Quantitative Criminology and as Deputy Editor of Justice Quarterly. He has also chaired the American Statistical Association’s Committee on Law and Justice Statistics. |
