Violence/Justice
(See also Society, Violence/Crime)

Dr. Margaret A. Zahn
dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
(919) 515-2468
margaret_zahn@ncsu.edu
www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu.chass
Nationally renowned criminologist and past president of the American Society of Criminology. Research centers on crime and homicide in America, specifically, youth violence. Zahn completed a study, "Changing Patterns of Homicide and Social Policy in Three American Cities," for the National Institute of Justice in 1999. In it, she shows a correlation between the economy and homicide as well as other violent crimes.