Steven Messner

Steven Fredrick Messner (born 1951) is an American sociologist and distinguished teaching professor in the sociology department at the University at Albany, State University of New York. His research examines violent crime, homicide, and social disorganization theory, with particular attention to spatial and seasonal patterns of murder in New York City, and he served as president of the American Society of Criminology from 2010 to 2011 after being elected a fellow in 2002. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/