Expertise
Jack Levin in the Press
In wake of Burlington, Vt., shooting, experts say hate crime prosecutions are difficult and uncommon
Jack Levin, professor emeritus at Northeastern University and co-director of the Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict, said prosecutions under hate crime laws “send a message to the victims that there are many other people in this county or city or state who care about them.”
Digiday
‘It’s a basic survival instinct’: Office gossip is vital for relationship building, but could be hindered in hybrid working setups, say experts
According to Jack Levin, a professor at Northeastern University in Boston and author of the book ‘Gossip: The Inside Scoop’, chit-chat at work can be a force for good. It ties together social and business networks and can improve productivity.
Family And Friends Remember Victims Of Winthrop Shooting
Northeastern University criminologist Jack Levin said the killings appear to fit a pattern of recent race-fueled attacks. “There’s a much larger group of white supremacists who were inspired by organized hate groups on the right,” Levin said, “who give to these individuals what they never got before. And that is a feeling of power.”
Vox
Hate crime laws won’t actually prevent anti-Asian hate crimes
“To prevent hate crimes requires something completely different. It requires not changing laws, but the thinking of people in this country,” says Levin, now a Northeastern University professor emeritus.
‘Why We Hate’ Author On Behavior Driving Recent Violent Attacks
NPR’s Michel Martin taks with Jack Levin of the Brudnick Center on Violence at Northeastern University, about the motivations of people who commit hate crimes and bias attacks.
Are Hate Crime Laws Really the Answer to Anti-Asian Violence?
“Hate crime laws have important symbolic meaning,” Jack Levin, an expert on hate crimes at Northeastern University, told Vox. “They send a message to two groups: They send it to the perpetrator, informing him that our community will not tolerate his intolerance. And then at the same time, they send a message to potential victims that they […]
Boulder supermarkert shooting renews concerns about gun violence
Boston 25 News sat down with Northeastern University’s criminology expert, Jack Levin, who has studied these killings for decades. The recent uptick this week, he said, is a vicious cycle.
NU criminologist Jack Levin: More protest violence wouldn’t be surprising
Northeastern University Criminologist Jack Levin is concerned that we could see more violence associated with the change of presidential administrations. Last week rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol building as the House was preparing to certify the Electoral College’s election of Joe Biden.
Anti-Semitism in the U.S. isn’t usually violent. What if that’s changing?
Most Jews are hard for would-be attackers to identify as Jewish, says Jack Levin, co-director of the Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict at Northeastern University.
The Morning Call
In case of Berks County mom accused of killing children by hanging, did the system fail?
Jack Levin, a criminologist at Northeastern University in Boston who studies family murder, called the allegations against Snyder “strange in so many respects” and said it is difficult to develop a likely profile of her as a result.
