Jack Levin

Jack Levin, Ph.D. is the Irving and Betty Brudnick Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts where he teaches courses in prejudice and violence. He specializes in criminology, prejudice, and aging and is considered an authority on serial killers, mass murderers, and hate crimes. He is also the co-director of the Brudnick Center on Conflict and Violence at Northeastern University.
As part of an agreement reached with Northeastern University, Levin teaches only one course per year, "Sociology of Violence and Hate." The course is offered every Fall semester, and is held in Shillman Hall due to its large class size, more than 100 students.
Levin has authored or co-authored 31 books, including Mass Murder: America’ s Growing Menace, Killer on Campus, Overkill: Mass Murder and Serial Killing Exposed, Hate Crimes Revisited, The Will to Kill: Making Sense of Senseless Murder, The Violence of Hate, "Blurring the Boundaries," and Serial Killers and Sadistic Murderers: Up Close and Personal.