Gary kleck biography

          Early life and education.!

          Professor Emeritus | David J. Bordua Professor

          Professor Kleck's recent research has found that employing more police officers or increasing police productivity in the form of more arrests per officer has no measurable effect on the public’s level of fear of crime.

          Professor Gary Kleck is David J. Bordua Professor Emeritus in the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice and a Courtesy Professor of Law.

        1. Born: March 2, in Lombard Illinois · Parents: William and Joyce Kleck · Education: Bachelor of Arts .
        2. Early life and education.
        3. Gary Kleck is a criminologist and the David J. Bordua Professor Emeritus of Criminology at Florida State University.
        4. Biography.

          5. Other recent research found that support for harsher punishment of criminals is not affected by a person’s exposure to crime as a crime victim, living in a high-crime area, or knowing others who have been victimized. Nor is it affected by their fear of crime or perceived risk of future victimization.

          Instead, Americans’ punitiveness is driven by frequent viewing of local TV news, race (being white rather than black), and residence in a politically conservative area. Other recent research found that serious property offending (robbery, burglary) is unrelated to official unemployment (jobless and actively seeking employment) but instead is related to being out of the labor force – lacking a job and not actively se