Patrick Sharkey
American sociologist
Patrick Sharkey (born c. 1977) is an American urban sociologist and criminologist. He has been Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University since 2019. He was formerly Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at New York University, with an affiliation at NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
Sharkey's research focuses on crime, policing, and public safety. He leads Americanviolence.org—a project which maps fatal shootings in the United States.
Education
Sharkey earned a Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy and American Institutions at Brown University in 2000. He completed his Ph.D. at Harvard University.
Work
Sharkey studies neighborhood effects, crime, and violence in the United States.
Sharkey is the author of Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, The Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence, published in 2018 by W.W. Norton. The book focuses on how the decline of violent crime has affected urban life and urban inequality in America.
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