abstract:Jack Levin (17 July 1914, New York City, as John Douglas Le Vien – 9 November 1999, London) was an American television producer, active in British and American television.
JackLevin, a criminology professor at Northeastern University in Boston, acknowledges the success of policing strategies, but notes that an ageing society like the United States should expect to experience less violent crime.
But background checks would not have stopped most school shootings, in which the gunmen took legally obtained weapons from parents with spotless backgrounds, says JackLevin, a professor of sociology and criminology at Northeastern University in Boston.