David Ames Klinger (born June 8, 1958)[1] is an American criminologist and former police officer. He is Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, as well as a senior research fellow at the Police Foundation.

Law enforcement career

Before receiving his graduate degrees, Klinger worked as a police officer in both the Los Angeles (1980-1983) and Redmond, Washington (1983-1984) police departments.[2] On July 25, 1981, four months after joining the LAPD, he shot and killed a suspect.[3][4] The suspect, Edward Randolph, was in the process of attacking Klinger's partner, Dennis Azevedo, by leaping on top of him with a knife and trying to stab him in the throat.[5]

Academic career

Klinger received his B.A. from Seattle Pacific University in 1980, his M.S. from American University in 1985, and his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Washington in 1992. His Ph.D. thesis was entitled Human ecology and law: an observational study of police behavior.[6] He joined the faculty of the University of Houston as an assistant professor in 1992, and was promoted to associate professor there in 1998. In 1999, he joined the faculty of the University of Missouri–St. Louis as an associate professor.[2][7] He is known for researching police shootings in the United States.[8][9][10]

References

  1. ↑ "Klinger, David, 1958-". Name Authority File. Library of Congress. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  2. 1 2 "David Klinger Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Criminologist and Author David Klinger". NPR. 22 April 2004. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  4. ↑ Goldstein, Dana (12 March 2015). "Where the Shots are Fired". The Marshall Project. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Klinger, David A. (7 May 2015). "What I Learned After I Killed a Criminal". Politico. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  6. ↑ Klinger, David (1992). Human ecology and law: an observational study of police behavior (Ph.D.). University of Washington. OCLC 311737530.
  7. ↑ "David Klinger". University of Missouri-St. Louis. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  8. ↑ Byers, Christine (22 November 2015). "Analysis of St. Louis police shootings intended as national model". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  9. ↑ Lopez, Steve (26 November 2014). "LAPD officer in '81 killing had front-row seat on Ferguson controversy". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  10. ↑ Naughton, Randi (12 August 2014). "Criminologist conducted study on police shootings in St. Louis". Fox2Now. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
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