| Affiliation: | Senior Research Associate with the Jerry Lee Center of Criminology and a scholar-in-residence with the Firearm and Injury Center at Penn. He holds a Ph.D. in criminology and criminal justice from the University of Maryland and has worked for the Urban Institute, the Crime Control Institute, the University of Maryland, the Police Foundation, and the National Institute of Justice. Dr. Koper has written articles and reports on a variety of topics, including firearms, policing, white collar crime, and research methods. He recently completed a study of the federal assault weapons ban for the U.S. Department of Justice and is currently studying gun markets, police interventions to reduce gun violence, and juvenile crime trends. |
