Lynn Addington

Associate Professor
Department of Justice, Law and Society

• Additional Positions at AU

  Faculty Affiliate, Center for Israel Studies
  
• Professor Addington’s research interests include the nature of violent crime and its impact on victims, measurement of crime, and utilization of U.S. crime statistics. In addition to her work at AU, she continues to serve as a Visiting Fellow at the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Professor Addington's recent publications have addressed the quality of crime data, school violence, fear of victimization, and the long-term effects of Columbine. She is the co-editor of a volume of original research entitled Understanding Crime Statistics: Revisiting the Divergence of the NCVS and UCR and the lead author of Are America's Schools Safe? Students Speak Out. Her research has been funded by the American Educational Research Association, American Statistical Association, Bureau of Justice Statistics, and National Institute of Justice. Professor Addington has been a consultant on federal crime surveys for the Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Education. She currently serves on the editorial board of Homicide Studies. Prior to attending graduate school, Professor Addington practiced law for four years during which time she clerked for a federal district court judge and worked as a civil litigator.

• Degrees

  Ph.D. State University of New York, Albany
  M.A. State University of New York, Albany
  J.D. University of Pennsylvania
  B.S. Northwestern University