About
About Shannon
Shannon J. Linning, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University.
She teaches courses in crime prevention, policing, and research methods. Her research explores how the owners and managers of property can create safer areas by suppressing crime opportunities at and around their properties. She has been invited to speak at international conferences such as the Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis symposium, the International Association of Professional Security Consultants conference, and the Problem-Oriented Policing annual meeting.
Her research appears in academic journals such as Crime Science, Journal of Criminal Justice, and Journal of Quantitative Criminology. She is the co-author of books, including Place Management and Crime: Ownership and Property Rights as a Source of Social Control. She has also co-authored several series about effective crime reduction for the International City/County Management Association's (ICMA) publication, Public Management. She is the co-author of a new book, Cutting Crime Using the Rule of the Few, exploring how to reduce crime by addressing crime opportunities at the few properties that experience a disproportionate amount of crime.
