# Marc Gertz

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{{Short description|American criminologist}}
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| workplaces        = [Florida State University](/source/Florida_State_University)
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| education         = [Bucknell University](/source/Bucknell_University) (B.A., 1968), [Baruch College](/source/Baruch_College) (M.P.A., 1971), [University of Connecticut](/source/University_of_Connecticut) (Ph.D., 1976)
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| thesis_title      = Organizational politics in felony cases: justice in five Connecticut courts
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'''Marc G. Gertz''' is an American criminologist and professor at the [Florida State University College of Criminology and Criminal Justice](/source/Florida_State_University_College_of_Criminology_and_Criminal_Justice). His research includes an influential 1995 survey he conducted with his Florida State University colleague, [Gary Kleck](/source/Gary_Kleck), on the frequency of [defensive gun use](/source/defensive_gun_use).<ref>{{cite journal | title=Armed Resistance to Crime: The Prevalence and Nature of Self-Defense with a Gun |author1=Kleck, Gary |author2=Gertz, Marc | journal=J. Crim. L. & Criminology | volume=86 | issue=1 | date=Fall 1995|doi=10.2307/1144004 |jstor=1144004 |url=https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/jclc/vol86/iss1/8 |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/02/defensive-gun-ownership-gary-kleck-response-115082/ | title=Defensive Gun Use Is Not a Myth | work=Politico | date=17 February 2015 | access-date=24 May 2017 | author=Kleck, Gary}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/12/the-case-for-more-guns-and-more-gun-control/309161/ | title=The Case for More Guns (and More Gun Control) | work=The Atlantic | date=December 2012 | accessdate=24 May 2017 | author=Goldberg, Jeffrey}}</ref>

He has also researched the arrest rate among [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) players relative to the general population,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/26/us/nfl-players-arrests-study/ | title=Study: NFL arrest rate lower than for all males ages 20-39 | work=CNN | date=26 August 2015 | accessdate=24 May 2017 | author=Martin, Jill}}</ref> as well as the relationship between the number of penalties these players receive during games and the number of times those players are arrested.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://psmag.com/news/pass-interference-also-youre-under-arrest#.yo1cvosvt | title=Pass Interference! Also, You're Under Arrest | work=Pacific Standard | date=11 January 2017 | accessdate=24 May 2017 | author=Staff}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://criminology.fsu.edu/faculty-and-staff/college-faculty/marc-gertz/ Gertz's faculty page]
*[http://criminology.fsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/Gertz-CV.pdf Gertz's curriculum vitae]
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