Steven Fredrick Messner (born February 27, 1951) is an American sociologist and Distinguished Teaching Professor in the sociology department at University at Albany, SUNY.
[1] Messner is known for researching violent crime, especially homicide.
[1] Specific topics he has studied include social disorganization theory and spatial patterns of crime,[1] homicides in New York City,[3] and monthly variations in homicide rates.
[4] Messner was elected a fellow of the American Society of Criminology in 2002, and served as its president from 2010 to 2011.
[5] He has served as the chair of the Crime, Law, and Deviance Section of the American Sociological Association and on the executive committee for the Eastern Sociological Society.