Youth Involvement in Public Safety in the U.S.: Mitigating Youth Violence Through Community Programming

Martin Alan Greenberg, PhD, Criminal Justice, City University of New York; JD, New York Law School is the author of seven books on public safety and policing. He is currently an adjunct professor at Russell Sage College in Albany, New York, the president of the Virginia Association of Criminal Justice Educators, and the chair of the Security and Crime Prevention Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

After leaving service as a senior court officer/judicial aide and volunteer auxiliary police executive officer in New York City, he provided leadership for undergraduate and graduate criminal justice and law enforcement programs throughout the US including assignments in Hawaii, Alabama, Arkansas, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. His work in Hawaii included travel to the Far East for the coordination of police science programs at US military bases.

He is married to Dr. Ellen C. Wertlieb, retired professor and college wellness program director.