Director of the Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety, Arizona State University
Charles Katz is the Watts Endowed Family Chair of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Director of the Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety. His work focuses on police transformation and strategic responses to crime. He regularly collaborates with police organizations to develop comprehensive strategic plans to diagnose and respond to problems related to crime and violence. Dr. Katz is currently working with the Phoenix Police Department on a Bureau of Justice Assistance project evaluating its early intervention system and serves as the principal investigator of the Arizona Violence Death Reporting System (AZ-VDRS) sponsored by the CDC.