She received her Ph.D. in criminology in 1991 from Cambridge University, England. Her research interests include the effect of the natural environment on crime and criminal behavior and various aspects of community policing. She is the lead author of Evaluating Criminology and Criminal Justice, published in 1998, and has published in many criminology and psychology journals, including Criminology, Journal of Criminal Justice, and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Dr. Cohn can be reached at cohne@fiu.edu.