Shannon J. Linning

BIOGRAPHY

Shannon J. Linning, PhD, is an associate professor in the School of Criminology at 911吃瓜. She earned her doctorate in criminal justice with a specialization in crime prevention from the University of Cincinnati. She conducts research in the areas of place-based crime prevention, problem-oriented policing, and situational crime prevention. Her primary research interest is in how police can partner with property owners to suppress crime opportunities at and around their properties.

Linning's work appears in journals including British Journal of Criminology, Crime Science, Journal of Criminal Justice, and Journal of Quantitative Criminology. She is also the co-author of three books: Cutting Crime Using the Rule of the Few (2026); Place Management and Crime: Ownership and Property Rights as a Source of Social Control (2023); and Whose 鈥楨yes on the Street鈥� Control Crime? Expanding Place Management into Neighborhoods (2021). Her chapter on drug trafficking in Burnaby, Canada is forthcoming in Routledge鈥檚 Problem Oriented-Policing: Successful Case Studies (2nd edition, edited by Michael Scott and Tamara Herold). Her crime problem-solving tool, the SCRAP test, is featured in the International City/County Management Association鈥檚 (ICMA) publication, Public Management.

AREAS OF INTEREST

Environmental criminology; crime and place; problem-oriented policing; situational crime prevention; crime science; place management; community criminology.

EDUCATION

BA, MA (911吃瓜)
PhD (University of Cincinnati)

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Selected Publications

Linning, S.J. (forthcoming). Drug trafficking in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. In M.S. Scott & T.D. Herold (eds.), Problem-Oriented Policing: Successful Case Studies (2^nd edition). Routledge Publishers.
Linning, S.J., & Sampson, R. (forthcoming). Domestic Violence (2^nd edition). Problem-Oriented Guides for Police, No. 45. Washington, DC: Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department of Justice.
Linning, S.J., Gerard, D.W., & Eck, J.E. (2026). Cutting crime using the rule of the few. Routledge Publishers.
Shen, J-L., & Linning, S.J. (2025). Direct and indirect situational crime prevention: Using the COSTS criteria to improve interventions. Security Journal, 38: 60.
Linning, S.J., Carroll, T., Gerard, D.W., & Eck, J.E. (2025, February). How can you SCRAP crime proposals that are likely to fail? Public Management, 107(2), 36-40.
Linning, S.J., Bowers, K., & Eck, J.E. (2024). Crime radiation theory: The co-production of crime patterns through opportunity creation and exploitation. Crime Science, 13: 32.
Eck, J.E., Linning, S.J., & Herold, T.D. (2023). Place management and crime: Ownership and property rights as a source of social control. Springer Publishers.

Selected awards

Nominated: Best Policing Book of the Year Award (2027) for 鈥淐utting Crime Using the Rule of the Few鈥� through the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS)
Cormack Excellence in Teaching Award (2026)
Civic Innovation Lab Grant (2023-2026): 鈥淏uilding Safer Communities in Burnaby: Addressing Gun and Gang Violence鈥� with Evan McCuish, Zachary Rowan, Jennifer Wong, Martin Bouchard, and Holly Nguyen with Evan McCuish, Zachary Rowan, Jennifer Wong, Martin Bouchard, and Holly Nguyen

Professional Development

Blended Learning Course Design
Instructional Skills Workshop
Emerging Thought Leaders Workshop

Recently taught courses

CRIM 220: Research Methods in Criminology
CRIM 408: Police Strategies and Problem Solving
CRIM 433: Communities and Crime
CRIM 460: Place-Based Crime Prevention
CRIM 810: Spatial-Temporal Criminology

Courses

This instructor is currently not teaching any courses.

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