Michele W CovingtonMichele W. Covington, Ph.D. is an associate professor of criminal justice at the University of South Carolina Upstate. She holds a Ph.D. in sociology and deviance and a graduate certificate in crime analysis from the University of Central Florida. Dr Covington's areas of specialty include policing, violence, firearms, crime analysis, and community-based research. She is coauthor of chapters in the Handbook of Research on Mass Shootings and Multiple Victim Violence and Controversial Issues in Criminal Justice. Read More Read Less