Jesenia M. Pizarro is an professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. She has worked with various police departments throughout the country in joints efforts to curb violence. Her work focuses on the social ecology of homicide. She published work has appeared in the American Journal of Public Health, Justice Quarterly, Criminal Justice and Behavior, and Homicide Studies. She is a member of the Firearm Safety Among Children and Teens (FACTS) Consortium and the Homicide Research Working Group and is the editor of Homicide Studies: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal.