Marc Gertz

Marc G. Gertz is an American criminologist and professor at the Florida State University College of Criminology and Criminal Justice. His research includes an influential 1995 survey he conducted with his Florida State University colleague, Gary Kleck, on the frequency of defensive gun use.^[1][2][3]

Marc Gertz
Education	Bucknell University (B.A., 1968), Baruch College (M.P.A., 1971), University of Connecticut (Ph.D., 1976)
Scientific career
Fields	Criminology
Institutions	Florida State University
Thesis	Organizational politics in felony cases: justice in five Connecticut courts (1976)
Academic advisors	George F. Cole, Fred Kort, David Repass

He has also researched the arrest rate among National Football League players relative to the general population,^[4] as well as the relationship between the number of penalties these players receive during games and the number of times those players are arrested.^[5]