Thomas Gabor

Thomas Gabor is President of Thomas Gabor, LLC, a criminal justice consulting firm based in Florida.  Dr. Gabor served as a Professor of Criminology at the University of Ottawa from 1981-2011. In 1974, he completed his undergraduate degree in sociology with high honors (magna cum laude) from the University of Montreal (Loyola College Campus). He holds a Master of Arts degree in Criminology from the University of Ottawa (Canada) and a doctorate in Sociology from Ohio State University (1983). He has received the American Society of Criminology’s prestigious Gene Carte Prize for his research on Crime Displacement. The Department of Homeland Security has designated him as an individual of “Extraordinary Ability.” He has also been inducted into the Canadian and Criminology’s Who’s Who and has been nominated for several teaching awards.

Dr. Gabor served on the Editorial Committee of the Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice from 1990-2010.  He is a recognized national and international expert in the areas of gun violence and crime prevention.  He has published over 200 books, research reports, journal articles, and media articles.  Dr. Gabor has written five books on gun violence, including the acclaimed Confronting Gun Violence in America (2016) and the recent bestseller, AMERICAN CARNAGE: Shattering the Myths That Fuel Gun Violence, co-authored with Fred Guttenberg, father of Parkland school shooting victim Jaime Guttenberg.  He has been a contributing writer to Fortune Magazine and is a regular opinion writer for a number of newspapers. He has also contributed a chapter on Firearms and Violent Crime to the Encyclopedia of Criminology. 

Dr. Gabor has also served as a consultant to many international and national organizations. He has provided advice to the United Nations, Lord Cullen’s Inquiry on firearms policy in the United Kingdom, the Department of Justice Canada, the Canadian Firearms Centre, Palm Beach County’s Criminal Justice Commission (Florida), League of Women Voters of Florida, Public Safety Canada, Canada’s Border Services Agency, and the Correctional Service of Canada. He has testified in front of the House of Commons Justice Committee and the Canadian Senate and in a number of criminal and occupational safety cases, including a high-profile lawsuit involving missing and murdered Indigenous women.  Dr. Gabor has appeared on numerous television and radio programs and podcasts, such as Deadline: White House, Morning Joe, Andrea Mitchell Reports, Canada AM and his views have been widely cited in the print and electronic media—e.g., BBC, Daily Telegraph, Fortune Magazine, LA Times, Toronto Star, Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Citizen, Miami Herald, Orlando Weekly, Tampa Bay Times, Palm Beach Post, and the South Florida Sun Sentinel.  Dr. Gabor has a social media presence on Facebook and Twitter.

Dr. Gabor is a frequent speaker on gun violence and has spoken to organizations/groups such as: Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health, The League of Women Voters, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, March for Our Lives, the National Council for Jewish Women, Indivisibles, as well as religious and interfaith groups, Democratic Party clubs, organizations, and numerous community groups.  For more information on Dr. Gabor’s professional activities, please visit: thomasgaborbooks.com.