Christopher Herrmann is an assistant professor in the Law and Police Science Department at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice (NYC). He earned his PhD at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City, specializing in crime analysis and crime mapping.

Dr. Herrmann is a former crime analyst supervisor with the New York City Police Department where he focused on short-term and long-term gun violence and homicide trends, including crime prevention and control strategies, officer and resource allocation, and research of other crime trends throughout New York City.

His current research interests include the study of crime at micro-levels using GIS and spatiotemporal relationships between neighborhood socioeconomic factors, business, and crime. He is currently working on the complex relationships between gun violence and other violent crimes within NYC public housing developments.