Contact Me

I am a Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Eastern Michigan University and the former Visiting Distinguished Professor in the College of Justice & Safety at Eastern Kentucky University. In 2003 I became the 27th Fellow of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and in 2007 I received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Critical Division of the American Society of Criminology.

I am the author and/or editor of 16 books on crime, justice, media, violence, criminal law, homelessness, human rights, and related topics. To read about my latest books, Criminology: An Integrated Approach (2009) and Violence, Conflict, and World Order (2007), scroll down the menu and click on these titles. To watch a video of my "Mediated Violence" talk as part of the EKU Distinguished Lecture Series in 2003-04, go to YouTube and enter my name.

The purpose of this web site is to disseminate ideas that might decrease crime and increase justice.

As a "public service," you can visit this web site twenty-four hours and seven days a week to receive breaking news on crime and punishment from around the world. Simply click on Headlines/Links near the bottom of the menu.

On this site, I am posting a sampling of essays and articles of mine that will change periodically. For the most recent posted guest essay and in this case an overview of my work and vision as a criminologist, click on What's New: Klepac on Barak. You may also, if interested, read about and/or purchase most of my books and anthologies from this website.

If interested, I am available for public and/or private speaking engagements on numerous crime, media, violence, and justice topics. Of late I have given sponsored lectures outside the USA, in such countries as Canada, Finland, Taiwan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Inside the country, before the National Institute of Justice in Washington, D.C. and in such cities as San Diego, California, Rockford, Illinois and La Cross, Wisconsin.

I may also be retained for evaluations of the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems, or on domestic violence and sexual victimization projects. I have worked in such capacities for the Office of Justice Planning and Evaluation in Portland, Oregon; the Youth Commission of the City of Aurora, Illinois; and for the Attorney General's Office in Montgomery, Alabama.