Gregg Barak's Crime & Justice Studies Website

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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 was also the last EMU recipient of the Ronald Collins Distinguished Faculty Award for Scholarly and Creative Activity, awarded in 2006.

The purpose of this web site is to disseminate ideas that might decrease crime and increase justice. Toward that end, I am posting a sampling of essays and articles that will change periodically. Click on What's New Theft of a Nation to see a slide presentation of my forhtcoming book, click on Wall Street Looting and Federal Regulatory Colluding to read the Introduction.

I am the author and/or editor of 17 books on crime, justice, media, violence, criminal law, homelessness, human rights, and related topics. To read about my recent titles, such as Class, Race, Gender, and Crime: The Social Realities of Justice in America, 3rd edition, 2010 co-authored with Paul Leighton and Jeanne Flavin, click on read about my books. To read a book review of Criminology: An Integrated Approach, 2009, click on Book Review. To learn about my edited works, click on read about my anthologies. If you would like to purchase any of these, simply click on the cover images. Thank you.

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 criminal justice from around the world. Simply click on the link to Crime News Daily toward the bottom of this page. There are other useful links on the links' page such as the Criminal Justice Degree Zone, Stop Violence Now, or CrimeTalk.

I am also the Series Editor for Issues in Crime & Justice pubilshed by both Rowman and Littlefield and Lexington Books.  If you have an idea, a book prospectus, and/or manuscript that you think would be appropriate for the series, please contact me by email. 

If interested, I am available for public and/or private speaking engagements on crime, media, violence, and justice related topics. Speaking engagements for 2011 include: Keynote Address at the 3rd annual meeting on Critical Criminology & Justice Studies, Conference Theme--The Politics and Practice of Exclusion, Vancouver, BC, Feb. 3rd; Visiting Lecture on Media, Policy, and Criminal Justice, Miami University, Oxford, OH, March 24th; Featured Speaker at the Third Annual International Crime, Media & Popular Culture Studies Conference: A Cross Disciplinary Exploration, Terre Haute, IN, Sept 28th.

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.