Professor, Department of Justice, Law and Criminology
Area of Expertise:
Criminal behavior, crime prevention, international crime statistics and trends, police behavior and training, criminal justice systems and justice administration in the U.S. and abroad, including in developing nations
Additional Information:
Prof. Richard Bennett is an expert on criminal behavior, crime prevention, international crime statistics and trends, police behavior, and justice administration both in the U.S. and abroad. He serves on the editorial board of several criminal justice journals, including the European Journal of Criminology, the International Journal of Comparative Criminology and Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice. He is past president of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and served as a consultant to many national and international organizations, including the Police Foundation, the Department of State Antiterrorist Assistance Program, and the Department of Justice Peer Review Panels. He was a senior Fulbright Scholar in Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago. He is currently writing a book on police retirement based on research he conducted in Jamaica, The Netherlands, India and Thailand.