Interview with Prof. Dr. James O. Finckenauer—Collection Editor of Topical Collection “Tackling Organized Crime and Human Trafficking” in Social Sciences

Prof. Dr. James O. Finckenauer, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Professorial Fellow, taught at Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, for 37 years. He has authored, co-authored, and co-edited a dozen books as well as numerous articles, chapters, and reports. Among other honors, he served as the President of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and the International Association for the Study of Organized Crime. He was a visiting professor in Australia, China, Germany, Japan, and Russia, and has studied and lectured in Europe, Asia, the former Soviet Union, Latin America, and the Middle East. From 1998–2002, he was the Director of the International Center at the National Institute of Justice of the U.S. Department of Justice; and in 2007 he was a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Hong Kong. He was most recently Co-editor of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books, and an Associate Editor in the development of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Criminology. He is currently a peer reviewer for the Fulbright Specialist Program. 

The following is an interview with Prof. Dr. James O. Finckenauer: