Criminal Justice
       Hamid Kusha, Ph.D.
 

Hamid Kusha, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Criminal Justice
College of Human Ecology
East Carolina University
Rivers 243
Greenville, North Carolina 27858-4353
252-328-5559
kushah@ecu.edu

Dr. Hamid Kusha is Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at ECU. Dr. Kusha earned his MA and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Kentucky and his BA degree from Abadan University.
 
Select Publications:
  • Books:
    Kusha, H. R. (2011).  Jihad: the 21st Century's Challenge to International Security The Lynne Rienner Publishers  (Proposed)  

    Kusha, H. R. (2011).  eBook version of Islam in American Prisons, United Kingdom:  Ashgate Gower. 

  • Book Chapters:
    Kusha, H. R. (2011). "A History of Islam in US Prisons",  In Nawal Ammar (Ed.) Muslims in American Prisons: Contemporary and comprehensive dialogue. Boulder, Colorado:  Lynne Rienner Publishers.

  • Articles:
    Kusha, H. R. & Jones, M. (in press, 2011).  Judicial Terrorism in the Name of Islamic Justice: The Case of Iran, 1979-2007.   Homeland Security Review.  

    Kusha, H. R. (2011).  A Clash of Modern Professionalism and Oriental Despotism in Policing; the Case of Iran, 1878-1979.   International Police Executive Symposium.  

    Kusha, H. R. (in press, 2011).  Impediments to Police Modernization in Iran, 1878-1979.   Policing and Society.

    Kusha, H. R. (2009).  Anti-Criminogenic Impacts of Culture on Female Gang Formation: The Case of Islam.   Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 19 (3), 242-257.
Courses Taught- (Partial List):

JUST 1000- Intro to Criminal Justice
JUST 3007- Criminal Investigation
JUST 3012- Police Operations
JUST 3021- Introduction to Forensic Science
JUST 3500- Criminal Law
JUST 4300- Criminal Justice Admin & Management
JUST 6012- Seminar in Law Enforcement
JUST 6300- Seminar in Criminal Justice Admin & Management
JUST 6502- Seminar in Terrorism and Criminal Justice

Research Interests:

Comparative and international criminal justice system, terrorism and homeland security, police and community relations, penology, social inequalities (race, class and gender) in the administration of justice, Islamic legal tradition

Teaching Interests:

Police and community relations, comparative and international criminal justice systems, penology, social inequalities (race, gender, class) in the administration of justice

Curriculum Vitae:

Hamid Kusha

   
     
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