User:Brianforst

Brian Forst (born March 1, 1942) is a criminologist at American University in Washington, DC, who has written extensively on errors of justice, terrorism, prosecution and sentencing, and the deterrent effect of the death penalty. He has a PhD from the George Washington University, and MBA and BS degrees from the University of California at Los Angeles. He is a voting member of the District of Columbia Sentencing Commission and the American University Faculty Senate, and since 1968, a resident of Reston, Virginia.

In 2006, Forst won the Book of the Year award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences for his book, Errors of Justice: Nature, Sources and Remedies. In 2005 he co-edited (with American University colleague Akbar Ahmed) After Terror: Promoting Dialogue Among Civilizations, an anthology of original essays by Kofi Annan, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Amitai Etzioni, former President Mohammed Khatami of Iran, Bernard Lewis, Martin Marty, Queen Noor of Jordan, Joseph Nye Jr., Judea Pearl, Sir Ravi Shankar, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Edward O. Wilson, and 15 distinguished others.

Books

 * After Terror: Promoting Dialogue Among Civilizations (Polity Press, 2005), with Akbar Ahmed


 * Errors of Justice: Nature, Sources and Remedies (Cambridge University Press, 2004)


 * The Privatization of Policing: Two Views (Georgetown University Press, 1999), with Peter Manning


 * The Socio-Economics of Crime and Justice (M.E. Sharpe, 1993)


 * Power in Numbers (John Wiley & Sons, 1987)


 * What Happens After Arrest? (U.S. Department of Justice, 1977)