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Kittrie, Nicholas N.

Nicholas Kittrie, Ph.D., born March 26, 1924 is an influential international lawyer and an academic who regularly has Opinion Editorials published in the Washington Times, Wall Street Journal and other publications. His areas of expertise include criminal procedure, comparative international law, the rights of offenders, constitution writing and Middle East politics.

He is currently University Professor at the American University's Washington College of Law. Has served as counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, and is an expert in American and international public and criminal law.

He served as past president of the American Society of Criminology (19xx to 19xx), former dean of the Washington College of Law (19xx to 19xx), and chair of the United Nations Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (19xx to 19xx), he is the author and editor of over fifteen books and numerous articles.

He frequently appears in mass media to deal with topics such as political offenders, terrorist activities, war crimes, drugs and alcohol, extradition, penology and criminal sentencing.

Educated at the London School of Economics (U.K.), the University of Cairo (Egypt) and the Universities of Kansas, Chicago and Georgetown (USA), he is fluent in several languages. He has traveled extensively and has lectured at universities and congresses in Europe, Asia and Africa.

He has served as legal consultant to several foreign governments and to the United States Vice-President's Commission on Terrorism.

Among Kittrie's books (as author or editor) are Rebels With A Cause: The Minds and Morality of Political Offenders; The Tree of Liberty: A Documentary History of Rebellion and Political Crime in America; The War Against Authority: From the Crisis of Legitimacy to a New Social Order; The Right to Be Different: Deviance and Enforced Therapy; Crimes and Punishments: International Criminal Law and Procedure; The Future of Peace in the Twenty-First Century, and The Laws of War and the Laws of Peace; The Mentally Disabled and the Law.

The Right To Be Different

Opinion Editorials related to the Middle East, terrorism and rebellion.

Role in developing scholarly and advocacy institutions, including AU's Washington College of Law and the United Nations Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.