Victim Researcher Profile

BIO

Jay S. Albanese is a professor in the Wilder School of Government & Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University. He was the first Ph.D. recipient from the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University. Dr. Albanese served as Chief of the International Center at the National Institute of Justice, the research arm of the U.S. Department of Justice. He is known for his work on organized crime, transnational crime, human trafficking, comparative criminal justice, corruption and ethics. This work involves interviews, analysis of data, and work with government and NGOs. Dr. Albanese is author and editor of 20 books including Transnational Crime & the 21st Century: Criminal Enterprise, Corruption, and Opportunity. (Oxford, 2011), Transnational Organized Crime: An Overview from Six Continents (ed. with P. Reichel; Sage, 2014), Organized Crime: From the Mob to Transnational Organized Crime (Routledge, 2015), Professional Ethics in Criminal Justice: Being Ethical When No One is Looking, 4th ed. (Prentice Hall, 2016), and editor-in-chief of the 5-volume Encyclopedia of Criminology & Criminal Justice (Wiley, 2014). A summary of areas of interest, research, and numerous other publications is posted at www.jayalbanese.com Dr. Albanese is recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award from Virginia Commonwealth University, the Gerhard Mueller Award for research contributions from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences International Section, and the Distinguished Scholar Award from the International Association for the Study of Organized Crime. He is a past president and fellow of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and is United Nations Liaison for the American Society of Criminology. He is also co-founder and president of Criminologists without Borders.

VICTIMIZATION FOCUS

Child Trafficking and Exploitation, Computer/Internet Crimes, Fraud and Identity Theft, Trafficking in Persons

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

RESEARCH EXPERTISE

Action research, Data collection, Descriptive studies, Needs assessment, Program evaluation, Qualitative studies, Quantitative studies, Quasi-experimental studies, Training and/or technical assistance

VICTIM RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Data collection, Descriptive studies, Needs assessment, Program evaluation, Qualitative studies, Quantitative studies, Quasi-experimental studies, Training and/or technical assistance