Brian Forst
Biographic Data
| ID | 3487254 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian Forst |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian |
| FAMILY NAME | Forst |
| SIGNATURE | FORST B |
| AFFILIATIONS | American University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Look at Ron Huff’s Contributions to Social Justice
his doctorate in sociology from Ohio State in 1974, studying criminology under his main mentor, Simon ("Sy") Dinitz.He became a leading authority on gangs and wrongful convictions.Ron served as a consultant on gangs, youth violence, and public policy to several federal agencies, including the US Senate Judiciary Committee, the FBI National Academy, the US Department of Justice, as well as state
Thinking About James Q. Wilson
A Chat with Deterrence Scholar Brian Forst
Targeted Killings
Criminologist for All Seasons
Studying Discretion in the Processes that Generate Criminal Justice Sanctions
This paper presents a typology of discretion that differs from the standard typology of discretion in the legal literature: Type A discretion, which is the generally recognized discretion of individual actors to make decisions within a set of laws and rules, and Type B discretion, which is the crafting of laws and setting of rules in the first place. An analysis using aggregate data from 1992 to 2002 points to the prosecution stage as the primary…
Criminologists on Terrorism and Homeland Security
This volume presents 19 original essays addressing what is widely regarded as the most serious problem confronting America today and for years to come – terrorism – from the unique perspective of criminology. The chapters collected here address such issues as the prevention of terrorism, the applicability of community policing and routine activities models of crime to the problem of terrorism, how to balance liberty and security, and how to think…
Criminologists and terrorism
Terrorism, Crime, and Public Policy
Terrorism, Crime, and Public Policy describes the problem of terrorism; compares it to other forms of aggression, particularly crime and war; and discusses policy options for dealing with the terrorism. It focuses on the causes of terrorism with the aim of understanding its roots and providing insights toward policies that will serve to prevent it. The book serves as a single-source reference on terrorism and as a platform for more in-depth study…
Errors of justice
Errors of Justice
In this book, Brian Forst takes a fresh perspective on the assessment of criminal justice policy, examining the prospect of assessing policies based on their impact on errors of justice: the error of failing to bring offenders to justice, on the one hand, and the error of imposing costs on innocent people and excessive costs on offenders, on the other. Noting that we have sophisticated systems for managing errors in statistical inference and qual…
In search of respect
The prisoner's dilemma
The prisoner's dilemma
In search of respect
Errors of Justice
In this book, Brian Forst takes a fresh perspective on the assessment of criminal justice policy, examining the prospect of assessing policies based on their impact on errors of justice: the error of failing to bring offenders to justice, on the one hand, and the error of imposing costs on innocent people and excessive costs on offenders, on the other. Noting that we have sophisticated systems for managing errors in statistical inference and qual…
Errors of justice
Terrorism, Crime, and Public Policy
Terrorism, Crime, and Public Policy describes the problem of terrorism; compares it to other forms of aggression, particularly crime and war; and discusses policy options for dealing with the terrorism. It focuses on the causes of terrorism with the aim of understanding its roots and providing insights toward policies that will serve to prevent it. The book serves as a single-source reference on terrorism and as a platform for more in-depth study…
Criminologists and terrorism
Criminologists on Terrorism and Homeland Security
This volume presents 19 original essays addressing what is widely regarded as the most serious problem confronting America today and for years to come – terrorism – from the unique perspective of criminology. The chapters collected here address such issues as the prevention of terrorism, the applicability of community policing and routine activities models of crime to the problem of terrorism, how to balance liberty and security, and how to think…
Studying Discretion in the Processes that Generate Criminal Justice Sanctions
This paper presents a typology of discretion that differs from the standard typology of discretion in the legal literature: Type A discretion, which is the generally recognized discretion of individual actors to make decisions within a set of laws and rules, and Type B discretion, which is the crafting of laws and setting of rules in the first place. An analysis using aggregate data from 1992 to 2002 points to the prosecution stage as the primary…
Criminologist for All Seasons
Targeted Killings
Thinking About James Q. Wilson
A Chat with Deterrence Scholar Brian Forst
A Look at Ron Huff’s Contributions to Social Justice
his doctorate in sociology from Ohio State in 1974, studying criminology under his main mentor, Simon ("Sy") Dinitz.He became a leading authority on gangs and wrongful convictions.Ron served as a consultant on gangs, youth violence, and public policy to several federal agencies, including the US Senate Judiciary Committee, the FBI National Academy, the US Department of Justice, as well as state
Criminology (9 works) · Law (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Economic Justice (6 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (5 works) · Criminal justice (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (4 works)