Authored Books

Sociology of Law: Visions of a Scholarly Tradition. Cambridge University Press, 2008. Special Offer Available!

This book reviews the history and systematics of the sociology of law on the basis of a discussion of the major accomplishments in this sociological specialty. The book is accompanied by a website providing an overview and related readings: www.socoflaw.net. 

This book offers a sociological analysis of the history of international police cooperation from the middle of the 19th century until the end of World War II, on the basis of an innovative theoretical model of bureaucratization based on the sociology of Max Weber. 

Surveillance and Governance: Crime Control and Beyond. Emerald/JAI Press, 2008. 

Drawn from several quarters of the world, the contributors to this volume testify to the increasing relevance of surveillance and governance across social institutions and in many areas of the world.

This volume brings together 16 authors from around the world to share their experiences of becoming practitioners in the areas of international, comparative, and global sociology.

The contributors to this volume highlight the value of sociological theorizing in various strands of criminological research. Published in the series, Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance.

This book presents criminological investigations of terrorism and counter-terrorism from various viewpoints. Published in the series, Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance. 

The authors in this book integrate a broad range of Habermas's writings with his recent thoughts on the place of the law in contemporary theory. Habermas himself contributes a postscript.

Terrorism --Domestic Spying. With Lisa Dilks. Pp. 931-933 in Encyclopedia of Social Problems, edited by Vincent N. Parrillo. Thousdand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2008. 

International Police Cooperation Against Terrorism: Interpol and Europol in Comparison. Pp. 17-25 in Understanding and Responding to Terrorism, edited by H. Durmaz, B. Sevinc, A.S. Yayla, and S. Ekici. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2007.

Policing Post-War Iraq: Insurgency, Civilian Police, and the Reconstruction of Society. With Suzanne Sutphin. Sociological Focus 39(4)265-283, November 2006. 

Europol and the Policing of International Terrorism: Counter-Terrorism in a Global Perspective. Justice Quarterly 23(3):336-359, 2006. 

Global Rule of Law or Global Rule of Law Enforcement? International Police Cooperation and Counter-Terrorism. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 603:240-251, 2006. Revised from: Interpol and the Policing of International Terrorism: Developments and Dynamics since September 11. With Lindsay C. Maybin. Pp. 175-191 in Terrorism: Research, Readings, & Realities, edited by L.L. Snowden & B.C. Whitsel. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005. 

Whose Face at the Border? Homeland Security and Border Policing Since 9/11. With J. Eagle Shutt. Journal of Social and Ecological Boundaries 1(2):81-105, 2005. 

Governmentality and the War on Terror: FBI Project Carnivore and the Diffusion of Disciplinary Power. With Holly E. Ventura and J. Mitchell Miller. Critical Criminology 13(1):55-70, 2005. 

Social Control and the Policing of Terrorism: Foundations for a Sociology of Counter-Terrorism. The American Sociologist 35(2):75-92, 2004. 

Law Enforcement 9-11: Questioning the Policing of International Terrorism. Pro Bono, Newsletter of the SSSP Law & Society Division, 9(1):5-9, 2002. 

Related media files [more]: Border control [audio]  - KSTE radio, August 20, 2008;Surveillance Nation [audio] - NPR, July 12, 2007; Policing Terrorism - Online discussion, WashingtonPost.com, July 7, 2005; War on Terrorism Strains Agencies [audio] - SCERN, June 14, 2004; Is Saying 'War on Terror' Hampering Counterterrorism? [audio] - NPR, August 6, 2004. 

Terrorism and the Limitation of Rights: The ECHR and the US Constitution, by Stefan Sottiaux. Law & Politics Book Review 18(7):673-676, 2008. 

Terrorism --Counter-Terrorism Approaches. Pp. 929-931 in Encyclopedia of Social Problems, edited by Vincent N. Parrillo. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2008. 

Is the United States Ready for Future Catastrophes? Estimating the Effectiveness of Organizations for Hazard Mitigation Since 9/11. With Aytül Kasapoglu and Dennis S. Mileti. Journal of Homeland Security, September 2007. 

Better Intelligence Needed to Fight Terror Attacks. Op-ed. The State, July 13, 2005. 

Reading Terrorism and Terrorists. Review essay. Theoretical Criminology 9(2):231-236, 2005.

Introduction: Towards a Criminological Sociology of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism. Pp. 1-6 in Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: Criminological Perspectives, edited by Mathieu Deflem. Amsterdam: Elsevier/JAI Press, 2004. 

The Globalization of Heartland Terror: Reflections on the Oklahoma City Bombing. The Critical Criminologist, Newsletter, ASC Critical Criminology Division, Fall 1997, p.5.

Related book reviews: Terrorism as Crime, by Mark S. Hamm. Contemporary Sociology 37(1):62-63, 2008; In the Common Defense, by James E. Baker. Law and Politics Book Review 17(9):727-730, 2007; Not a Suicide Pact, by Richard Posner. Law and Politics Book Review 17(3):205-207, 2007; Protecting Liberty in an Age of Terror, by Philip B. Heymann and Juliette N. Kayyem. Contemporary Security Policy 27(2):355-357, 2006; The War on Terrorism and the Rule of Law by Richard M. Pious. Law & Politics Book Review 16(10):860-862, 2006; Terrorism, Freedom, and Security, by Philip B. Heymann. Law & Politics Book Review 13(12), 2003; Terrorism Today, by Christopher C. Harmon. Journal of Contingencies & Crisis Management 10(1):50-51, 2002. 

Related media files [more]: De-Metaphoring a Metaphor [audio] - WNYC, New York, July 26, 2005; Responding to Terror [audio] - NPR, July 22, 2005; Segment on terrorism [ video] - ABC25, Columbia, SC, July 7, 2005; Anti-Terror Legislation [audio] - SCERN, August 10, 2004; Is Saying 'War on Terror' Hampering Counterterrorism? [audio] - NPR, August 6, 2004; Investigation Finds Security Holes at SC DMV [video] - News Channel 7, September 9, 2003; The Fight Against Terror at the UN [ video] - CNN International, May 8, 2003.

Interpol. Pp. 198-199 in The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World, edited by Peter N. Stearns. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.

International Money Laundering Control: Law Enforcement Issues. With Kyle Irwin. Pp. 243-246 in Organized Crime: From Trafficking to Terrorism, edited by Frank G. Shanty. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2008. 

Crime, International Response to. Pp. 330-331 in Encyclopedia of Law and Society: American and Global Perspectives, edited by David S. Clark. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2007. 

International Policing. Pp. 701-705 in The Encyclopedia of Police Science, Third Edition, edited by Jack R. Greene. New York: Routledge, 2007. 

Extradition, International. With Kyle Irwin. Pp. 352-354 in Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties, edited by Otis H. Stephens, Jr., John M. Scheb II, and Kara E. Stooksbury. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006.

International Policing --The Role of the United States. Pp. 808-812 in The Encyclopedia of Criminology, edited by Richard A. Wright and J. Mitchell Miller. New York: Routledge, 2005.

The Boundaries of International Cooperation: Problems and Prospects of U.S.-Mexican Police Relations. Pp. 93-122 in Corruption, Police, Security & Democracy, edited by Menachem Amir & Stanley Einstein. Huntsville, TX: Office on International Criminal Justice, 2004. 

Informers: Policing, Policy, Practice, edited by Roger Billingsley, Teresa Nemitz, and Philip Bean. International Criminal Justice Review 12:143-144, 2002. 

International Police Cooperation in Northern America: A Review of Practices, Strategies, and Goals in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Pp. 71-98 in International Police Cooperation: A World Perspective, edited by Daniel J. Koenig and Dilip K. Das. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2001. 

Comparative Criminal Justice. With Amanda J. Swygart. Pp. 51- 68 in the Handbook of Criminal Justice Administration, edited by T. DuPont-Morales, M. Hooper, and J. Schmidt. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2001. 

Smuggling. With Kelly Henry-Turner. pp. 473-475 in the Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior, Clifton D. Bryant, Editor-in-Chief. Volume 2, Crime and Juvenile Delinquency. Francis & Taylor Publishers, 2000.

International Criminal Justice on the Internet. Inter-Section, Newsletter of the International Section of the ACJS, Summer 1998, pp. 1-4. 

Policing International Society: Views from the United States. Review essay on Cops Across Borders by Ethan A. Nadelmann, and Crime and Law Enforcement in the Global Village edited by William F. McDonald. Police Forum 7(3):6-8, 1997.

Police. In The Palgrave Dictionary of Transnational History, edited by Akira Iriye and Pierre-Yves Saunier. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, forthcoming. 

Bureaucratization. In The Sage Dictionary of Policing, edited by Alison Wakefield and Richard Wild. Sage Publications, forthcoming. 

Policing. Pp. 970-973 in Encyclopedia of Globalization, edited by Roland Robertson and Jan Aart Scholte. New York: Routledge, 2007. 

Book Symposium: Policing World Society. Law Enforcement Executive Forum 5(4):63-82, July 2005. 

Symposium: Book (Author) Meets Dissertation (Authors): Policing World Society by Mathieu Deflem. Amici, ASA Sociology of Law section newsletter, 12(2), 2005. 

International Police Cooperation --History of. Pp. 795-798 in The Encyclopedia of Criminology, edited by Richard A. Wright and J. Mitchell Miller. New York: Routledge, 2005. 

"Wild Beasts Without Nationality": The Uncertain Origins of Interpol, 1898-1910. Pp. 275-285 in The Handbook of Transnational Crime and Justice, edited by Philip Reichel. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2005.

Technology and the Internationalization of Policing: A Comparative-Historical Perspective. Justice Quarterly 19(3):453-475, 2002.

The Logic of Nazification: The Case of the International Criminal Police Commission ("Interpol"). International Journal of Comparative Sociology 43(1):21-44, 2002.

Bureaucratization and Social Control: Historical Foundations of International Police Cooperation. Law & Society Review 34(3):601-640, 2000. 

International Policing in 19th-Century Europe: The Police Union of German States, 1851-1866. International Criminal Justice Review 6:36-57, 1996.

Law Enforcement in British Colonial Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Imperial Policing in Nyasaland, the Gold Coast, and Kenya. Police Studies 17(1):45-68, 1994. 

Related media file: Police Collaborate on Fighting Crime [audio] - Radio feature on the South Carolina Educational Radio Network, November 15, 2002. 

Sociological Theories of Law. Pp. 1410-1413 in Encyclopedia of Law and Society: American and Global Perspectives, edited by David S. Clark. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2007. 

Legal Profession. Pp. 2583-2584 in The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, edited by George Ritzer. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2007.

Jurisprudencia sociológica y sociología del derecho (Spanish: Sociological Jurisprudence and Sociology of Law). Opinión Jurídica 5(10):107-119, 2006. 

The Conduct of Hostilities under the Law of International Armed Conflict, by Yoram Dinstein. Law & Politics Book Review 16(3):195-197, 2006. 

Criminal Justice and Political Cultures, edited by Tim Newburn and Richard Sparks. Law & Politics Book Review 14(7):534-537, July 2004. 

Theory, Abortion, Policing, Terrorism. Perspectives, the ASA Theory section newsletter, 27(2):6, 25-27, April 2004. 

I Confess: Visions of Guilt and Innocence in Hitchcock's Films. On-line essay illustrated with videos, audio, stills, and posters, since 1999. 

Introduction: Law in Habermas’s Theory of Communicative Action, and “Habermas, Modernity and Law: A Bibliography.” Pp. 1-20, 151-166 in Habermas, Modernity and Law, edited by Mathieu Deflem. London: Sage, 1996. Reprinted in Jürgen Habermas: Sage Masters of Modern Social Thought, edited by David M. Rasmussen and James Swindal. Sage, 2002. 

Discourstheorie, Strafrecht, en Criminologie. Panopticon 16(1):86-9, 1996.

Corruption, Law and Justice: A Conceptual Clarification. Journal of Criminal Justice 23(3):243-258, 1995.

Théorie du Discours, Droit Pénal, et Criminologie.. Review essay on Jürgen Habermas, Faktizität und Geltung (Between Facts and Norms). Déviance et Société 19(4):325-338, 1995. 

La Notion de Droit dans la Théorie de l’Agir Communicationnel de Jürgen Habermas. Déviance et Société 18(1):95-120, 1994. See revised English version. 

Jürgen Habermas - Pflegevater oder Sorgenkind der abolitionistischen Perspektive? Kriminologisches Journal 24(2):82-97, 1994. See revised English version. With Critique and Reply.

De Communicatie-Theoretische Benadering van het Recht. Recht en Kritiek 18(3):235-258, 1992.

Kritische Theorie, Misdaad en (De)Criminalisering: Jürgen Habermas als Criminoloog? Panopticon 12(4):330-351, 1991.

Policing the Pearl: Historical Transformations of Law Enforcement in Hong Kong. With Richard Featherstone, Suzanne Sutphin, and Yunqing Li. International Journal of Police Science and Management, 2008, forthcoming. 

Introduction: An Eye on Surveillance and Governance. Pp. 1-8 in Surveillance and Governance: Crime Control and Beyond, edited by Mathieu Deflem. Bingley, UK: Emerald/JAI Press, 2008. 

Internet Extortion and Information Security. With Brian Hudak. Pp. 289-292 in Organized Crime: From Trafficking to Terrorism, edited by Frank G. Shanty. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2008. 

Het Criminele Denken (Dutch: Criminal Thought). Karakter: Tijdschrift van Wetenschap 18:22-24, 2007.

Federal Bureau of Investigation. Pp. 360-361 in Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties, edited by O.H. Stephens, Jr., J.M. Scheb II, and K.E. Stooksbury. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2006. 

Law Enforcement and Computer Security Threats and Measures, with J. Eagle Shutt. In The Handbook of Information Security, Volume 2, edited by Hossein Bidgoli. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2006.

Preface to Narratives from the 1971 Attica Prison Riot: Toward a New Theory of Correctional Disturbances, by Richard Featherstone, pp. i-iii. Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2005. 

Power/Knowledge, Society and Truth: Notes on the work of Michel Foucault. Online paper, 1999.

The Democratic Deficit Revisited: Considering the Politics of Criminal Justice. Pp. 111-117 in Politique, police et justice au bord du futur: Mélanges pour et avec Lode Van Outrive, edited by Y. Cartuyvels et al. Paris: L’Harmattan, 1998.

Profit and Penality: An Analysis of the Corrections-Commercial Complex. With J. Robert Lilly. Crime and Delinquency 42(1):3-20, 1996. 

Penologie en Profijt: Een Exploratief Onderzoek naar de Bestraffingsindustrie. Met J.Robert Lilly. Delikt & Delinkwent 23(6):511-527, 1993. 

Rap, Rock, and Censorship: Popular Culture and the Technologies of Justice. Online essay originally presented at the Law & Society Association, 1993. Revised. 

The Invisibilities of Social Control: Uncovering Gary Marx’s Discovery of Undercover. Special issue on Undercover.Crime, Law and Social Change 18(1/2):177-192, 1992.

Sociologie en Sociale Controle: Politie, Undercover, en Technologie.Panopticon 12(5):475-482, 1991. 

Related book reviews: Crime, Police and Penal Policy, by Clive Emsley. British Journal of Criminology 48(1):102-104, 2008; Policing Paris, by Clifford Rosenberg. International Review of Social History 52(2):303-305, 2007; Police Stories, by John Merriman. Journal of Social History 41(2):507-509, 2007; Citizens, Cops, and Power, by Steve Herbert. Law and Society Review 41(1):255-257, March 2007; Lessons From International/Comparative Criminology/Criminal Justice, edited by John Winterdyk and Liqun Cao. International Criminal Justice Review 16(1):45-46, 2006; Punishment, Places and Perpetrators, edited by Gerben Bruinsma, Henk Effers, and Jan de Keijser. Law & Politics Book Review 14(9):716-718, September 2004; Comparative Criminal Justice, by Francis Pakes. British Journal of Criminology 44(5):821-823, September 2004; The Politics of Injustice, by Katherine Becket and Theodore Sasson. Contemporary Justice Review 6(2):205-206, 2003; Flag Burning, by Michael Welch. American Journal of Sociology 106(6):1822-1824, 2001; Les Prisons de la Misère, by Loic Wacquant. Punishment & Society 3(2):307-308, 2001; Erich Fromm and Critical Criminology, edited by Kevin Anderson and Richard Quinney. Contemporary Sociology 30(4):400-40, 2001; Police, Drugs and Community, by Mike Collison. SSSP Newsletter 29(1):33-35, 1998. 

Freedom of Access to Clinics Entrances Act (FACE). With Brian Hudak. Pp. 407-408 in Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties, edited by Otis H. Stephens, Jr., John M. Scheb II, and Kara E. Stooksbury. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006.

Article Misstates Facts of Abortion. Letter. The Purdue Exponent, April 27, 2000.

The Boundaries of Abortion Law: Systems Theory from Parsons to Luhmann and Habermas. Social Forces 76(3):775-818, 1998.

Review of Doctors of Conscience: The Struggle to Provide Abortion before and after Roe v. Wade, by Carole Joffe. American Journal of Sociology 103(3):808-809, 1997.

Anomie. Pp. 144-146 in The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, edited by George Ritzer. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2007.

Introduction: The Bearing of Sociological Theory on Criminological Research. Pp. 1-6 in Sociological Theory and Criminological Research: Views from Europe and the United States, edited by Mathieu Deflem. Amsterdam: Elsevier/JAI Press, 2006.

Revisiting Merton: Continuities in the Theory of Anomie-and-Opportunity-Structures. With Sanjay Marwah. Pp. 57-76 in Sociological Theory and Criminological Research: Views from Europe and the United States, edited by Mathieu Deflem. Amsterdam: ElsevierJAI Press, 2006. 

The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity, by Robert K. Merton and Elinor Barber. Social Forces 83(3):1302-1303, 2005. 

Anomie and Strain: Context and Consequences of Merton’s Two Theories. Second author, with Richard Featherstone. Sociological Inquiry 73(4):471-489, 2003.

Theories of Distinction, by Niklas Luhmann. American Journal of Sociology 108(5):1168-1170, 2003.

The Sociology of the Sociology of Money: Simmel and the Contemporary Battle of the Classics. Journal of Classical Sociology 3(1):67-96, 2003. 

Ferdinand Tönnies (1855-1936). In the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online, edited by Edward Craig. London: Routledge, 2001. 

cybertheory.htm: Sociological Theory on the Internet. Perspectives, ASA Theory section newsletter, July 2001.

Ferdinand Tönnies on Crime and Society: An Unexplored Contribution to Criminological Sociology. History of the Human Sciences 12(3):87-116, 1999.

The Future of Anomie Theory,edited by Nikos Passas and Robert Agnew. Social Forces 78(1):364-366, 1999. 

Classical Sociological Theory.  A review of the classics. Online paper, 1999. 

The Global Reach of Law Enforcement: Implications for Practicing Social Problems Theory. Social Problems Theory Division Newsletter, Spring 1999, pp. 1-3, 1999.

Jürgen Habermas: "Georg Simmel on Philosophy and Culture: Postscript to a Collection of Essays. Translated by Mathieu Deflem. Critical Inquiry 22(3):403-414, 1996. 

A Theory About Control, by Jack P. Gibbs. Contemporary Sociology 25(4):571-572, 1996. 

Social Control and the Theory of Communicative Action. International Journal of the Sociology of Law 22(4):355-373, 1994. Auch auf Deutsch. Ook in het Nederlands.

Ritual, Anti-Structure, and Religion: A Discussion of Victor Turner’s Processual Symbolic Analysis. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 30(1):1-25, 1991. 

Polish translation: Rytual, antystruktura i religia, czyli Victora Turnera procesualna analiza symboli. Konteksty 56(1/2):188-199 (2002). 

Processual Symbolic Analysis in the Writings of Victor W. Turner. M.A. dissertation, The University of Hull, England, 1988.

From Anomie to Anomia and Anomic Depression: A Sociological Critique on the Use of Anomie in Psychiatric Research. Social Science and Medicine 29(5):627-634, 1989.

Anomie als Sociologisch Probleem. M.A. Thesis (Licentiaatsverhandeling), K.U.Leuven, 1986. 

Making Whole What Has Been Smashed, by John Torpey. American Journal of Sociology 114(1):256-258, 2008.

Our Small Global World. Review of Ethnicities and Global Multiculture: Pants for an Octopus, by Jan Nederveen Pieterse. International Studies Review 10(1):134-136, 2008. 

Useless Tilly (et al.): Teaching Comparative-Historical Sociology Wisely. Trajectories, Newsletter of the ASA Comparative & Historical Sociology section, 19(1):14-17, 2007. 

Comparative and Historical Sociology: Lecture Notes. Exclusively available online, 2007.

Introduction: Sociologists in a Global Age. Pp. 1-11 in Sociologists in a Global Age: Biographical Perspectives, edited by M. Deflem. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing, 2007.

Tribal Modernity? Reflections on Mounira Charrad’s States and Women’s Rights. Political Sociology: States, Power, and Societies, ASA Political Sociology newsletter, 12(1):6-8, 2005.

The Cultural Realm of European Integration, by Antonio V. Menéndez-Alarcón.American Journal of Sociology 111(3):948-950, 2005. 

A Global Perspective of Globalization. Review of Globalization: People, Perspectives, and Progress, by William H. Mott, IV. International Studies Review 7:337-339, 2005.

Framing Europe, by Juan Díez Medrano. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 11(2):291-294, 2005. 

The Ends of the State: Anarchy, Terror, and Police, 1851 to 9-11. Comparative & Historical Sociology, ASA Section newsletter, 16(1):3-5, Fall 2004. 

Warfare, Political Leadership, and State Formation: The Case of the Zulu Kingdom, 1808-1879. Ethnology 38(4):371-391, 1999.

International Law as Law of the United States, by Jordan J. Paust. European Journal of International Law  9(4):765-767, 1998. 

Surveillance and Criminal Statistics: Historical Foundations of Governmentality. Pp. 149-184 in Studies in Law, Politics and Society, Volume 17, edited by Austin Sarat and Susan Silbey. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1997.

The Myth of Post-National Identity: Popular Support for European Unification. With Fred C. Pampel. Social Forces 75(1):119-143, 1996. 

On the Methodology of Comparative-Historical Sociology. Scattered notes for graduate students. Online paper, 1997, 2000. 

An Introduction to Research Design. A student-oriented introduction to research. Online paper, 1998.

Alfred Hitchcock and Sociological Theory: Parsons Goes to the Movies. Sociation Today 5(1), 2007. 

Credible Reviews are Hard to Find. Op.ed. The Gamecock, November 17, p. 4, 2003.

Teaching Criminal Justice in Liberal Arts Education: A Sociologist's Confessions. ACJS Today, Newsletter of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences 22(2), pp. 1, 3-5, 2002. With several comments and replies. 

Resisting the Commodification of Education: University Policies Against Commercial Lecture Notes Companies. Online article, 2001. 

University4Sale-dot-com: The Educational Cost of Free Notes on the Internet. Footnotes, ASA newsletter 28(4):6-7, April 2000. Revised in AFT On Campus, April 2000.

Intellectual Property and Online Notes Companies: Copyright Policy in the Age of E-Learning. Online article, 2001. 

Letters and op-eds accompanying my website campaign, "Free Education Now!", available on a backup page, appeared in several college newspapers. 

Online Ambiguities. Reply to a critique. The Technology Source, July/August 2000. 

Teaching Theory for Sociology Students: Junior Notes. Perspectives, ASA Theory section newsletter, 21(2), April 1999, pp. 7-8, 1999.

That’s in a Name: Concerning the ASA Career Award. ASA Forum Letter. Footnotes, ASA Newsletter, 36(3):8, March 2008. 

Public Sociology, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie, and Chevrolet. The Journal of Professional and Public Sociology, inaugural issue, 2007. 

Single-Issue Voting Tactic? Public Forum. Footnotes, ASA Newsletter, 34(5):12, May/June 2006. With comment and response. 

Police Classifications Don’t Fit in Media. Letter. The Gamecock, March 22, 2006, p. 8. 

Sociologists, One More Effort! A Propos Goodwin. Comparative & Historical Sociology, ASA Section newsletter, 16(2):4-6. With a response by Goodwin. 

Crime and Deviance at Social Forces. Letter. Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Division News, SSSP Newsletter, Winter 2005, p. 2. 

Comment (on public sociology). Contemporary Sociology 34(1):92-93, January 2005.

Southernizing Social Forces. The Southern Sociologist, Newsletter of the Southern Sociological Society, 36(3):12-15, Winter 2005. 

Large Mug, Mousepad, Infant Creeper, Bib, Dog T-Shirt: The Professional Group Revisited. Perspectives, the ASA Theory section newsletter, 27(4 ):15, 2004. 

Media: Web Site Defends Sociology, The Gamecock, November 17, 2004; "Save Sociology" Web Site Preserves Integrity of Field as a Discipline, USC Times, November 2004. 

The War in Iraq and the Peace of San Francisco: Breaking the Code of Public Sociology. Peace, War & Social Conflict, Newsletter of the ASA section, November 2004.

The Organization of Sociology [audio] [65 min]. Introduction to the American Sociological Association, as part of the Sociology Proseminar, University of South Carolina, October 26, 2004. 

Letter to the Editor (The Proper Role of Sociology in the World at Large). The Chronicle Review, October 1, 2004.

Sociologists as a Group Should Not Get Involved in Political Controversies [audio] [20 min] - Presentation at the ASA meeting in San Francisco from a paper co-authored with Stephen Cole. Thematic session on “To Take or Not to Take a Stand,” Saturday, August 14, 2004.

There’s the ASA, But Where’s the Sociology? Letter. Footnotes, The ASA Newsletter, 32(6), p. 9, July/August 2004. With a response by Michael Burawoy, “Democracy in Question: Reply to Deflem.” 

How the ASA Leadership Damages Sociological Research: A Scholarly and Professional Viewpoint. Amici, ASA Sociology of Law section newsletter, 11(2):12, 2004. 

Academic Freedom and Publishing, Or: The ASA Police Never Sleeps... Amici, ASA Sociology of Law section newsletter, 11(2):10, 2004. 

Latte Shouldn’t Cost Someone Life or Limb. Letter. The State, February 17, 2004, p. A8.

Resolutions? What resolutions? I don't need no stinking resolutions! Online response to the Iraq War Resolution at the ASA Forum, April 22, 2003. 

Crime at the ASC... Letter. The Criminologist, The American Society of Criminology newsletter, March/April 2003. 

Pedestrians Risk Their Lives at Crosswalks. Letter. The State, July 14, 2002, p.D2. 

Different Views on About.com. Letter and comment. Footnotes, ASA Newsletter, 29(4):10, April 2001.

Police Use Web Site Inappropriately. Letter. The Purdue Exponent, April 9, 2001, p.6. See also: Letter to the Editor. Journal and Courier, April 8, 2001.

On Depoliticizing Sociology. Amici, ASA Sociology of Law Section Newsletter, Spring 2000.

Articles & Chapters

Policing Katrina: Managing Law Enforcement in New Orleans. With Suzanne Sutphin. Policing, forthcoming. 

Policing the Pearl: Historical Transformations of Law Enforcement in Hong Kong. With Richard Featherstone, Suzanne Sutphin, and Yunqing Li. International Journal of Police Science and Management, forthcoming. 

Terrorism --Domestic Spying. With Lisa Dilks. Pp. 931-933 in Encyclopedia of Social Problems, edited by Vincent N. Parrillo. Thousdand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2008. 

Terrorism --Counter-Terrorism Approaches. Pp. 929-931 in Encyclopedia of Social Problems, edited by Vincent N. Parrillo. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2008. 

Interpol. Pp. 198-199 in The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World, edited by Peter N. Stearns. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. 

Introduction: An Eye on Surveillance and Governance. Pp. 1-8 in Surveillance and Governance: Crime Control and Beyond, edited by Mathieu Deflem. Bingley, UK: Emerald/JAI Press, 2008. 

That’s in a Name: Concerning the ASA Career Award. ASA Forum Letter. Footnotes, ASA Newsletter, 36(3):8, March 2008. 

International Money Laundering Control: Law Enforcement Issues, with Kyle Irwin; Internet Extortion and Information Security, with Brian Hudak. Pp. 243-246, 289-292 in Organized Crime: From Trafficking to Terrorism, edited by Frank G. Shanty. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2008. 

Book Reviews 

Punishment and Culture, by Philip Smith. Social Forces, in press. 

The Judge in a Democracy, by Aharon Barak. The European Legacy, in press. 

The Technology of Policing, by Peter K. Manning. American Journal of Sociology, in press. 

Surveillance, Crime and Social Control, edited by C. Norris & D. Wilson. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, in press. 

Making Whole What Has Been Smashed, by John Torpey. American Journal of Sociology 114(1):256-258, 2008. 

Terrorism and the Limitation of Rights, by Stefan Sottiaux. Law & Politics Book Review 18(7):673-676, 2008. 

Our Small Global World. Review of Ethnicities and Global Multiculture, by Jan Nederveen Pieterse. International Studies Review 10(1):134-136, 2008.