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Mathieu Deflem
deflem@sc.edu
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PUBLICATIONS LIST

The linked titles in the list below are available on this blog. All writings are single-authored by Mathieu Deflem unless mentioned otherwise. For more information about other sources and other aspects of my work, go to my website www.mathieudeflem.net.
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BOOKS


2010 The Policing of Terrorism: Organizational and Global Perspectives. New York: Routledge. See www.polterror.net.


2008 Sociology of Law: Visions of a Scholarly Tradition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. See www.socoflaw.net.


2002 Policing World Society: Historical Foundations of International Police Cooperation. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. See book info page. Available as pdf!


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EDITED BOOKS

2010 Popular Culture, Crime, and Social Control. Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance, Volume 14. Bingley, UK: Emerald. Includes: "Introduction: The Criminology of Popular Culture" (pp. ix-xi).


2008 Surveillance and Governance: Crime Control and Beyond. Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance, Volume 10. Bingley, UK: Emerald/JAI Press. Includes: “Introduction: An Eye on Surveillance and Governance” (pp. 1-8).


2007 Sociologists in a Global Age: Biographical Perspectives. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate. Includes: “Introduction: Sociologists in a Global Age” (pp. 1-11).


2006 Sociological Theory and Criminological Research: Views from Europe and the United States. Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance, Volume 7. Amsterdam: Elsevier/JAI Press. Includes: “Introduction: The Bearing of Sociological Theory on Criminological Research” (pp. 1-6).

2004 Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: Criminological Perspectives. Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance, Volume 5. Amsterdam: Elsevier/JAI Press. Includes: “Introduction: Towards a Criminology of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism” (pp. 1-6).


1996 Habermas, Modernity and Law. London: Sage Publications. Includes: “Introduction: Law in Habermas’s Theory of Communicative Action” (pp. 1-20). Available online!



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ARTICLES & CHAPTERS 



2007 “Is the United States Ready for Future Catastrophes? Estimating the Effectiveness of Organizations for Hazard Mitigation Since 9/11.” (third author, with Aytül Kasapo?lu and Dennis S. Mileti). Journal of Homeland Security, September 2007, online.



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


2006 “Policing Post-War Iraq: Insurgency, Civilian Police, and the Reconstruction of Society.” (first author, with Suzanne Sutphin). Sociological Focus 39(4):265-283.


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



2006 “Law Enforcement and Computer Security Threats and Measures.” (first author, with J. Eagle Shutt). Pp. 200-209 in The Handbook of Information Security, Volume 2: Information Warfare; Social, Legal, and International Issues; and Security Foundations, edited by Hossein Bidgoli. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons.


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 “Interpol and the Policing of International Terrorism: Developments and Dynamics since September 11.” (first author, with Lindsay C. Maybin). Pp. 175-191 in Terrorism: Research, Readings, & Realities, edited by Lynne L. Snowden and Bradley C. Whitsel. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005.

2005 “Whose Face at the Border? Homeland Security and Border Policing Since 9/11.” (second author, 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.” (third author, with Holly Ventura and J. Mitchell Miller). Critical Criminology 13(1):55-70.


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



2004 “The Boundaries of International Cooperation: Problems and Prospects of U.S.-Mexican Police Relations.” Pp. 93-122 in Police Corruption: Challenges for Developed Countries—Comparative Issues and Commissions of Inquiry, edited by Menachem Amir and Stanley Einstein. Huntsville, TX: Office of International Criminal Justice.


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


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


2002 “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.

2001 “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.” (first author, with Amanda J. Swygart). Pp. 51-68 in Handbook of Criminal Justice Administration, edited by Toni DuPont-Morales, Michael Hooper, and Judy Schmidt. New York: Marcel Dekker Publishers.


2000 “Bureaucratization and Social Control: Historical Foundations of International Policing.” Law & Society Review 34(3):601-640.


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


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




1995 “Théorie du Discours, Droit Pénal, et Criminologie.” (French: Discourse Theory, Criminal Law, and Criminology). Déviance et Société 19(4):325-338.


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


1994 “Social Control and the Theory of Communicative Action.” International Journal of the Sociology of Law 22(4):355-373.


1994 “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 “La Notion de Droit dans la Théorie de l’Agir Communicationnel de Jürgen Habermas.” (French: The Notion of Law in Jürgen Habermas’s Theory of Communicative Action). Déviance et Société 18(1):95-120.


1993 “Penologie en Profijt: Een Exploratief Onderzoek naar de Bestraffingsindustrie.” (Dutch). Delikt & Delinkwent 23(6):511-527.





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ESSAYS

forth. “Interpol.” In The Encyclopedia of Global Studies, edited by Mark Juergensmeyer & Helmut Anheier. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, in press.



2009 “Ending the War on the War on Terror.” Review essay of Thwarting Enemies at Home and Abroad: How to Be a Counterintelligence Officer, by William R. Johnson; and Under Construction: Making Homeland Security at the Local Level, by Kerry B. Fosher. Contexts 78(4):76-78.


2009 “Terrorism.” Pp. 533-540 in 21st Century Criminology: A Reference Handbook, edited by J. Mitchell Miller. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.


2009 “Police.” In The Palgrave Dictionary of Transnational History, edited by Akira Iriye and Pierre-Yves Saunier. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.


2009 “Interpol.” Pp. 179-181 in The Sage Dictionary of Policing, edited by Alison Wakefield and Jenny Fleming. London: Sage Publications.


2009 “Bureaucratization." Pp. 14-16 in The Sage Dictionary of Policing, edited by Alison Wakefield and Jenny Fleming. London: 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 “Terrorism, Domestic Spying” (first author, with Lisa Dilks). Pp. 931-933 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 “Internet Extortion and Information Security” (first author, with Brian Hudak). Pp. 289-292 in Organized Crime: From Trafficking to Terrorism, edited by Frank G. Shanty. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


2007 “Public Sociology, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie, and Chevrolet.” The Journal of Professional and Public Sociology (inaugural issue), online.


2006 “Extradition, International” (first author, 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 “Federal Bureau of Investigation." Pp. 360-361 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 “Freedom of Access to Clinics Entrances Act” (first author, 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.

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


2005 “Author’s Preface: Policing World Society Before and Since September 11,” and “Author’s Response: The Sociology, Law, and Politics of International Policing.” Part of a symposium on my book Policing World Society. Law Enforcement Executive Forum 5(4):63-65, 78-81.


2005 “Response to the Discussants.” Symposium on ‘Book (Author) Meets Dissertation (Authors): Policing World Society by Mathieu Deflem.’ Amici, ASA Sociology of Law section newsletter, 12(2):6-8.


2005 “Reading Terrorism and Terrorists.” Review essay of The New Jackals by Simon Reeve, In Bad Company by Mark Hamm, and Terrorism: A Very Short Introduction by Charles Townsend. Theoretical Criminology 9(2):231-236.


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


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


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 issue, pp. 3-5.


2004 “Theory, Abortion, Policing, Terrorism.” Perspectives, ASA Theory Section newsletter, 27(2):6, 25-27.


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


2002 “Teaching Criminal Justice in Liberal Arts Education: A Sociologist’s Confessions.” ACJS Today, Newsletter of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, 22(2):1, 3-5.


2001 “cybertheory.htm: Sociological Theory on the Internet.” Perspectives, ASA Theory Section Newsletter, 23(3):5-6,8.


2001 “Ferdinand Tönnies (1855-1936).” In the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online, edited by Edward Craig. London: Routledge. Online: http://www.rep.routledge.com.


2001 “Smuggling.” (first author, with Kelly Henry-Turner). Pp. 473-475 in the Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior, Volume 2: Crime and Juvenile Delinquency, edited by David Luckenbill and Dennis L. Peck. Philadelphia, PA: Brunner-Routledge.


2000 “University4Sale-dot-com: The Educational Cost of Free Notes on the Internet.” Footnotes, ASA newsletter, 28(4):6-7. Revised op-ed versions: “The Educational Costs of Free Online Lecture Notes,” The Stanford Review 23(2), October 1999; “University4Sale.com: The Educational Cost of Posted Lecture Notes on the Internet,” AFT On Campus (April 2000); “Dot-Coms in Our Lecture Halls,” The Harvard Crimson (March 9, 2000).


1999 “Teaching Theory For Sociology Students: Junior Notes.” Perspectives, ASA Theory Section Newsletter 21(2):7-8.


1999 “The Global Reach of Law Enforcement: Implications for Practicing Social Problems Theory.” Social Problems Theory Division Newsletter (April 1999):1-3.


1998 “International Criminal Justice on the Internet.” Inter-Section, Newsletter of the International Section of the ACJS (Summer 1998):1-4.


1997 “Policing International Society: Views from the United States.” Review essay of 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 “The Globalization of Heartland Terror: Reflections on the Oklahoma City Bombing.” The Critical Criminologist, Newsletter of the ASC Critical Criminology Division (Fall 1997):5.
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UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS


2007 "The Concept of Social Control: Theories and Applications." Presented at the conference on "Charities as Instruments of Social Control in Nineteenth-Century Britain,” Université de Haute Bretagne (Rennes 2), Rennes, France, November 22-23, 2007.


2007 "Comparative and Historical Sociology: Lecture Notes." Unpublished paper.


2000 "University4Sale.com: The Educational Cost of Free Lecture Notes on the Internet." Unpublished paper.


1999 "Classical Sociological Theory." Unpublished paper.


1999 "Resisting the Commodification of Education: University Policies Against Commercial Lecture Notes Companies." Unpublished paper.


1999 "Power/Knowledge, Society and Truth: Notes on the work of Michel Foucault." Unpublished notes.


1998 "An Introduction to Research Design." Unpublished paper.


1997 "On the Methodology of Historical Sociology: Scattered Notes." Unpublished paper.


1993 "Rap, Rock, and Censorship: Popular Culture and the Technologies of Justice." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Chicago, May 27-30, 1993.



1988 Processual Symbolic Analysis in the Writings of Victor W. Turner. Unpublished M.A. dissertation, The University of Hull, England.
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2010 The Vertigo of Late Modernity, by Jock Young. Unpublished book review. Available exclusively online.


2010 The Sociology of Deviance: Differences, Tradition, and Stigma, by Robert J. Franzese. Teaching Sociology 38(4):392-393.


2010 The New International Policing, by B.K. Greener. Global Change, Peace and Security 22(1):152-153.







2009 Women, Crime and Social Harm: Towards a Criminology for the Global Era, edited by Maureen Cain and Adrian Howe. Law & Politics Book Review 19(8):587-589, August 2009.


2009 Governing Through Globalized Crime: Futures for International Criminal Justice, by Mark Findlay. Contemporary Sociology 38(2):153-154.


2009 The Technology of Policing: Crime Mapping, Information Technology, and the Rationality of Crime Control, by Peter K. Manning. American Journal of Sociology 115(1):255-257.


2009 Surveillance, Crime and Social Control, edited by C. Norris & D. Wilson. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice 51(1), online.


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


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


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 Crime, Police and Penal Policy: European Experiences 1750-1940, by Clive Emsley. British Journal of Criminology 48(1):102-104.


2008 Terrorism as Crime: From Oklahoma City to Al-Qaeda and Beyond, by Mark S. Hamm. Contemporary Sociology 37(1):62-63.


2007 Police Stories: Building the French State 1815-1851, by John Merriman. Journal of Social History 41(2):507-509.


2007 In the Common Defense: National Security Law for Perilous Times, by James E. Baker. Law and Politics Book Review 17(9):727-730.


2007 Policing Paris: The Origins of Modern Immigration Control between the Wars, by Clifford Rosenberg. International Review of Social History 52(2):303-305.


2007 Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency, by Richard Posner. Law and Politics Book Review 17(3):205-207.


2007 Citizens, Cops, and Power: Recognizing the Limits of Community, by Steve Herbert. Law and Society Review 41(1):255-257.


2006 The War on Terrorism and the Rule of Law, by Richard M. Pious. Law and Politics Book Review 16(10):860-862.


2006 Protecting Liberty in an Age of Terror, by Philip Heymann and Juliette Kayyem. Contemporary Security Policy 27(2):355-357.


2006 Lessons From International/Comparative Criminology/Criminal Justice, edited by John Winterdyk and Liqun Cao. International Criminal Justice Review 16(1):45-46.


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


2005 The Cultural Realm of European Integration: Social Representations in France, Spain, and the United Kingdom, by Antonio V. Menéndez-Alarcón. American Journal of Sociology 111(3):948-950.


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


2005 Framing Europe: Attitudes to European Integration in Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom, by Juan Díez Medrano. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 11(2):291-294.


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


2004 Punishment, Places and Perpetrators: Developments in Criminology and Criminal Justice Research, edited by Gerben Bruinsma, Henk Effers, and Jan de Keijser. Law and Politics Book Review 14(9):716-718.


2004 Comparative Criminal Justice, by Francis Pakes. British Journal of Criminology 44(5):821-823.


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


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


2003 Terrorism, Freedom, and Security: Winning Without War, by Philip B. Heymann. Law and Politics Book Review 13(12), December.


2003 The Politics of Injustice: Crime and Punishment in America, by Katherine Becket and Theodore Sasson. Contemporary Justice Review 6(2):205-206.


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


2002 Terrorism Today, by Christopher C. Harmon. Journal of Contingencies & Crisis Management 10(1):50-51.


2001 Flag Burning: Moral Panic and the Criminalization of Protest, by Michael Welch. American Journal of Sociology 106(6):1822-1824.


2001 Erich Fromm and Critical Criminology: Beyond the Punitive Society, edited by Kevin Anderson and Richard Quinney. Contemporary Sociology 30(4):400-401.


2001 Les Prisons de la Misère, by Loïc Wacquant. Punishment and Society 3(2):307-309.


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


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


1998 Police, Drugs and Community, by Mike Collison. SSSP Newsletter 29(1):33-35.


1997 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.


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

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OTHER (notes, letters)


2009 “Frans in Genk”. Letter (in Dutch). Het Belang van Limburg (Belgium), June 12, 2009, p. 63.


2008 “That’s in a Name: Concerning the ASA Career Award.” ASA Forum Letter. Footnotes, the ASA Newsletter, 36(3):8.
2007 “Preface” (with Huseyin Durmaz) and “Closing Remarks.” Pp. v, 395-397 in Understanding and Responding to Terrorism, edited by H. Durmaz, B. Sevinc, A.S. Yayla, and S. Ekici. Amsterdam: IOS Press.


2006 Letter to the Editor (In response to “Why Sociology Does Not Need To Be Saved,” by Neil McLaughlin, Lisa Kowalchuk, and Kerry Turcotte). The American Sociologist 37(1):81-82.


2006 “Single-Issue Voting Tactic?” Public Forum Letter. Footnotes, the ASA Newsletter, 34(5):12. Followed by a comment by Christine E. Bose and Catherine Zimmer, “ASA Candidates: Reply to Deflem,” Footnotes, 34(6):8; and Response by Deflem: “Response to SWS,” Ibid.


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


2005 “Sociologists, One More Effort! A Propos Goodwin.” Comparative & Historical Sociology, ASA Section newsletter, 16(2):4-6. With a response by Jeff Goodwin (ibid. pp. 6-7).


2005 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 “Better Intelligence Needed to Fight Terror Attacks.” Op-ed. The State, July 13, 2005, p. A10.


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


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


2004 “Large Mug, Mousepad, Infant Creeper, Bib, Dog T-Shirt: The Professional Group Revisited.” Perspectives, the ASA Theory section newsletter, 27(4):15.
2004 Letter to the Editors in Chief [with reply]. American Journal of International Law 98(4):743-744.


2004 Letter to the Editor (“The Proper Role of Sociology in the World at Large”). The Chronicle Review, October 1, p. B17.


2004 “There’s the ASA, But Where’s the Sociology?” Public Forum. Footnotes, ASA Newsletter, 32(6):9. With a response by Michael Burawoy, “Democracy in Question: Reply to Deflem” (ibid., pp. 9-10).


2004 “How the ASA Leadership Damages Sociological Research: A Scholarly and Professional Viewpoint.” Amici, ASA Sociology of Law section newsletter, 11(2):10.


2004 “Academic Freedom and Publishing, Or: The ASA Police Never Sleeps...” Amici, ASA Sociology of Law section newsletter, 11(2):12.

2004 “Parting Words.” Pro Bono, Newsletter of the SSSP Law & Society Division, 10(2):3-5.


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


2003 “Credible Reviews Are Hard to Find.” Op-ed. The Gamecock, November 17, 2003, p. 4.


2003 “‘Justice 21’ 1 — Law & Society 0: How the Internet Provides Detailed Information and Public Knowledge on Domestic Violence...” Pro Bono, Newsletter of the Law & Society Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, 10(1):12.


2003 “Crime at the ASC...” Letter. The Criminologist, Newsletter of the American Society of Criminology, 28(2):26.


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


2001 “Police Use Web Site Inappropriately.” Letter. The Purdue Exponent, April 9, 2001, p.6. Alternate version in: Journal and Courier, April 8, 2001.


2001 “Different Views on About.com.” Letter. Footnotes, ASA Newsletter, 29(4):10.


2001 “On Depoliticizing Sociology.” Letter. Amici, ASA Sociology of Law Newsletter 8(1):4.


2000 “Online Ambiguities.” Letter. The Technology Source, July/August 2000, online.


2000 “Article Misstates Facts of Abortion.” Letter. The Purdue Exponent, April 27, p. 6.


1999-2000 Letters related to my “Free Education Now!” campaign.


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

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