International terrorism, Incitement and terrorism, Challenges to Israeli society
Dr. Robert R. Friedmann is founding director of the Georgia
International Law Enforcement Exchange and Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice at Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of
Policy Studies.
He was the Distinguished Chair of Public Safety
Partnerships (2007-2010) and served as Chair (1989-2002) of the
Criminal Justice Department at Georgia State University.
Dr. Friedmann received his B.S. (Sociology and Anthropology, and
Philosophy) from the University of Haifa, Israel (1974); his M.A. and
Ph.D. (Sociology) from the University of Minnesota (1978); and his
M.S.S.W. (Social Work) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1981).
His interest and published work focus on community policing,
terrorism, and crime analysis. His books include: Community Policing:
Comparative Perspectives and Prospects, (1992), Criminal Justice in Israel: An
Annotated Bibliography of English Language Publications, 1948-1993 (1995),
Crime and Criminal Justice in Israel: Assessing the Knowledge Base toward the
Twenty-First Century (1998), A Diary of Four Years of Terrorism and
Anti-Semitism: 2000-2004 (2005; two volumes), and 28 Letters (2012). He also
authored numerous articles and research reports on crime and criminal justice
focusing on policing and public safety. He was the recipient of several federal
grants to improve crime data.
Dr. Friedmann chaired the Georgia Commission to Assess State
Crime Laboratory Needs into the 21st Century; he is a Member of the Georgia
Association of Chiefs of Police (GACP), and a Member of the International
Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). He assisted in security planning and
preparation for the Olympic Games in Atlanta (1996), Salt Lake City (2002),
Athens, Greece (2004), London (2012), Rio (2016) and for the 30th
G-8 Summit in Sea Island, Georgia (2004). He served as a member of the Fulton
County Court House Security Commission and he serves on the advisory board of
the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Herzliya, Israel, the
Research Institute for European and American Studies, Athens, Greece, and is a
member of the executive committee of The International Counter-Terrorism
Academic Community.
Dr. Friedmann works closely with a number of police departments,
in the U.S. and internationally, on community policing and homeland
security.
Contact:
friedmann@gsu.edu