Kelly, Robert J.

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KELLY, Robert J.

KELLY, Robert J. American, b. 1938. Genres: Criminology/True Crime, Sociology. Career: Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY, professor of social science, 1968-, now Broeklundian Professor Emeritus; Graduate Center of the City University of New York, professor of sociology and criminology; consultant to New York Police Department, Pennsylvania Crime Commission, and New Jersey State Police; Robert Kelly Associates, Inc., president; Edward Sagarin Institute for the Study of Social Problems, president. Publications: Handbook of Organized Crime in the United States, 1995; African American Organized Crime, 1997; Hate Crimes: The Politics of Global Polarization, 1998; The Upperworld and the Underworld, 1999; Encyclopedia of Organized Crime in the United States, 2000; Organized Crime, Terrorism and Social Distress, 2003; Illicit Trafficking, forthcoming. Contributor to periodicals. Address: Dept of Educational Services, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, 2900 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210, U.S.A. Online address: rkelly@brooklyn.cuny.edu

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