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"Constructing Crime in and Era of Globalization"


Dr. Gary Potter

Gary Potter, Ph.D.
Professor

Department of Criminal Justice
Eastern Kentucky University


Dr. Potter has authored eight books including Drugs in Society, Criminal Organizations; Organized Crime, Controversies in White Collar Crime, Constructing Crime and The Mythology of Crime and Criminal Justice.  He has also published in several journals including Crime, Law and Social Change, the Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice; Criminal Justice Policy Review; Journal of Criminal Justice and Corruption and Reform. Dr. Potter is currently doing research on transnational organized crime, human trafficking and the sex industry, and drug trafficking by teenagers in rural Kentucky.