Brian Forst is Professor of Justice, Law and Society at the American University's School of Public Affairs, in Washington, DC. He joined the American University faculty in 1992, after serving as director of research at the Institute for Law and Social Research (1974-85) and the Police Foundation (1985-89) -- and as a faculty member at the George Washington University (1989-92). In 2006, Professor Forst's book, "Errors of Justice: Nature, Sources and Remedies" (Cambridge University Press), won Book of the Year award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. The Cambridge University Press released his book, "Terrorism, Crime and Public Policy" in 2008 and his anthology, "Criminologists on Terrorism and Homeland Security" (co-edited with James Lynch and Jack Greene), in 2011. In 2005 he co-edited (with American University colleague Akbar Ahmed) "After Terror: Promoting Dialogue Among Civilizations", an anthology of original essays by Kofi Annan, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Bernard Lewis, Queen Noor of Jordan, Joseph Nye Jr., Sir Ravi Shankar, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Edward O. Wilson, and 20 distinguished others. His other books include "The Privatization of Policing: Two Views" (Georgetown University Press, 1999), with Peter Manning, "The Socio-Economics of Crime and Justice" (M.E. Sharpe, 1993), "Power in Numbers" (John Wiley & Sons, 1987), and "What Happens After Arrest?" (U.S. Department of Justice, 1977). His current research and teaching focuses on terrorism, errors of justice, sentencing, and legitimacy. He was a voting member of the District of Columbia Sentencing Commission from 2004 through 2010. His PhD degree is from the George Washington University, and he has MBA and BS degrees in statistics from the University of California at Los Angeles. He is married to Judith Forst (since 1964), has a son (Eric), a daughter (Laura), and two grandsons (Sam & Graham). In 1998 he played cello with the American University Orchestra.