CURRICULUM VITA Mitchel P. Roth Professor Criminal Justice Center

CURRICULUM VITA

Mitchel P. Roth

Professor Criminal Justice Center Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX 77341 Office (936) 294-1649

EDUCATION

Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1993 M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara B.A., University of Maryland, College Park

Publications: Books

Roth, Mitchel P. (In progress). Murder by Mail: A History of the Letter Bomb, London: Reaktion Books.

Roth, Mitchel P. (In press, Spring 2022). Texas Bluebeard: The Life and Crimes of America’s Worst Serial Mass Murderer, (University of North Texas Press).

Taeib, Emmanuel, Foreword by Mitchel P. Roth (2020) Hiding the Guillotine: Public Executions in France, 1870-1939, Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

Roth, Mitchel P. (2020). Power on the Inside: A Global History of Prison Gangs, London: Reaktion Books.

Roth, Mitchel P. (2019). An Eye for an Eye: A Global History of Crime and Punishment, Chinese translation, China: CITIC Publishing.

Roth, Mitchel P. (2019). Fire in the Big House: America’s Deadliest Prison Disaster, Athens: University of Ohio Press.

Cengiz, Mahmut and Mitchel P. Roth. (2019). The Illicit Economy in Turkey: How Criminals, Terrorists, and the Syrian Conflict Fuel Underground Markets, Lanham: Lexington Books.

Roth, Mitchel P. (2018). A History of Crime and the American Criminal Justice System, London: Routledge.

Roth, Mitchel P. & Rita Watkins. (2017). Thirty Years of Putting Theory into Practice: The History of the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas, Huntsville: Sam Houston State University

Roth, Mitchel P. (2017). Global Organized Crime: A 21st Century Approach, London: Routledge.

Roth, Mitchel P. (2017). Goze Goz: Suc ve Cezanin Kuresel Tarihi, Istanbul: Can Sanat Yayinlari. Translated by Barishan Erdogan. (Turkish translation of An Eye for An Eye: A Global History of Crime and Punishment.)

Roth, Mitchel P. (2016). Convict Cowboys: The Untold History of the Texas Prison Rodeo, Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2016.

Roth, Mitchel P. (2016). Oko Za Oko: Globana Povijest Zlocina I Kazne, Zagreb: TIM Press. Translated by Damir Bilicic. (Croatian translation of an Eye for an Eye: A Global History of Crime and Punishment.)

Roth, Mitchel P. (2015). Encyclopedia of War Journalism, 1807-2015 (Grey House Publishing, 3rd edition.

Roth, Mitchel P. (2014). An Eye for an Eye: A Global History of Crime and Punishment, London: Reaktion Books; US: University of Chicago Press.

Roth, Mitchel P. and Tom Kennedy. (2012). Houston Blue: The History of the Houston Police Department, University of North Texas Press.

Roth, Mitchel P. (ed.). (2011). A History of Crime and Punishment: Readings and Documents in Criminal Justice (Cognella Publishing).

Roth, Mitchel P. (2010). Encyclopedia of War Journalism, 1807-2010 (Grey House Publishing).

Roth, Mitchel P. (2010). Global Organized Crime: A Reference Handbook (ABC-CLIO)

Roth, Mitchel P. (2010). Crime and Punishment: A History of the Criminal Justice System, 2E, (Wadsworth-Cengage).

Roth, Mitchel P. (2009). Organized Crime (Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2009)

Roth, Mitchel P. (2005). Prisons and Prison Systems: A Global Encyclopedia, (Greenwood Press.

Roth, Mitchel P. (2005). Crime and Punishment: A History of the Criminal Justice System,

(Wadsworth Publishing).

Roth, Mitchel P. (2002). Issues in Westward Expansion, (Greenwood Press).

Roth, Mitchel P. (text by). (2003) Courtesy, Service, and Protection: The History of the Texas Department of Public Safety, 65th Anniversary edition (Turner Publishing).

Roth, Mitchel P. (2000). Historical Dictionary of Law Enforcement, (Greenwood Press).

Roth, Mitchel P. (1998). Reading the American West: Primary Source Readings in American History, (Addison Wesley Longman).

Roth, Mitchel P. (1997). Fulfilling a Mandate: A History of the Sam Houston State University Criminal Justice Center, (Sam Houston State University Press).

Roth, Mitchel P. (1995). Historical Dictionary of War Journalism, (Greenwood Press).

Roth, Mitchel P. (text by) (1995). Courtesy, Service, and Protection: The Texas Department of Public Safety, (Taylor Publishing).

Publications: Articles and Book Chapters

Roth, M.P. (Winter 2021). “Chasing Ghosts: In Search of America’s First Prison Gang,” Journal of Gang Research, Vol. 28, No. 1.

Roth, M. P. (Forthcoming 2021). “Violence in Texas Prisons,” in “Steeped in a Culture of Violence”: Violence in Modern Texas, 1965-2018, Brandon T. Jett and Kenneth W. Howell, eds., College Station: Texas A&M Press.

Roth, M. P. (Forthcoming 2021). “In Their Own Words: The Autobiographical Way,” in Tracking the Texas Rangers: Historians at Work, Bruce A. Glasrud and Harold J. Weiss, Jr. eds., Denton: University of North Texas Press.

Roth, M. P. and Di Jia (Spring 2019). “From Sleeping Giant to Police State: A Comparative Study of Pre-Socialist Police Systems in China and Russia,” American Review of China Studies, 20:1.

Roth, M.P. (Aug 2017). “At the Texas Prison Rodeo, a Color Line Dissolved,” The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/at-the-texas-prison-rodeo-a-color-line-is-dissolved-80138

Roth, M. P. (Aug 2017). Above article republished in Smithsonian and Salon Magazines.

Roth, M.P. (Dec 2016). “’Love of a Clean and Manly Sport’: The Texas Prison Rodeo

And American Popular Culture,” Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture.

Leechaianan, Yingyos and Roth, M.P. (July 2014). “Cases of Human Trafficking in Texas During 1992 to 2006, Journal of Criminal Justice and Legal Issues, pp. 1-24.

Roth, M.P. (2013). “Historical Overview of Transnational Crime,” in P. Reichel and J. Albanese (eds.), Handbook of Transnational Crime and Justice, Sage, pp. 5-22.

Roth, M.P. (2013). “Bonnie & Clyde in Texas,” in Bruce Glasrud & Harold J. Weiss (eds.), reprinted in Tracking the Texas Rangers: The Twentieth Century, University of North Texas Press, pp. 120-132.

M. Sever and Roth, M.P. (December 2012). “Public Perceptions of White Collar Crime in Turkey and Some Comparison with the United States, Asian Journal of Criminology, Vol. 7, pp. 327-349.

C. Williams and Roth, M.P. (July 2011). “The Importation and Re-exportation of Organized Crime: Explaining the Rise and Fall of the Jamaican Posses in the United States,” Trends in Organized Crime, pp. 1-16.

Roth, M.P. (2011). “The Evolution of Counter-terrorism Strategies in France, Germany and Great Britain, 1960-2010,” in I. Bal, S. Ozeren, M.A. Sozer, eds., Multi-Faceted Approach to Radicalization in Terrorist Organizations, NATO Science for Peace and Security Studies, Vol. 87, pp. 107-124.

Sever, M. and Roth, M.P. (2011). “The Convergence of Terrorism and Organized Crime: The Case of PKK,” C. Strozier and J. Frank, eds., The PKK: Financial Sources, Social and Political Dimensions, pp. 124-145.

Akyuz, K., Cihan, A., & Roth, M.P. (2011). “Striking a Balance between Liberty & Security: The Debate Over American Counterterrorism Policies Since 9/11,” F. Redding and G. Bonham, eds., Flawed Criminal Justice Policies, pp. 107-124.

Roth, M. P. and Sever, M. (2010). “Cutting off the Hand That Feeds It: Countering Terrorist Financing in the 21st Century,” International Journal of Security and Terrorism, Vol. 1. pp. 59-77.

Yun, M. and Roth, M.P. (2008). “Hostage Taking and Kidnapping: Using Script Theory to Predict the Fate of a Hostage,” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, August, 31(8).

Roth, M.P. & Sever, M. (2008). “Financial Sources of the PKK, In The PKK: A Decades Old Brutal Marxist-Leninist Separatist Terrorist Organization, S. Teymur & C. Smith, eds., pp. 67-86.

Roth, M. P. (2007). “Barriers to Police Cooperation in the Age of Terrorism,” in Understanding and Responding to Terrorism, Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Policing Responses to Terrorist Operations, pp. 42-55.

Roth, M.P. and Sever, M. (2007). The Kurdish Workers Party (PKK): Funding Terrorism through Organized Crime, A Case Study,” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, October, pp. 901-920, 2007.

Roth, M.P. (2006). "General History of Policing,” in World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional Systems, ed. George Kurian, Gale Publications, pp. 1-10.

Roth, M.P. (2006). "Italian Police Forces and Correctional Systems," World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional Systems, ed. George Kurian, Gale Publications, pp. 509- 520).

Roth, M.P. (2006). Evolution of Criminal Investigation Department, World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional Systems, ed. George Kurian, Gale Publications, pp. 26- 29).

Roth, M.P. (2005). “Comparative Overview of Policing, Courts, and Corrections Issues," in The Handbook of Transnational Crime and Justice, ed. Philip Reichel, Sage Publications.

Roth, M.P. (2004). "Horse Mounted and Bicycle Units," in Policing and Special Units, ed. Peter W. Phillips, Prentice Hall, pp. 220-225.

Roth, M.P. (2002). “Policing Castro’s Cuba,” Crime and Justice International, Vol. 18, No. 61, pp. 5-6, 27.

Roth, M.P. (2002). “Police," The Oxford Companion to American Law, ed. Kermit Hall, New York: Oxford University Press.

Roth, M.P. (2002). "Ecomafia in Italy," Crime and Justice International, Vol. 18, No. 60, pp. 5- 6, 22-23 [based on my firsthand research in Sicily].

Roth, M.P. (2002). Courtesy, Service and Protection, Department of Public Safety 65th Anniversary, (historical text by), pp. 12-74.

Cintron, M. and Roth, M.P. (2001). "Drugs in the Classroom: A Historical Approach to Drug Education," Journal of Criminal Justice Education, Vol. 12, No. 12, pp. 117-126.

Roth, M.P. (2000). "The Emerging Yardie Problem," Crime and Justice International, Vol. 16, No. 41, pp. 4-5, 23.

Roth, M.P. (2000). “Journalism and the U.S. Mexican War,” in Dueling Eagles: Reinterpreting the U.S.-Mexican War, ed. Richard Francaviglia, Texas Christian University Press, pp. 5

103-126.

Roth, M.P. (2000). "Mounted Police," Crime and Justice International, Vol. 16, No. 41, pp. 4-5, 23.

Roth, M. P. (2000). "Organized Crime in the Balkans," Crime and Justice International, Vol. 16, No. 38, pp. 7-8 [related to my work consulting with the Texas National Guard on Organized Crime in the Balkans, prior to deployment to Bosnia].

Roth, M.P. (2000). "A Century of Criminal Justice," Crime and Justice International, Vol. No. 36, pp. 5-6, 18-19, 21, 29. January.

Roth, M.P. (1999). "Louis L'Amour," Book chapter in 20th Century American Western Writers: Dictionary of Literary Biography.

Roth, M.P. (1998). "Mounted Police Forces: A Comparative History," Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, Vol. 21, No 4, pp. 707-719.

Roth, M.P. (1998). "From Matron to Cop: A Historical Comparison of Perceptions of Female Police Officers in the 1920s and 1980s," in To Research, To Read, To Reason, To Write, To Report, (New York: Simon and Schuster Custom Publishing).

Roth, M.P. (1997). "Cholera and Community in Gold Rush Sacramento and San Francisco," Pacific Historical Review, November, pp. 527-551.

Roth, M.P. (1997). "Bonnie and Clyde in Texas: The End of the Texas Outlaw Tradition," East Texas Historical Journal, Fall.

Roth, M.P. (1995). “Courtesy, Service and Protection” (historical text by), in Texas Department of Public Safety Sixtieth Anniversary.

Roth, M.P. (1994). "Cholera Summer: Independence, St. Joseph and the Path of Contagion," in Gateway Heritage: The Quarterly of the Missouri Historical Society, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 20-29.

Publications: Reference Works

Roth, M.P. (2002). "History of Criminal Justice," in Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment, Berkshire Reference Works, 2002.

Roth, M.P. (Spring 2000). “A Century of Criminal Justice,” Criminal Justice Mandate, pp. 5-9.

Roth, M.P. (1999). "Bonnie and Clyde," in Encyclopedia of Violence in the United States,

Charles Scribner’s Sons, pp. 162-163.

Roth, M.P. (1998). "George Wilkins Kendall," in Encyclopedia of the Mexican War, MacMillan Co.

Roth, M.P. (1998). "War Correspondents," in Encyclopedia of the Mexican War, (NY: MacMillan Co.,).

Roth, M.P. (1996). "Ambeyla Expedition," "Burke and Wills Expedition," "Charles Montagu Doughty," "King Farouk," "Frontier Scouts," "Sir Ian Hamilton," "Hector McDonald," "Richard Meinertzhagan," "Perak Campaign," "Sir William Howard Russell," "Sir William Sleeman," and "Orde Wingate," in The Historical Dictionary of British Imperialism, (Greenwood Press, September 1996).

Roth, M.P. (1995). "Marguerite Higgins," in Great Lives from History: American Women, (Salem Press, pp. 881-885).

Selected Book Reviews

Gangs of the El Paso-Juarez Borderland: A History, by Mike Tapia, for Southwest Historical Quarterly, (2021). Texas Rangers in Transition; From Gunfighters to Criminal Investigators, 1921-1935, by Charles H. Harris III and Louis R. Sadler, for Journal of Southern History, (Aug 2020). Dirty Deeds: Land, Violence, and the 1856 San Francisco Vigilance Committee, by Nancy J. Taniguchi, for Western Historical Quarterly, (Spring, 2018). The Enemy Within Never Did Without: German and Japanese Prisoners of War at Camp Huntsville, 1942-1945, by Jeffrey L. Littlejohn and Charles H. Ford (eds.)., for (2016). Working Together for Better Integration: Immigrants, Police and Social Work, by Elli Heikkila et al, for Journal of Finnish Studies (Oct 2014). The Reckoning: The Triumph of Order on the Texas Outlaw Frontier, by Peter R. Rose, for Journal of Southern History (May 2014). Out of the Muck: A History of the Broward Sheriff’s Office, 1915-2000, by William Cahill and Robert Jarvis, for American Journal of Legal History, (2012) The Reckoning: The Triumph of Order on the Texas Frontier, by Peter E. Rose AND Tracking The Texas Rangers: The Nineteenth Century, by Glasrud and Weiss (eds.). BOOK REVIEW ESSAY for Journal of Southern History (2012). Mexicans on Death Row, by Ricardo Ampudia, for Southwestern Historical Quarterly (2012) Texas Tough: The Rise of America’s Prison Empire, by Robert Perkinson, for Southwestern Historical Quarterly (2011). The Feud that Wasn’t: The Taylor Ring, Bill Sutton, John Wesley Hardin, and Violence in Texas, by James M. Smallwood, for Southwest Historical Quarterly (2011). Yours to Command: The Life and Legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald by Harold Weiss, Jr., for Western Historical Quarterly (2010). Winchester Warriors: Texas Rangers of Company D, 1874-1901, by Bob Alexander, for The

Western Historical Quarterly (2010). Texas Devils: Rangers and Regulars on the Lower Rio Grande, 1846-1861, by Michael L. Collins, for Western Historical Quarterly (2009). “Rangers in a Strange Land,” invited book review essay on recent books on Texas Rangers, Austin Statesman, (April 13, 2008). Walking George: The Life of George J. Beto and the Rise of the Modern Texas Prison System, by David M. Horton and George R. Nielsen, for Southwestern Historical Quarterly, (Spring 2006). Warden: Prison Life and Death from the Inside Out, by James Willett, for Southwestern Historical Quarterly, (July 2006). Sacrifice as Terror: The Rwandan Genocide of 1994, by Christopher C. Taylor, for International Criminal Justice Review, (V. 12, 2002). Homicide, Race, and Justice in the American West, 1880-1920 by Clare V. McKanna, Jr., for North Dakota History, (March 1999). Frontier Doctor: William Beaumont, America's First Great Medical Scientist by Reginald Horsman, for Pacific Historical Review, (Nov., 1997) State Police in the United States: A Socio-Historical Analysis by H. Kenneth Bechtel, for Criminal Justice Review, (March, 1996). The Chronicle of Raymond Hamilton by Sid Underwood, for The West Texas Historical Association Yearbook, (December, 1996). Chief: The Life History of Eugene Delorme, Imprisoned Santee Sioux by Inez Cardoza- Freeman, for Criminologist (May/June, 1995).

Scholarly Papers and Invited Presentations

Roth, M.P. (Jan. 20-22, 2021). (Invited). “Worldview of Prison Gangs,” 2021 Gang Intelligence & Supervision Conference, Allen, Texas.

Roth, M.P. (Jan. 20-22, 2021). (Invited). “How American Prison Gangs Compare to Counterparts Around the World,” 2021 Gang Intelligence & Supervision Conference, Allen, Texas.

Roth, M.P. (2019). Author Meets Critics, Fire in the Big House: America’s Deadliest Prison Disaster, Annual Meeting of ASC, San Francisco, November 2019.

Roth, M.P (Nov 13, 2019). (Invited). Roundtable Participant, “Understanding the Plight of Turkish National Police Officers Who Studied in the United States,” invited participant at roundtable led by Jeffrey Ian Ross, Annual Meeting of ASC, San Francisco.

Roth, M.P (Oct 18-19, 2019). (Invited) Panelist on “The Future of Capital Punishment,” Annual Meeting of SWACJ, Houston.

Jia Dia and Roth, M. P. (2019). “Transnational Organized Crime and its Threat to the Belt and

Road Initiative,” Poster Session, Annual Meeting of ASC, San Francisco, Nov 2019.

Roth, M.P. (April 18-19, 2019) [invited speaker]. “Illicit Trafficking in Turkey,” University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, China.

Roth, M. P. (2019). “Prison Gangs: A Global Overview,” ACJS Annual Meeting, Baltimore.

Roth, M. P. (2018) [invited speaker]. “Terrorism/Organized Crime Nexus” Africa,” People’s Security University of China, Beijing.

Roth, M. P. (2018) [invited speaker]. “The Evolution of European Counter-terrorism Strategies since the Rise of the Islamic State,” People’s Security University of China, Beijing.

Roth, M. P. (2018) [invited speaker]. “Illicit Trafficking in Turkey,” People’s Security University of China, Beijing.

Roth, M. P. (2017). Chair and Discussant, Author Meets Critics, ASC Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO.

Roth, M. P. (2017). Author Meets Critics, ACJS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Roth, M. P. & Ji Dia. (2016). “From Sleeping Giant to Police State: A Comparison of Pre- Socialist Policing in China and Russia,” ACJS Annual Meeting, Denver, Co.

Roth, M.P. (2015) [invited speaker]. “The Impact of Regional Conflicts on the Terror- Organized Crime Nexus: A Regional Overview,” ASC Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November.

Roth, M.P. (2015) [invited speaker]. “Convict Cowboys and the Texas Prison Rodeo,” Briscoe Western Art Museum, San Antonio, TX, Feb. 3.

Roth, M.P. (2015) [invited speaker]. “Recent American-French Counterterrorism Cooperation in Africa,” Terrorism Experts Conference, Center of Excellence, Defence against Terrorism, Ankara, Turkey, October.

Roth, M.P. (2014) [invited speaker]. “Recent Counterterrorism Strategies in Africa,” Terrorism Experts Conference: Recent Conflicts and Their Impacts on Terrorist Organizations/Networks, Ankara, Turkey, Oct. 15-16.

Roth, M.P. (2014). “Murderabilia: The Thin Line between Collector and Provocateur,” ACJS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Feb. 11.

Roth, M.P. (2014) [invited speaker]. “Africa: A Regional Overview of the Terrorism/Organized Crime Nexus,” NATO Centre of Excellence against Terrorism Conference, New Trends and

Responses, Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 26.

Roth, M.P. (2013) [invited speaker]. “English Language sources and Resources for Arab Journalists Covering the International Criminal Courts,” SKeyes Center for Media and Cultural Freedom, 4th International Conference, Beirut, Lebanon, Jan. 18-20.

Roth, M.P. (2013). “Organized Cargo Theft: A Comparative View,” ACJS Annual meeting, March.

Roth, M.P. (2013) [invited speaker]. Commencement Address to Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Academy graduating class of 2013, 9/13.

Cihan, Abdullah & Roth, M.P. (2012). “Patterns of terrorism in Turkey: Geopolitical Explanations for a Half-Century of Violence, ASC Annual Meeting, Chicago, Nov. 16.

Roth, M.P. (2012) [invited speaker]. “Countering Terrorist and Organized Crime Financing,” Shanghai Police College, Shanghai, China, Sept. 21.

Roth, M.P. (2011) [invited speaker]. “The Texas Prison Rodeo: Where Texas Tough Meets Popular Culture,” 3rd International Crime, Media & Popular Culture Studies Conference, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Sept. 26.

Williams, C. & Roth, M.P. (2011). “Seeds of Terror on a New Frontier: Examining the Potential for the Radicalization of Muslim Communities in the Caribbean,” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Toronto, March 3.

Bisset, M. & Roth, M.P. (2011). “The Charles Manson Family: Case Study of a Violent Domestic terrorist Group,” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Toronto, March 3.

Lee, J.S. & Roth, M.P. (2011). “Measuring College Internet Users’ Perceptions of federal Counterterrorism Strategies, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Toronto, March 4.

Jackson, R. & Roth, M.P. (2011). “From Terrorists to Statesmen: Tracking the Trajectories of Terrorist/Insurgent Leaders to Statesmen,” American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C., Nov. 17. [I was unable to attend meeting].

Roth, M.P. (2010) [invited speaker]. “Cargo Theft and Organized Crime: Where Does Cargo Theft Fit in the Organized Crime Continuum?” FreightWatch Security Conference, Austin, Texas, October.

Roth, M.P. (2010) [invited speaker]. “Prisoners of History, Prisoners of Politics: The Evolution of Counter-terrorism in Europe, 1960-2010,” 2nd International Symposium on Terrorism and Transnational Crime, Antalya, Turkey, December.

Roth, M.P. (2010) [invited speaker]. “Strategizing Against Transnational Organized Crime: Lessons Old and New,” Symposium on Transnational Crime Prevention and Police Strategies, Zhejiang Police College, Hangzhou, China, October.

Roth, M.P. (2010) [invited speaker]. “Terrorist Financing: The PKK Case,” The Crime Terror- Nexus: Perspectives and Lessons Learned from International Researchers and Practitioners Conference, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, George Mason University, May.

Roth, M.P. & Carl Williams. (2010). “Jamaican Posses and Yardies: Separating Fact from Fiction,” presented at the annual meeting of Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Diego, February.

Roth, M.P. (2009) [invited speaker]. “Cutting Off the Hand That Feeds It: Countering Terrorism Financing in the 21st Century,” 1st International Symposium on Terrorism and Transnational Crime, Antalya, Turkey.

Roth, M.P. (2009). “Jewish Terrorists in their Own Words: Methods, Motives, and Backgrounds of Irgun Members in 1940s’ Palestine,” American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, November.

Roth, M.P. (2008) [invited speaker]. “Looking Back at the past 50 Years of Law Enforcement,” Opening speaker at 50th Anniversary Conference of the Texas Police Chiefs, Austin, TX, March 19.

Roth, M.P., (2008). “Forgotten Fire: Learning from the 1930 Ohio State Penitentiary Fire, America’s Worse Prison Disaster,” American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, MO., November.

Roth, M.P. (2006). “Tracking Palestinian Terrorists in America, Circa 1940s: Irgun Tzai Leumi v. The FBI and the OSS, American Society of Criminology, Los Angeles, November 2006.

Roth, M.P. (2006). “Private Police, Feds, and Militia: Counter-Terrorism in Pre-Modern America, 1860-1920,” presented at the annual meeting of Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Baltimore, Feb 28-March 4.

Roth, M.P. & M. Sever [invited speaker]. (2006). “Obstacles Hindering International Cooperation on Terrorism,” NATO and Turkish National Police Institute,, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) sponsored Advanced Research Workshop, Washington DC, Sept. 8-9.

Yun, Minwoo & Roth, M.P. (2005). “Clever Subterfuge: Mail Order Brides and Women Trafficking between South Korea and the Former Soviet Republics,” [with Minwoo Yun] presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada, Nov.

Roth, M.P. (2003). "The Roots of Socialist Policing: A Comparison of Cuba, China, and Russia,"

presented at the annual ACJS meeting, Boston, MA, March.

Zhang, Hongwei, Ruohui Zhao & Roth, M.P. (2002). "The Emerging Carnal Internet and Its Social Control in China," presented at annual ACJS meeting, Anaheim, CA, March.

Roth, M.P. (2001). "Teaching Comparative Criminal Justice in the 21st Century," American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Nov.

Roth, M.P. (2001). "The Mafia and the Building Trades: The Current Problem of Case Abusive in Sicily," American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Nov.

Roth, M.P. (2001). "Special Police Units Roundtable: Mounted Police," American Criminal Justice Society Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., April.

Roth, M.P. (2000). "Oscar Collazo: Portrait of a Puerto Rican Nationalist and the Attempted Assassination of President Harry S. Truman," American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Nov..

Roth, M.P. & Stephanie Whitus. (2000). "Policing Two Worlds: Law Enforcement in Cuba Before and After Castro," American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Nov.

Roth, M.P. (2000). "Children, Homicide, and the Death Penalty," British Society of Criminology Bi-Annual Meeting, Leicester, England, June.

Roth, M.P. (2000). "Infamous Characters: John Wesley Hardin et al.", Texas Prison History Association meeting, Huntsville TX, Nov.

Roth, M.P. (1999). "When Children Are Executed: An Historical Overview of the Capital Punishment of Youthful Offenders," American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, November, 1999.

Roth, M.P. (1999). "Capital Punishment in Huntsville, Texas: A Linguistic-Historical Approach to Examining Local Media Coverage of the Death Penalty," [with Helena Halmari] American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Toronto, November.

Roth, M.P., Victoria Brewer & Derek Paulson. (1999). "Killer Kids: The Historical Construction of a Social Menace," Homicide Research Group Meeting, FBI Academy, Quantico, VA., June 27-30.

Roth, M.P. (1998). "Children and Homicide: The Historical Construction of a Social Menace, 1850-1998," American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Nov.

Roth, M.P. (1998). "Drugs in the Classroom: Integrating History into Drug Education,"

American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Nov.

Roth, M.P. (1998). "Mounted Police Forces: A Comparative History," American Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, March.

Roth, M.P. [invited speaker] (1997). "Children and Homicide," Keynote address at KIDS Network Annual Meeting, Solvang, CA, December.

Roth, M.P. (1997). "Children That Kill: An Historical Perspective," American Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, March.

Roth, M.P. (1996). "Patterns of Southern Violence in Reconstruction-Era Texas," American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Chicago, November.

Roth, M.P. (1996). "Journalism and the Mexican American War," U.S.-Mexican War Symposium and 4th Annual Palo Alto Conference, University of Texas at Arlington, October.

Roth, M.P. (1996). "From Matron To Cop: Perceptions of Female Police Officers, 1920s and Today," Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, March.

Roth, M.P. (1995). "The State Police in American History: The Danger in Using Paradigms in the Study of Police Forces," American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Boston, November.

Roth, M.P. (1995). "Preliminary Preparation for Tenure and Promotion," American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Boston, November.

Roth, M.P. (1995). "Texas Outlaws, Texas Prisons," Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Boston, March.

Roth, M.P. (1995). "Bonnie and Clyde in Texas: The End of the Texas Outlaw Tradition," Texas State Historical Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, March.

Manuscript Review Activity Journal of American Studies SUNY Press Sage Publishing Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture University of Oklahoma Press University of Nebraska Press Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management Journal of Criminal Justice Education Journal of the History of Medicine and Applied Sciences

Prentice Hall Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice Journal of International Criminal Justice Oxford University Press Trends in Organized Crime Homicide Studies Law and History Review Journal of the Early Republic International Journal of Criminology and Sociology Routledge Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice Jones & Bartlett

Membership in Professional Organizations International Association for the Study of Organized Crime (IASOC) American Society of Criminology (ASC) Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) Member of various editorial boards

Service to Professional Organizations Historian, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, elected 2016-2018 term President, International Association for the Study of Organized Crime (IASOC) 2013-2015 Editor-in-chief of International Journal of Criminology and Sociology 2011-present Planning Committee, Criminal behavior: Organized Crime, ACJS 2013 Annual Meeting Academic Advisory Board, Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism, McGraw Hill, 2010- 2012 Associate editor, Encyclopedia of Criminology & Criminal Justice, 5 volumes, Wiley-Blackwell Editorial Board Member, 2009-Present, International Journal for Security and Terrorism Book Awards Committee, International Association for the Study of Organized Crime, 2012 Treasurer, Division of International Criminology of ASC for 2005-2007. Chair, American Society of Criminology International Criminology Book Award Committee, 2001-2002. Secretary-Treasurer, International Association for the Study of Organized Crime, 1999-2001 Secretary-General, International Center of Sociological, Penal and Penitentiary Research and Studies, 23rd International Course of Higher Specialization for Police Services, 2001 Managing Editor, Crime and Justice International, 1999-2002.

Fields of Specialization Global Counterterrorism Global Organized Crime Mass Murder and violent crime Historical Perspectives on Criminal Justice History of Crime and Punishment Comparative/International Criminal Justice

Specialized Training International Course of Higher Specialization for Police Forces, Acireale, Sicily, Oct. 2-12, 2000. International Course of Higher Specialization for Police Forces, Huntsville, Texas, Oct. 2001 International Course of Higher Specialization for Police Forces, Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 2002

Selected Television, Radio, and Newspaper Interviews Mafia Contract Killers, CHIVE STUDIO, 3 part documentary, Austin, TX, March 9, 2016. Gunslingers, Butch Cassidy, American Heroes Channel, [commentator] 7/26/2015. Gunslingers, Bill Doolin, American Heroes Channel, [commentator] 8/16/2015. Gunslingers, Deacon Jim Miller, American Heroes Channel, [commentator] 8/23/2015 Gunslingers, John Wesley Hardin, American Heroes Channel, [commentator] 2014 Homegrown Terrorism, KHOU 11 News, 12/4/2015 Juvenile Violence, Star-Telegram, 2015 Terrorism, Texas Social Media, 740 KTRH, 12/7/2015 Teenager and Bomb hysteria story, Texas Social Media, 740 KTRH, 9/17/2015 Mass Murder, Texas Standard, KUT Austin, 12/4/2015 Bandidos and Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs, Reuters News, 5/9/2015 Houston Murder Rates, Houston Matters, 6/18/2015 An Eye for An Eye: A Global History of Crime and Punishment (my most recent book), Grand Dark Conspiracy radio interview, 2/9/2015 An Eye for an Eye: A Global History of Crime and Punishment, London Telegraph, August 2014 An Eye for an Eye: A Global History of Crime and Punishment, Los Angeles Review of Books, 2/18/2015 Houston Police Department, New York Times, 8/2015 Mounted Police Forces, National Public Radio interview, 2/27/2014 Mounted Police Forces, New York Times Institute, 5/29/2014 Mounted Police Forces, Los Angeles Radio 89.3 KPCC, 2/3/2014 Mounted Police Force, Atlantic Cities Institute (Atlantic Magazine website), 3/18/2014 Knife Attack Leave 14 Injured, Star-Telegram, April 9, 2013 Nonprofit Prisons, Nationswell, 2013 Mafia, To VIMA, leading broadsheet in Greece with biggest Sunday circulation, May 2013 Honduras prison fire, Al Jazeera TV appearance, 2012 Honduras prison fire, Associated Press, Mexico City, 2012 Prisoners and Their Cuisine, Star-Telegram, 2012 The PKK and Drug Trafficking, SETimes, 2012 Houston Blue: The Story of the Houston Police Department, print and radio interviews, 2012 Long island Serial Killings, News Channel NTN24, Monica Diaz, SKYPE TV interview, 4/15/2011 “Police Departments Downsize from 4 Legs to 2,” FRONTPAGE story, New York Times, 2/15/2011. “Holding Their Horses,” Lancaster Sunday News, 2/27/2011

“Ex-Cartel Boss is doing Harder Time Now in Feds’ Supermax, Houston Chronicle, 5/18/2011 “Philadelphia Revives Mounted Police Program,” National Public Radio, 2/27/2011 PKK Terrorist Financing in Europe,” Berlingske Tidende, Copenhagen, Denmark Daily, 2011 PKK Terrorism, Southeast European Times, 2011 “Inmates will do Whatever it Takes to Get Out of the Big House,” ABC News, 8/3/2010 History of American Criminal Justice DVD interview, 2008, Promedion Productions History of World Criminal Justice DVD interview, 2008, Promedion Productions “State review panel says DPS is long overdue for change,” Dallas Morning News, 5/25/2008. 10 Commandments Documentary, History Channel [commentator], 2007 The DC Sniper Case, Fox News, October, 2002 [3 appearances in studio] "Bank Robbers not the Usual," Cincinnati Enquirer, Apr. 23, 2000. Lords of the Mafia, "Sicilian Mafia," (2 episodes of) PBS, Jan. 7, 2000. "From Bonnie to Bubba, Bandits Have Storied Past," Star-Telegram, Nov. 21. 1999. "Child Killers Are Not New, Professor Says," Houstonian, Feb. 16, 1999. Texas Death Row Prison Escape: Nov. 1998, Featured on below: Dateline NBC CNN Houston Channel 2 Fox News "Huntsville Breakout Serves as Wake-up call," Waco Tribune Herald, Dec. 4, 1998. "Escapes Rare, Not Impossible," Corpus Christi Caller Times, Dec. 4, 1998. "Escapee from Eastham Ran with Bonnie and Clyde," San Antonio Express, Nov. 28, 1998. "The Execution of Karla Faye Tucker," Feb. 1998, on radio show Santa Barbara Law. "Serial Killers," Huntsville Item, Fall 1995. "Crime and Punishment in America," one-hour interview on Santa Barbara Law, June 1995. "Children Who Kill," National Public Radio, May 1996. "Homicide and Children," KSAM Radio, May 1996. "History of the Walls Unit," Cable Channel 7, July 10, 1996. "Longview Residents to Re-enact Battle with Outlaw Dalton," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, September 25, 1996. "Legend under Attack," in Fort Worth Star-Telegram, September 29, 1996.

Expert Witness Reports and testimony [Organized Crime related trials]

Antonino Francesco Tamburello case, A094-002-959, US DOJ, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Feb., 2013 [Expert report for Asylum Consultants & Expert Services/Joseph Brimlow].

DiFrank Medina case, A094-222-519, US DOJ, Executive Office for Immigration Review, April, 2013 [Expert report for Asylum Consultants & Expert Services/Joseph Brimlow].

Other Selected Professional Accomplishments

(2014). Recruited by Wikistrat’s Chief Recruitment Officer in Turkey to apply [successfully] as analyst for Wikistrat, the ‘world’s first crowd sourced geopolitical consultancy.” Recruited for “expertise in counterterrorism and the Sahel region of Africa.”

(2014). Chaired to completion dissertation of Carl Williams, contributed to his appointment as Jamaican Police Commissioner shortly after.

(2014). Dissertation Examiner, Australian National University, Jade Lindley, June.

(2013). Faculty Leave Proposal, “Outlaw Rodeo: The Rise and Fall of the Texas Prison Rodeo,” Ranked as “Great Proposal” and approved by Faculty Development Leave Committee, 2013.

(2013). Invited to give promotional endorsement for Antonio Nicaso and Marcel Danesi, Made Men: The Power of Symbols, Rituals, and Myths in Mafia Culture (Rowman and Littleman). BLURB on BOOK JACKET with my name and university affiliation.

(2001-2009). Instructor for Organized Crime module (monthly) at International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA), Roswell, New Mexico, State Department

(2008). LET’S TALK [invited speaker]. “Palestinians, Jews, Arabs, and Muslims: Who are These Guys?” SHSU, March 27.

(2008). Selected as Fellow, Freedom for Defense of Democracy, Studying Counterterrorism, Tel Aviv Israel, July. Completed the counter-terrorism course, provided by FDD in cooperation with Israeli security police, military, police, corrections, foreign affairs, Tel Aviv University, and the private security company, Terrorogence, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and other location in Israel.