Amin Asfari

Associate Professor and Chair, Criminology Department, Regis University

Amin Asfari is an associate professor and chair of the Criminology Department at Regis University in Denver, Colorado. His research interests are diverse, focusing on understanding how Muslims interact with the criminal justice system (broadly). His publications include books, chapters, and peer-reviewed papers on mass shooters who target Jewish and Muslim communities, police-Muslim relations, mental health and chaplaincy services for incarcerated Muslims, service provisions and reentry programs for formerly incarcerated Muslim prisoners convicted of terrorism charges, Islamophobic hate, as well as the role of vicarious victimization on American Muslims who witness mass shootings. He is currently working on understanding the role of firearms in relation to intimate partner violence and suicide within the Muslim community. His latest book (under review, Lynne Rienner) is an integrated theory of Islamophobia.

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