Area of Expertise: Terrorism, transnational and organized crime, international security issues, strategic political analysis, victimology and victims' assistance programs, sex crimes, domestic violence, child abuse, crimes against the elderly, crime prevention, legislative reform, comparative legal systems, international crime and justice in Europe and Latin America; fluent in French, Italian, and Spanish/p>

Additional Information: Emilio Viano, professor of justice, law and society in the School of Public Affairs, researches international criminal justice, comparative criminal law, and victimology. Viano, who is fluent in Spanish, French and Italian, serves as an expert advisor to the Crime Prevention Branch of the United Nations, the Directorate of Legal Affairs of the Council of Europe, and the International Center of Criminal Sciences of Paris, France. He also studies international terrorism, transnational and organized crime, and such victim-related issues as sexual assault, rape, incest, child and spouse abuse, and victims’ assistance programs and laws. Viano is an authority on legislative crime reform, international crime prevention, drug trafficking, political and financial corruption, and criminal law trends in Europe and Latin America. He is the author of several books, including his latest, Transnational Organized Crime: Myth, Power, and Profit (Carolina Academic Press, 2003), and countless articles. He is also editor in chief of Victimology: An International Journal.Viano has received several international awards.

Foreign Language Fluency: French, Italian, Spanish

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