Dr. Fazal Ahmed, Visiting Professor, Department of Criminology, is an expert on International Terrorism.He has a BA in Economics, Political Science and English Literature, MA in Economics,LL.B with specialization in Criminal Law, International and Islamic Jurisprudence, MA in Criminology and PhD in Criminology from the Wharton School. He been an Associate Professor of Mathamatics at Valley Forge Military College and Academy, a Lecturer in Economics at T.I. University, Rabwah, Pakistan, Coordinator of Criminal Justice Program at Fitchburg State College; Intelligence Analyst with Pennsylvania Crime Commission, Assistant Adjutant General and Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General, Pakistan and Chief of military law enforcement in Azad Kashmir. He is a consultant with the Department of Justice and a Senior Advisor to Galen Capital Group. He is CEO of Data Management Group of Delaware.
Dr. Ahmed, a neo-classical criminologist has seen both academic as well as professional facets of his specialization in international terrorism. His dissertation, a logit analysis of the terrorist 'rationality' encompassing almost three decades of international terrorist incidents focussed on terrorist tactics, targets, risks, success, failure, learning and counter terrorism strategies. He successfully led counter terrorism operations in what are now known as hot-beds of terrorism. He saw combat in nations that are laced with weapons of mass destruction and steeped in religious radicalism. At another level, he has served in the hierarchy of Judge Advocate General, Adjutant General and Provost Marshal's branches of the military. He brings this to the classroom in analyzing international terrorism, offering criminolicogical explanations and strategies to fight the global war on terror and along with his multicultural background, linguistic and quantitative skills, he invites his Penn students to engage in research and analysis of the latest issues of international importance, urging them to apply criminological theory to resolve them.
Dr. Ahmed holds a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, a Master's degree in Criminology, another in Economics, a law degree with specialization in Criminal Law, International and Islamic Jurisprudence. He has also been trained in legal, linguistic and intelligence anaylsis and has applied these skills as for the Pennsylvania Crime Commission as well as for the Department of Justice. Elsewehere, he has lectured in Economics and Mathematics. Among the courses he has taught and developed in mainstream Criminology are International Terrorism, Criminal Justice, Criminal Law, Criminology, Comparative Criminology, Criminalitics, Race, Crime and Law, Juvinile Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Research Methods, and Intelligence Analysis.
