Dr. Mustafa Demir

Dr. Mustafa Demir is an associate professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the City University of New York. He is particularly interested in law enforcement and police-community relations. He has twenty years of law enforcement experience as a police administrator, having worked for both the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

Dr. Demir will present May 15th at noon SLT. He will talk about fears of terrorism, with emphasis on the effect of trust in government, laws, and policies. Most people seem to be more afraid of cyberterrorism than of other types of terrorism. Dr. Demir’s research shows that only trust in government can mediate these fears.