CURRICULUM VITAE
Mohammed Bin Kashem
HOME ADDRESS
1/12 Foxton Street
Indooroopilly, QLD 4068
Australia
Phone: + 61 7 3194 6601
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
PhD in Criminology (ABD – at final milestone stage)
Expected completion date: July 2016
School of Social Science
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Completed two years in the Ph.D. program (21credit hours) in Criminology &
Criminal Justice, at the University of Maryland, College Park, U.S.A. (Fall 1996
- Fall 1998)
M.S. Criminal Justice, The University of Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. 1996
Thesis Title: Imprisonment in Bangladesh: A Case Study
M.A. Sociology, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. 1984
B.A. (Hons), Sociology, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. 1982
INTERNSHIP United States Probation Department, U.S. District Court, District of
Maryland, Baltimore. Spring 1995.
RESEARCH INTERSTS
Policing – police reform, homicide clearance, community policing
Corrections – community corrections, offender re-entry, prison overcrowding
CURRENT POSITION
Associate Professor of Sociology (on study leave)
National University
Gazipur 1704
Bangladesh
Cell Phone: + 61 452 442 975
E-mail: mkashem2002@yahoo.com
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY (on study leave)
National University, Gazipur, Bangladesh (June 2005 – Present)
Teaching post-graduate courses & supervising M.Phil Thesis
FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE, (August 2011- May 2012)
Teaching undergraduate courses in the Department of Criminal Justice, Henry C. Lee
College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences, University of New Haven,
Connecticut, USA
Collaborate on research with other faculty members of Lee College to study SMART
Policing (Intelligence-led-Policing) at the New Haven Police Department and
Connecticut Sentencing Commission Project on Jail Population.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY &
CHAIRMAN, Social Science Group (October 2010 – July 2011)
National University, Gazipur, Bangladesh
Teaching post-graduate courses & supervising M.Phil Thesis;
Coordinating M.Phil and Ph.D Program in the Social Science disciplines;
organizing M.Phil and Ph.D seminars
ACTING DEAN
Curriculum Development and Evaluation Center,
National University, Gazipur, Bangladesh (January 2008 – July 2010)
Designing courses and curriculum for the undergraduate and graduate programs offered
by the National University across the country;
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, Department of Sociology, University of Chittagong (June
2000—May 2005).
Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, supervising Master’s thesis research
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Department of Sociology, University of Chittagong (June
1992—May 2000).
Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, supervising student’s fieldwork and
research monographs
LECTURER, Department of Sociology, University of Chittagong (October 1987—May
1992).
Teaching undergraduate courses, conducting tutorial classes for undergraduate and
graduate students
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RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Department of Criminal Justice, University of Baltimore,
Maryland, U.S.A., Spring 1994---Spring 1996.
Assisting faculty members in their research projects, analyzing data and writing reports.
RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Evaluation Research Group (Summer 1996--Summer 1997).
Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of Maryland, College Park,
Maryland, U.S.A.,
Assisting faculty members in evaluating the impact of adult and juvenile correctional
programs. Specific responsibilities include, data management, data analyses and writing
reports.
Also, assisted in the preparation of the highly acclaimed 1997 Report to the U.S.
Congress on the effectiveness of crime prevention strategies: Preventing Crime: What
Works, What Doesn’t, What’s Promising.
GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT, Department of Criminology & Criminal
Justice, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, U.S.A., Fall 1997— Fall 1998.
TEACHING ASSISTANT, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland,
Australia
Adjunct Faculty: Department of Criminology and Police Science (June 2004 – December
2007), Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh.
Adjunct Faculty: Master’s Program in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Department of
Sociology (September 2010 – August 2011). University of Dhaka, Bangladesh,
PUBLICATIONS
JOURNAL ARTICLES
2004
Hossain, Shahadat Md, Yusuf Sharif Ahmed Khan, Sayedur Rahaman Chowdhury, A.S.M.
Saifullah, Mohammed Bin Kashem, & S.M. Abdul Jabbar. Environment and socio-economic
aspects: A community based approach from Chittagong Coast, Bangladesh. Jahangirnagar
University Journal of Sciences, (27) : 156-176
2003
Kashem, Mohammed B. Preventing crime: Police and crime control in Bangladesh. Journal of
Asian Association of Police Studies, 1(1): 89-114
1997
Senese, Jeffrey D. & Kashem, Mohammed B. A comparative analysis of jails in the United States
and Bangladesh. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 21(1): 103-
118.
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1996.
Kashem, Mohammed B. Jails in Bangladesh. International Journal of Comparative and Applied
Criminal Justice, 20(1): 31-40.
1996
Senese, Jeffrey D. & Kashem, Mohammed B. A comparison of jails in Bangladesh and the
United States. American Jails , 10(4).
EDITED BOOK CHAPTERS
Kashem, Mohammed B (Forthcoming). A study of police investigative practices in Bangladesh.
In Shahid M. Shahidullah (ed.) Crime, criminal justice, and the evolving science of criminology
in South Asia: India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. NY: Palgrave/Macmillan.
2015
Khondaker, Mahfuzul, Kashem, Mohammed B., & Rahman, Aziz (forthcoming) Crime and
criminal justice system in Bangladesh. In K. Jaishankar (ed.) Handbook of South Asian
Criminology.
2010
Kashem, Mohammed B. Crime and punishment in Bangladesh. In Graeme Newman (ed.) Crime
and punishment around the world, Asia/Pacific Volume, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC- CLIO
Publishers
2006
Jahan, Ferdous & Mohammed Bin Kashem. Poverty of justice. In The State of Governance in
Bangladesh 2006: Knowledge, Perceptions and Reality, Chapter V, Centre for Governance
Study, BRAC University, & Research and Evaluation Department, BRAC, Dhaka., Bangladesh.
2006
Chowdhury, Abul Quassem & Mohammed Bin Kashem. Gender and hHuman Resources for
Health: The Case of Bangladesh. In Mohammed Mahbub Ullah (ed.). Gender and human
resources for health in South Asia: Challenges and constraints. University Grants Commission of
Bangladesh & Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Dhaka: 207-12.
2004
Kashem, Mohammed B. The social organization of police corruption: The case of Bangladesh.
In Dilip K. Das & Rick Sarre (eds.) Policing of Corruption: An International Comparative
Perspective. PA: Lexington Books.
1999
Kashem, Mohammed B. Corrections in Bangladesh. In Delbert Rounds (ed.), International
Criminal Justice: Issues in Global Perspectives. New York: Allyn & Bacon.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
2007
Kashem, Mohammed B. and Md. Asaduzzaman Saadi. The Effectiveness of Police Investigations
of Reported Crimes in Bangladesh. Published in the 2007 Asian Association of Police Studies
Annual Conference Proceeding.
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2006
Kashem, Mohammed B. & Md. Asaduzzaman Saadi. Police Organizational Resources and Crime
Prevention in Bangladesh: An Examination. Published in the 2006 Asian Association of Police
Studies Annual Conference Proceeding.
2003(A) Kashem, Mohammed B. and Abul Quassem Chowdhury. A study of Private Security in
Bangladesh. Published in the 2003 Asian Association of Police Studies Annual Conference
Proceeding.
RESEARCH REPORTS
2011
Rahman, Aziz and Kashem, Mohammed B. Understanding Religious Militancy and Terrorism in
Bangladesh. Final report submitted to the Social Science Research Council, Planning Division,
Ministry of Planning, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
2006
Jahan, Ferdous & Mohammed Bin Kashem. Law and Order Administartion in Bangladesh.
Centre for Governance Study, BRAC University, & Research and Evaluation Department,
BRAC, Dhaka., Bangladesh.
2005
Preventing Political Violence in Bangladesh: Some Policy Options. The project was partially
funded by the Department of Sociology, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
2004
Public Attitudes towards Crime and Sentencing in Bangladesh. The project was partially funded
by the Department of Sociology, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
2003
An Analysis of Patterns of Homicides in Bangladesh. Center for Criminological Research,
Bangladesh (CCR,B). Department of Sociology, University of Chittagong.
2002
Public Confidence in the Police: A survey of two cities in Bangladesh. The project was partially
funded by the Department of Sociology, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
2001
Public Attitudes toward Police. A Survey of Chittagong Metropolitan City. The project was
partially funded by the Department of Sociology, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
1997
MacKenzie, Doris. L., Kashem, Mohammed B., Souyral, C. An impact evaluation of Sergeant
Henry Johnson Youth Leadership Academy, NY., U.S.A. Final Report to the National Institute
of Justice, Washington, D.C. Evaluation Research Group, Department of Criminology and
Criminal Justice, University of Maryland, College Park, MD., U.S.A.
1996
MacKenzie, Doris. L. and Kashem, Mohammed B. Evaluation of the Prince George’s County
Day Reporting Program. Final Report to the Prince George’s County Department of Corrections
and State of Maryland Division of Parole and Probation. Evaluation Research Group,
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.,
U.S.A.
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RESEARCH GRANTS
Principal Investigator, “Measuring crime and victimization: A survey of Chittagong
Metropolitan City,” Chittagong University Research Cell, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2003
Principal Investigator, “Authority Pattern in Extended Families of Rural Bangladesh,”
Bangladesh University Grants Commission, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1989.
AWARD & SCHOLARSHIP
UQ Graduate School International Travel Award – 2015 for presenting a paper at the annual meeting of
the American Society of Criminology (ASC) to be held in Washington, DC in November 18- 21, 2015.
International Postgraduate Research Scholarship support for PhD Candidature
October 2012 – September 2015
School of Social Science
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, Australia
Fulbright Scholar-in – Residence Program (2011-2012)
Administered by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars
Institute of International Education
Washington, DC: USA
FELLOWSHIP
Honorary Visiting Fellow, Scarman Centre for the Study of Public Order, University of Leicester, U.K.
December 2000.
TEACHING AND ADVISING
USA:
2011-2012:
Fall 2011, Taught CJ 100 Introduction to Criminal Justice
Spring, 2012, Taught CJ 458 Law Enforcement and Policing in South Asia
Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Science at the University
of New Haven, Connecticut, USA, as a Fulbright Scholar-in Residence under the
Fulbright Teaching Fellowship program.
1997-1998:
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland, College Park,
USA.
CCJS 100: Introduction to Criminal Justice in the as a Graduate Teaching Assistant. Led
weekly discussion, graded homework and exams.
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Australia
2013
Academic Tutor
CRIM 1000 Introduction to Criminology, Semester 1, 2013
CRIM 2080 Drugs and Crime, Semester 2, 2013
SOCY 7049 Qualitative Research Practice, Semester 2, 2013
Bangladesh:
Courses Taught: Sociological Theory, Demography; Anthropology; Research Methods, Criminology (at
the University of Chittagong, Research Methods at the post graduate level in the Department of
Sociology, National University, Gazipur, Bangladesh.
Introduction to Criminal Justice, Introduction to Police Studies, Penology and Correction, Criminal
Courts and Sentencing, in the Department of Criminology and Police Science at the Mawlana Bhashani
University of Science and Technology, Tangail, as an Adjunct Faculty
Introduction to Criminal Justice System, Comparative Criminal Justice, Master’s Program in Criminology
and Criminal Justice, Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh as an Adjunct Faculty
Thesis Advisor: 4 M.Phil Students; M.Phil & Ph.D. Programme in Sociology, National University,
Gazipur, Bangladesh.
PRESENTATIONS, ABSTRACTS AND ROUNDTABLES AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
2015
Enhancing police investigative practices through capacity development: A case study of model
police stations in Bangladesh. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the American
Society of Criminology, Washington, DC, November 18 – 21, 2015.
2012
Community Policing Implementation in Bangladesh: An Assessment. Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, New York, March 13-17, 2012
Reforming Bangladeshi Jails: An Assessment (Co-presenter). Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, New York, March 13-17, 2012
2010
The concept of Model Police Station and the quality of police service in Bangladesh: An
Assessment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Criminology
and Criminal Justice, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 28-29
2007
The Effectiveness of Police Investigations of Reported Crimes in Bangladesh. Paper presented at
the 8th annual meeting of the Asian Association of Police Studies. Seoul, Korea, October 1 – 4,
2007.
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2006
Police Organizational Resources and Crime Prevention in Bangladesh: An Examination. Paper
presented at the 7th annual meeting of the Asian Association of Police Studies. Bangkok,
September 4 – 7, 2006.
2005
The use of death penalty in Bangladesh (Co-author). Paper presented at the World Congress of
Criminology, Philadelphia, PA, USA, August 7-12, 2005
2005
Sex workers in Bangladesh: A case study of Chittagong port city. Nazrul Islam & Mohammed
Bin Kashem. Paper presented at the Third International Day to End Violence Against Sex
Workers. New York, USA, December 17, 2005.
2003
A study of private security in Bangladesh. Paper presented at the 4th annual meeting of the Asian
Association of Police Studies held in Seoul, Korea, December 15-18, 2003.
2002
Preventing crime: Police and crime control in Bangladesh. Paper presented at the 3rd annual
meeting of the Asian Association of Police Studies. Hong Kong, July 29- August 1, 2002
1999
Policing public order offenses in Bangladesh: The case of Chittagong City. Paper presented at
the 6th International Police Executive Symposium. Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. July 13-16,
1999
1998
Public opinion of Bangladeshi police. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Society of Criminology. Washington, D.C. November, 1998.
Roundtable entitled Crime and Justice in South Asia at the annual meeting of the American
Society of Criminology. Washington, D.C.; The state of criminological research in Bangladesh.
1996
Jail violence in Bangladesh: A case study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
American Society of Criminology. San Diego, CA. November, 1997.
Roundtable entitled Criminological Research in India at the annual meeting of the American
Society of Criminology. San Diego, CA: Police Research in Bangladesh.
The effectiveness of an innovative boot camp. Sealock, Maiam D., Kashem, Mohammed B., and
Mackenzie, Doris. L. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of
Criminology. San Diego, CA. November, 1997.
1996.
Jail population in Bangladesh: Forecast and policy options. Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS). Las Vegas, Nevada, March 1996.
An analysis of jail population in Bangladesh and the United States. Senese, Jeffry D. and
Kashem Mohammed B. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal
Justice Sciences (ACJS). Las Vegas, Nevada, March 1996.
Death penalty in Bangladesh: An assessment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
American Society of Criminology (ASC). Chicago, IL. November, 1996.
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Multi-Site study of juvenile boot camps. MacKenzi, Doris. L. and Kashem, Mohammed B.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC). Chicago,
IL. November, 1996.
1995
A study of conditions of jails in Bangladesh. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS). Boston, MA. March 1995.
INVITED LECTURE
2012
Reforming South Asian police: A critical review, Police Staff College, Dhaka , Bangladesh,
September 18, 2012
2012
Policing in Bangladesh. Department of Criminal Justice, Jhonson & Wales University,
Providence Campus, Providence, RI, USA, April 25, 2012.
2012
Crime and punishment in Bangladesh: A comparative perspective, School of Criminal Justice,
University of Baltimore, Maryland, USA, April 18, 2012.
2012
Policing in South Asia. Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of
Maryland, College Park, USA, April 19, 2012.
2011
Crime and punishment in Bangladesh: A comparative perspective. Department of Sociology,
Social Work and Criminal Justice, Virginia State University, USA, November 30, 2011.
2009
Measuring police performance: Degree of acceptability and level of satisfaction in a society.
Police Staff College, Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 29, 2010.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
Line of duty deaths of the Bangladeshi police officers
Community Policing: Bangladeshi Style
ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Attended the biennial Crime, Justice and Social Democracy International Conference 2015.
Hosted by the Crime and Justice Research Centre, School of Justice, Queensland University of
Technology, Australia, July 8 -10, 2015
Completed a Citizen Police Academy Course on ‘Police Operations and Management’ conducted
by the Yale University Police Department, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (March 20th - April
24, 2012).
Attended the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Washington, DC,
November, 2011.
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Attended the 20th annual Arnold Markle Symposium on “Investigation of Sex Crime: Forensic
Investigation of Sexual Assault, Serial Offenders, and Sexual Abuse.” The Henry C. Lee Institute
of Forensic Science at the University of New Haven, Connecticut, USA. October 10 -11, 2011.
Attended the Advanced Forensic Technology class during the Fall 2011 semester at the Henry C.
Lee Institute of Forensic Science, University of New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Attended the annual conference on Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation. Sponsored by the
National Institute of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, and Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention, Washington, D.C. Aug. 1996, Aug. 1997, & Aug. 1998.
Attended the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Boston, MA. November
1995.
CONSULTANCY
2011
Local Consultant: A Baseline Survey on Personal Security and Police Performance in
Bangladesh. Saferworld, U.K.
2010
Expert Advisor: Police Staff College, Bangladesh, Assisted in designing a Master’s Program in
Applied Criminology and Police Management for the senior police officers.
2009
Local Consultant: Examining perceptions of key security providers in Bangladesh about Human
Security. Saferworld, U.K.
2006
Expert Advisor: Law and Order Administration in Bangladesh, Sponsored by Research and
Evaluation Department, BRAC, & Centre for Governance Study, BRAC University, Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
2004
Team Leader: A Baseline Study of Patiya Pourshava, Sponsored by Healthy City Programmes,
World Health Organization (WHO).
2003
Team Leader: A Baseline Study of Uttar Kattali Ward of Chittagong City Corporation ,
Sponsored by Healthy City Programmes, World Health Organization (WHO).
2001
Study Team Member: Fry Collectors Livelihood Study in the Social Feasibility Studies for
Shrimp Component of the Fourth Fisheries Project of the Government of Bangladesh
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Registrar (In-Charge). July 2008 – September 2008. National University, Gazipur, Bangladesh.
Provost (In-Charge). May 2002 - July 2002, Shamsun Nahar Hall, Chittagong University
Senior House Tutor. Oct, 2000 – April 2002, August 2002 – September 2003, Shamsun Nahar Hall,
Chittagong University
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
President, Bangladesh Society of Criminology (2007 – 2012)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, American Society of Criminology
Member, Bangladesh Society of Criminology
Bangladesh Representative, Asian Association of Police Studies
Reference: Available upon request
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