Karim Ismaili

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Associate Professor

Criminal Justice and Legal Studies
College of Professional Studies

St. John's University

Academic Background

  • Ph.D., Political Science, University of Western Ontario

Research Interests

  • Criminal Justice Policy
  • Social exclusion
  • The relationship between social justice, economic justice and criminal justice

Affiliation with the Center

Senior Vincentian Research Fellow,
Class of 2000

"I have met extraordinary individuals in extraordinarily diverse fields. My coFellows have helped me to appreciate how issues of social justice, poverty and ethics pervade different disciplines.These interactions have furthered my own efforts at advancing social, political, economic and racial justice in a manner that recognizes the dignity and worth of every human being."

Food for Thought

Catholic universities will be particularly attentive to the poorest and to those who suffer economic, social, cultural or religious injustice. This responsibility begins within the academic community but it also finds application beyond it.

Pope John Paul II, Ex Corde Ecclesiae (40)