Xavier Raufer
University of Paris II
Paris/France
Xavier Raufer is Director of Studies and Research in the Research Department on the Contemporary Criminal Menace and Professor at the Paris Institute of Criminology, University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas. He also teaches at the Academy of the French Military Police and is Associate Professor at both the École des Hautes Études Commerciales (School of High Commercial Studies), one of the top four business schools in France, and at the Chinese People's Public Security University in Beijing and Shenyang. Editorial Advisor to Éditions Odile Jacob in Paris, Xavier is the author of several books on criminology, terrorism, and related topics.
Books
- L'Énigme Al-Qaida (Paris: Jean-Claude Lattès, 2005) (co-author).
- La Camorra, Une Mafia Urbaine (Paris: La Table Ronde, 2005).
- Le Grand Réveil Des Mafias (Paris: Jean-Claude Lattès, 2003).
- Le Crime Organisé (Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2003) (co-author).
- La Guerre Ne Fait Que Commencer (Paris: Jean-Claude Lattès, 2002) (co-author).
- Violences et Insécurité Urbaines: Les Chiffres Qui Font Réfléchir (Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2002) (co-author).
- L'Explosion Criminelle (Paris: Valmonde et Compagnie, 2002) (co-author).
Selected Publications
- "Answering Some of the 'Top 20 Questions in Assessing the War on Terrorism,'" (August 2006).
- "Chaos, Terrorism and Beyond: Proposals for a Diagnosis," (June 2006).
- "Chaos, Terrorism, and Beyond," in David Kamien, The McGraw Hill Homeland Security Handbook, (Columbus, Ohio: McGraw-Hill, 2005).
- "Hostility, the Nature of the Enemy in the 21st century: A European Vision," Terrorism and Homeland Security Forum, RAND Corporation and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, September 2005.
- "The Menace: Who? Where? Why? How?," Center for the Study of the Contemporary Criminal Menace, University of Paris II, June 2004.
- "Al Qaeda: A Different Diagnosis," Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, vol. 6, no. 6 (November/December 2003), pp. 391-398.
- "Anatomy of the Mind of the Islamic Militant and Western Perceptions," Center for the Study of the Contemporary Criminal Menace, University of Paris II, November 2002.
- "New World Disorder, New Terrorisms: New Threats for Europe and the Western World," Terrorism and Political Violence, vol. 11, no. 44 (Winter 1999).
- "The New, Post-Cold War Terrorist Threats," Democracy and Security, no. 7 (May 1996).