Mokerrom Hossain

Dr. Mokerrom Hossain Professor of Criminal Justice in the Department of Sociology, Social Work and Criminal Justice at Virginia State University; and he cordinates the Graduate Program in Criminal Justice. He completed his BA (Hons.) and M.A. in Sociology at the University of Dhaka in 1966 and 1967 respectively. He worked for a brief period of time at the Pakistan Press Internaitonal (PPI) news agency at Dhaka; and after the March 25, 1971 crackdown by the Pakistan Army, he resigned his position. In July,1972, he published his first book Society and Sociology, an introductory sociology textbook writen in Bengali. In 1977, he contributed and edited a book entilled Society: Thought and Theories that was published by Bai Ghar. In the early seventies, he was a very popular talk show host of Bangladesh Television.