George E. Curtis is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and former Director of Economic Crime Graduate Programs at Utica College, Utica, N.Y. His undergraduate degree is a B.A. from Syracuse University in 1964. He received a J.D. degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1968 and was admitted to the Bar of the State of New York that year.

Professor Curtis currently teaches undergraduate courses on the Law of Economic Crime (CRJ 343), Cybercrime Law and Investigations (CRJ 335), and Constitutional Law in the Criminal Process (CRJ 342). He also regularly teaches graduate courses on the Legal Concepts of Criminal Fraud and Corporate Criminal Responsibility (ECM 622) and Legal and Investigative Issues in Fraud Management (ECM 535).

Professor Curtis a co-author (with Professor McBride) of a college text on Proactive Security Administration, published by Prentice Hall. His second text entitled “The Law: Of Cybercrimes and their Investigation” is scheduled for publication by Prentice Hall in fall 2007.

Professor Curtis is a Certified Fraud Specialist and member of the Association of Certified Fraud Specialists. He also is member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, ASIS International and its Economic Crime Council, the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, the Criminal Justice Educators Association of New York State, the Upstate New York Electronic Crimes Task Force and the Central New York Computer Crime Coalition. He recently served as a member of the Technical Working Group on an NIJ-funded project to develop a model curriculum in Forensic Accounting. He is a frequent presenter at national conferences and seminars.

Professor Curtis is a Past-President of the Oneida County Bar Association. Prior to joining the Utica College faculty, he served for more than 26 years as a confidential law clerk to judges of the N.Y. Court of Claims and the N.Y. Supreme Court, Appellate Division.

Professor Curtis is also Executive Director of the Economic Crime Institute of Utica College

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