Marin Kurti

Associate Professor - Criminology and Sociology
Sociology, Anthropology, Criminology and Social Work

Biography

Dr. Marin Kurti is Assistant Professor of Criminology at Eastern Connecticut State University. His research interests focus on illegal markets for illicit tobacco, drugs, counterfeit medicine, and currency. He earned his MA in Criminal Justice from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Rutgers University.

Research Interests

Illegal markets
Neighborhoods and Crime
Financial crimes

Teaching Interests

Research Methods
Criminal Justice Policy
Fieldwork in Criminology

Publications

Chan, Tiffany, Guy Robinson, Jonathan Liu, Marin Kurti, Yi He, Klaus von Lampe (2020). “Identifying Counterfeit Cigarettes Using Environmental Pollen Analysis: An Improved Procedure”. Journal of Forensic Sciences

Kurti, Marin, Klaus von Lampe, Yi He, Hiba Khanzada, Konstantin Kostara, Qin Da and Kevin RJ Schroth. (2020). “Categorizing Characteristics of Counterfeit Marlboro Cigarettes: Systematic Review of Tobacco Industry Documents” Tobacco Control, 29(2), 228-230.

Kurti, Marin, Klaus von Lampe, Yi He, Cristine Delnevo, and Da Qin. (2019). “Innovations in Counterfeiting Tax Stamps: A study of Ultraviolet Watermarks in a Sample of Discarded New York City Packs” Tobacco Control 28(4), pp.469-471.

Kurti, Marin, Yi He, Klaus von Lampe, & Yanlei Li. (2017). “Identifying Counterfeit Cigarette Packs Using Ultraviolet Irradiation and Light Microscopy”. Tobacco Control, 26(1), 29-33.

Kurti, Marin, Yi He, Diana Silver, Margaret Giorgio, Klaus von Lampe, James Macinko, Fidelis Tan, Ye Hua, and Victoria Mei. (2019). “Presence of Counterfeit Cigarettes in Licensed Retail Stores in New York City: Evidence from Test Purchases”. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 21(8), 1131-1134.