Editorial Board

 

K. Jaishankar -  Editor-in-Chief

K. Jaishankar Ph.D., is a Senior Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, India. He is the founder President of South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology (SASCV) and  founder Executive Director of Center for Cyber Victim Counselling (CCVC). He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Cyber Criminology and Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences, the official Journal of SASCV. He was a Commonwealth Fellow (November 2009 - April 2010) at the School of Law, University of Leeds, UK based on his award of the prestigious Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship, 2009-10. He was a Co-Investigator of an International grant funded by Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada to develop a profile of cyber-bullying, inform the current policy vacuum, and develop guidelines to help schools address cyber-bullying.  He was a member of the UNODC (United Nations office of Drugs and Crime) Core group of Experts on Identity related crime (2007-2008). Among the recent books he has (co) authored / (co) edited are: Cyber Crime and the Victimization of Women: Laws, Rights, and Regulations (IGI Global, USA, 2012), Cyber Criminology: Exploring Internet Crimes and Criminal Behavior (CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, USA, 2011), Cyber Bullying: Profile and Policy Guidelines (DOCCJ, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, India, 2009), International Perspectives on Crime and Justice (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK, 2009), Trends and Issues of Victimology (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK, 2008),  and Crime Victims and Justice: An Introduction to Restorative Principles (Serial Publications: New Delhi, 2008). He was the General Chair of the First International Conference of South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology held during 15-17 January 2011, Jaipur, India. His areas of Academic Competence are Cyber Criminology, Victimology, Crime mapping, GIS, Communal violence, Theoretical Criminology, Policing, and Crime prevention.
 

Mahfuzul I. Khondaker - Associate Editor

Mahfuzul I. Khondaker, Ph. D., is an assistant professor of criminal justice at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. He has taught in Bangladesh, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Fayetteville State University before joining Kutztown University. He has published several articles and book reviews and presented in numerous conferences. Currently he is an editorial board member of the Prison Journal published by Sage. He teaches course on criminology theory, research methodology, juvenile justice, introduction to criminal justice, crime prevention, and comparative justice systems. His research interests include crime and justice issues in Bangladesh, juvenile delinquency, crime and delinquency prevention, crime and perceptions of crime among the South Asian immigrants, women and victimization, and crime in the Third World countries.

 

Megha Desai  -  Associate Editor

Ms. Megha Desai holds an Under Graduate degree in Criminology and Post Graduate degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from Griffith University, Australia. She is presently based in India as a freelance journalist contributing to The Times of India (a leading Indian Newspaper) and Femina (a leading Indian women magazine). She is also an independent researcher, contributing articles to peer reviewed journals and presenting in international conferences. She is an editorial assistant of the International Journal of Cyber Criminology.

 

Megha Shree -  Editorial Assistant

Megha Shree is a UGC Junior Research fellow pursuing her M.Phil. (Development Studies) at Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. She has done Masters in Criminology from Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science (Ministry of Home Affairs) and was awarded the Masters degree from Guru Gobind Indraprastha University. She has been an intern at reputed organizations viz. National Institute of Social Defence (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment) and National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Government of India. She has authored articles which are under publication on Criminology and Correctional Administration, Human Rights, Women, Migration and Domestic work etc. She was an organizing coordinator of the First International Conference of South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology held during 15-17 January 2011, Jaipur, India.