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Indian criminologist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karuppannan Jaishankar is an Indian criminologist. He is the Founder and Principal Director and Professor of Criminology and Justice Sciences at the International Institute of Justice & Police Sciences,[1] a non-profit academic institution and independent policy think tank in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India and an Adjunct Faculty Member of the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, Italy & University of Peace, Italy, and he teaches modules of the Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Cybercrime, Cybersecurity and International Law.[2]
K. Jaishankar | |
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| Other names | Jaishankar Karuppannan |
| Education | MA PhD (Criminology); PG Diploma in GIS Management |
| Alma mater | University of Madras and PSG College of Arts and Science (Bharathiar University) |
| Occupation(s) | Teaching, Research, Consultancy |
| Known for | Cyber Criminology, Space Transition Theory |
| Awards | National Academy of Sciences, India -SCOPUS Young Scientist Award -2012 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Criminology, Crime Science, Cyber Criminology, Victimology and Police Sciences |
| Institutions | International Institute of Justice & Police Sciences, University of Leeds |
| Website | www |
He is also a Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Criminology at Saveetha School of Law, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.[3]
He is the founding father of cyber criminology,[4][5] an academic sub-discipline of criminology and the proponent of the "Space Transition Theory of Cyber Crimes"[6] which holds that people behave differently online than they do in real life.[7][8]
He earned a Ph.D. in criminology, an M.A. in criminology, a PG Diploma in geographic information systems management from the University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India and a B.Sc. in biochemistry from the PSG College of Arts and Science, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.[9]
Before founding the International Institute of Justice & Police Sciences in 2022, Jaishankar held several positions like dean, head of department, syndicate member, professor of criminology and senior assistant professor of criminology at two major public universities Manonmaniam Sundaranar University and Raksha Shakti University - Now Rashtriya Raksha University in India.[10]
He was a Commonwealth Academic Fellow during 2009–2010 at the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, School of Law, University of Leeds.[11]
He is the founder and president of the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology (SASCV) (founded 2009) which works "to develop criminology and victimology in the South Asian region"[12] and has organized five international conferences of SASCV as the general chair (Bangalore 2023, Ahmedabad, 2020, Goa, 2016, Kanyakumari, 2013, and Jaipur, 2011).[13]
He is the founder and executive director of the Centre for Cyber Victim Counselling (CCVC) (founded 2009) which works to prevent cyber victimization and protect cyber victims.[14]
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