Areas of Research expertise

Cyber Criminology, Cyber Victimology,  Therapeutic Criminology, Theological Criminology, Theoretical Criminology, Political Victimology, Crime Mapping, Geographic Information Systems (GIS),  Victimology, Communal Violence & Terrorism,  Crime Prevention & Policing.

H-Index: My current h-index as per Google Scholar Citation is 24.

Research Grants

2017 - 2018 Trained Criminologists (Consultancy Project with Ahmedabad City Police)
Program Director
Funded by: Ahmedabad City Police, Gujarat, India 
Title of the Project: “Consultancy Project on Trained Criminologists: Academia-Police Partnership”

Sub-Themes:

• Patterns of Body Offences in Ahmedabad City - Dr. Amit Thakre, Trained Criminologist, Department of Criminology, Raksha Shakti University

• Patterns of Offending Behaviour Amongst Young Offenders in Ahmedabad City - Mr. Anshul Shah, Trained Criminologist, Department of Criminology, Raksha Shakti University

• Victimization Patterns of Women in Ahmedabad City - Ms. Rashmi Choudhury, Trained Criminologist, Department of Criminology, Raksha Shakti University.

2012 - 2016 UGC Major Research Project (From July 2012 - June 2014)
Principal Investigator (PI)
Funded by: University Grants Commission, (UGC), India.
Title of the Project: “Interpersonal Cyber Crime Victimization: A Survey in Eight Indian Cities.”
 

2009 - 2010

Commonwealth Academic Fellowship
Funded by: Association of Commonwealth Universities, British Council, and Commonwealth Scholarship Commission.
Title of the Project: “Victims of Cyber Crimes - A study on developing Profile, Legal Reviews and Policy Guidelines.
Commonwealth Fellowship held at Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, School of Law, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Report Submitted to the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission.
 

2007-2009

SSHRC International Opportunities Fund
Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada
Amount of Grant: 143,471 Canadian Dollars ($CAD15,080 for India)
Title: Cyber-bullying: A project to address the policy vacuum and develop international guidelines for schools
Principal Investigator: Dr. Shaheen Shariff, McGill University, Canada.
Co-investigators:

K. Jaishankar, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, India 
Colin Lankshear, James Cook, and Dawn Zinga.
Report Submitted to McGill University.

OVERSEAS MEETING AND CONFERENCE GRANTS

June 2019
United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism Travel & Accommodation Grant
Closed Experts Group Meeting (EGM), Singapore City, Singapore

March 2019
United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism Travel & Accommodation Grant
Closed Experts Group Meeting (EGM), Seoul, South Korea

February 2019
United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism Travel & Accommodation Grant
Closed Experts Group Meeting (EGM), Bangkok, Thailand

November 2017
Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore)Travel & Accommodation Grant
International Workshop on Cybercrime,S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore
 

July 2015
World Society of Victimology Travel & Accommodation Grant
15th World Society of Victimology Symposium, Perth, Australia.

October 2013

Miguel Hernández University Travel & Accommodation Grant
International Seminar on Cybercrime, Elche, Spain.

June 2013
Korean Institute of Criminology Travel & Accommodation Grant
World Crime Forum-1st Asian Regional Conference, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

June 2012
Stockholm Criminology Symposium Travel & Accommodation Grant
Stockholm Criminology Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden.

May 2012
World Society of Victimology Travel & Accommodation Grant
14th World Society of Victimology Symposium, The Hague, The Netherlands.

December 2011
United Nations Travel & Accommodation Grant
International Conference on Cyber Crime, Courmeyeur, Mont blanc, Italy.

May 2010
Amabhubesi Conferencing Travel & Accommodation Grant
Africa’s 3rd Annual GIS Summit 2010, Johannesburg, South Africa.

December 2009
United Nations Travel & Accommodation Grant
International Conference on Protecting Children from Sexual Offenders in the Information Technology Era, Courmeyeur, Mont blanc, Italy

November - December 2007
United Nations Travel & Accommodation Grant
Ist meeting of the Experts on Identity related crime, Courmeyeur, Mont blanc, Italy
 
November, 2007
The Society for Policing Cyber space (Vancouver, Canada) Travel & Accommodation Grant
The 7th Annual Policing Cyberspace International Summit 2007, Bangkok, Thailand

February, 2007.
SSHRC Canada Travel & Accommodation Grant
 Ist collaborators meet of the International Project on Cyber Bullying, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

December, 2002.
US Department of Justice Travel & Accommodation Grant
6th International Crime Mapping Conference, Colorado, Denver.

December, 2001.
US Department of Justice Travel & Accommodation Grant
5th International Crime Mapping Conference, Texas, Dallas.

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

• Research on Cyber victimization and Identity related Cyber Crimes with Prof. David S. Wall, Durham University, UK.

• Collaborator/Co-author of research papers with Prof. Eric Lambert of Wayne State University, USA

• Research on Cyber Bullying with Dr. Shaheen Shariff  McGill University, Canada.

Research Collaborators

International

David S. Wall (UK)

Eric Lambert (USA)

Michael Pittaro (USA)

Natti Ronel (Israel)

Mally Sechory (Israel)

Stanley Yeldell (USA)

Ph.D Supervision

(Completed/Awarded - Manonamaniam Sundaranar University)

1. Dr. R. Anilkumar - Title: Victimology of Terrorism: An Analysis of Compensation to the Victims of Mumbai Bombblasts in the Post Babri Masjid Demolition Period (Full time- BPR&D Fellow).  PhD Award Date: 3rd June 2013

2. Dr. R. Sivakumar - Title: Computer Mediated Interpersonal Crimes: A Study of Cyber Bullying among College Students in Cosmopolitan Cities (Full time- BPR&D Fellow).   PhD Award Date: 19th March 2014

3. Dr. G. Shunmugasundaram - Title -  Cost of Crime: A Study of Measuring Crime victimization in Tamil Nadu. (BPR&D Project Fellow). PhD Award Date: 27th January 2017.

4. Dr. Amit Gopal Thakre  - Title - Impact of Community Policing on Crime Prevention: An Evaluation Model. (UGC-Junior Research Fellow). PhD Award Date: 17th July 2017.

5. Dr E. Enanalap Periyar- Title: Victim - Offender Relationship: An Analysis of revenge murders in Tirunelveli District. (Full time- ICSSR Fellow). PhD Award Date: 7th November 2018.

6. Dr. Neethu Susan Cherian - Title - Interpersonal Cyber Crimes: A Victimological Study among Youth in Metropolitan Cities. (Manonmaniam Sundaranar University) February 2021.

M. Phil Supervision

A Story of the MPhil Program is published in the British Society of Criminology Blog @ https://thebscblog.wordpress.com/2018/09/10/5-criminological-researches-and-a-new-direction-to-indian-criminology/

Focus of Current Research

• Cyber Criminology and Cyber Victimology

• Theological Criminology

• Therapeutic Criminology

• Theory and Model Building

• Qualitative Studies and Mixed Method Research

• Political Victimology

• Workplace Violence

• Mapping Crime and GIS

• Attitude Studies

• Communal Violence and Terrorism Studies

• Policing