BOARD OF ADVISORS
The
Board of Advisors
of the International Institute of Justice & Police Sciences (IIJPS)
help the organization gain new insights and advice to solve
complex problems or explore new opportunities by stimulating
robust, high-quality conversations. The Role of Board
Advisors of IIJPS is to provide current knowledge, critical
thinking and analysis to increase the confidence of the
decision-makers who represent the IIJPS.
advisor (CRIMINOLOGY)
Gorazd Meško, PhD
Gorazd is a Honorary
Advisor (Criminology) of the International Institute
of Justice & Police Sciences (IIJPS). He is a Full
Professor of Criminology & Head of the Institute of
CJ and Security and Head of the Criminology Chair at
the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security,
University of Maribor, Slovenia as well as the
editor-in-chief of the Journal of Criminal Justice
and Security. He has been a visiting scholar at the
Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge
(1995, 2001) and Centre for Criminology, University
of Oxford (1996, 1999). He was a visiting professor
at SCJ, GVSU, Michigan in 2000. He has also been a
visiting professor at the University of Sarajevo,
Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002-2008) and at the
University of Belgrade (2009 -). His recent
bibliography includes books: Corruption in Central
and Eastern Europe at the Turn of the Millennium
(ed., 2000), Dilemmas of Contemporary Criminal
Justice (co-ed., 2004), Policing in Emerging
Democracies – Critical Reflections (co-ed., 2007),
Crime, Media and Fear of Crime (co-ed., 2009) and
Crime Control Policy and Prevention – Slovenian
Perspectives (co-ed.). He has also been a guest
editor of the Policing – An International Journal of
Police Strategies and Management (a special issue on
policing in SE Europe, 2009/3). In addition, he has
been a head of a European Society of Criminology WG
on criminology curricula since 2005 and a
correspondent of the International Centre for the
Prevention of Crime (a 2009 report on crime
prevention in SE Europe). His present research
includes studies comparative criminology and
victimology, fear of crime in former Yugoslav
republics (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina,
Serbia and North Macedonia), history of criminology,
rural vs urban safety and security and rural
criminology and crimes against environment. He is a
Member of the Advisory Board of the South Asian
Society of Criminology and Victimology (SASCV).
advisor (victimology)
Vesna
Nikolić-Ristanović PhD
Vesna is a Honorary
Advisor (Victimology)
of the International Institute of Justice & Police Sciences (IIJPS). She
is the Director of Victimology Society of Serbia (VDS) and
Professor of criminology, Victimology and Juvenile Crime at
Faculty for Special Education and Rehabilitation at
Belgrade, Serbia. She initiated, coordinated and
participated in large number of domestic and international
researches on crime victims, particularly women as victims,
domestic violence, sexual violence, women’s crime,
trafficking in human beings and truth and reconciliation.
She is an author and editor of large number of books and
papers published in Serbia and abroad, among which the most
important are: From victim to prisoner: domestic violence
and women’s crime, Domestic violence in Serbia (editor),
Social Change, Gender and Violence: Post-Communist and
War-Affected Societies, A life on one’s own: rehabilitation
of victims of trafficking for the purpose of sexual
exploitation (co-author) and International standards on
domestic violence and their implementation in the Western
Balkans (co-author with Mirjana Dokmanovic) and Surviving
transition: everyday life and violence against women in
postcommunist and postconflict society. She is also the
Editor-in- Chief of Temida, the Journal on Victimization,
Human rights and Gender, and Corresponding Editor of
Feminist Review. She has been consultant and supervisor of
several projects on gender-based violence and truth and
reconciliation. She is a member of the Council for gender
equality of Serbian Government and counseler of Serbian
ombudsman for gender equality and rights of disabled and
Member of the Advisory Board of the South Asian Society of
Criminology and Victimology (SASCV).
advisor (police
studies)
Doraval Govender PhD (Former
South African Police Service (SAPS) Officer)
Doraval is a Honorary
Advisor (Police Studies) of the International
Institute of Justice & Police Sciences (IIJPS). He is
currently a Professor Extraordinarius at the University of
South Africa (UNISA). He underwent many educational,
training and development programmes both internationally and
nationally including the FBI programme for International
students in Quantico, USA ( 199th session). He has also
served as the President of the FBI Middle East, Africa
Chapter for the FBI re-trainer session from 2001 to 2005. In
2009, he joined the University of South Africa (UNISA) as a
lecturer in the Department of Criminology and Security
Science. Since 2009, he has published articles in journals,
book chapters, conference proceedings and a book in 2018. He
is presently supervising Masters and Doctorate students at
UNISA and also served as examiner for Masters and Doctorate
students nationally and internationally. To date he has
supervised ten students until completion. He was also one of
the editors of the Acta Criminologica Journal and an
editorial board member of several journals, including
international journals. He is presently the Editor of the
Southern African Journal of Security, managed by UNISA
Press. He has chaired sessions at many different conferences
and has presented papers both internationally and nationally
on safety and security related issues. Doraval has a
doctorate degree in Criminology (specializing in Security
management), Mtech degree in Forensic Investigations,
Honours degree and a Bachelor’s degree in Policing and a
Diploma in Education, Training and Development. He was the
Chair of the College of law Ethics Review Committee at UNISA
from 2016 until 2018. He is also an NRF rated researcher. He
was the past governor of the South African Institute of
Security (SAIS) board of governors, Former Assistant
Commissioner (Major General) in the South African Police
Service (SAPS), Past President of the FBI Middle East,
Africa Chapter.
advisor (ETHINIC
CRIMINOLOGY)
Joanne Belknap PhD
Joanne is a Honorary Advisor (Ethnic Criminology) of
the International Institute of Justice & Police
Sciences (IIJPS). is a Honorary Advisor
(Victimology) of the International Institute of
Justice & Police Sciences (IIJPS). Professor Joanne
Belknap is Professor Emerita (CRITICAL AND
INTERSECTIONAL CRIMINOLOGY & SOCIAL JUSTICE) at the
University of Colorado, USA. She was a Professor of
Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado and
Past-President of the American Society of
Criminology. She is also an adjunct professor on the
faculty of law at Queensland University of
Technology, School of Justice, in Brisbane
Australia. She received a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice
from Michigan State University in 1986. Her research is primarily on gender-based
abuse and the trajectory of trauma to offending
among women and youth, the intersections of
marginalization and oppression, and social justice.
Professor Belknap is working on the fifth edition of
her book, The Invisible Woman: Gender, Crime, and
Justice (under contract with Sage). She has secured
almost two million dollars in research grant money,
has served on state advisory boards for female
offenders and women in prison, on U.S. Attorney
General Janet Reno's Violence Against Women
Committee, gave expert testimony to the Warren
Christopher Commission investigating the Rodney King
police brutality incident in Los Angeles, and served
as a pro bono advisor on criminal justice policy for
the Obama presidential campaign. Professor Belknap
has won numerous research, teaching and service
awards, most recently being honored as a Fellow of
the American Society of Criminology. Her most recent
research work includes jail-to-community reentry and
implementing college courses in prisons (following
her training by Temple University’s Inside-Out
Prison Exchange Program).
advisor (forensic
medicine)
Anil Aggrawal
Anil Aggrawal is a
Honorary Advisor (Forensic Medicine) of the
International Institute of Justice & Police Sciences (IIJPS). He is a former professor
of forensic medicine
at the Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India. Anil
Aggarwal's Alma Mater is the University College of Medical
Sciences, New Delhi from where he pursued his Bachelor of
Surgery and Bachelor of Surgery in the year 1978. For
further studies he joined prestigious All India Institute
Medical Sciences, New Delhi to pursue Doctor of Medicine in
Forensic Medicine. He was appointed as Professor for
Forensic Medicine at Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi
in 1985 and retired in 2020. He was scaling heights and was
sent to Scotland in Edinburgh Medical School for higher
training in 1989 for a year. In 1996, he was presented a WHO
fellowship, under which he gave lessons at Armed Forces
Institute of Pathology, Washington, US and Shiga University
of Medical Sciences, Japan. He has penned down his research
and given his research the name of books. His famous books
includes Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects of Sexual Crimes
and Unusual Sexual Practices (Which is about sexual curse,
this particular book theoretically derives fourteen
classifications of conspicuous sexual pathologies). He
proposed a new classification of necrophilia, and is
considered the leading authority on necrophilia. He is known
chiefly for his online journal, Anil Aggrawal's Internet
Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology.
advisor
(criminal
justice social work)
Madhu Sharma PhD
Madhu Sharma is
the Advisor (Criminal Justice Social Work) of the
International Institute of Justice & Police Sciences (IIJPS). She is a development
professional with more than three decades in the
social sector including Government/Non Government
and UN. She has also done consultancy with European
Delegation in India, The World Bank, DFID, DNDi, et
al. Educationally, she has done Masters in Social
Work, MBA and PhD On women’s empowerment.
Professionally, she has worked widely on women
empowerment, health, HIV, drugs and peace & security
issues, health,HIV/AIDS, child welfare /protection,
women empowerment and governance. She has been
involved in background research, media
backgrounders, preparation of expression of
interest, technical proposal, evaluation designs and
financial proposals. She has also worked at district
and sub district level in India, and possess insight
to the grass roots realities and understanding of
local needs and priorities. She has special
expertise to identify scope, conceptualize and plan
multisectoral project feasible at ground level.
advisor
(forensic
sciences)
K V Ravikumar
Ravikumar is the
Advisor (Forensic Sciences) of the International
Institute of Justice & Police Sciences (IIJPS). He was formerly Director
of the Institute of Security Sciences and Management
at the Raksha Shakti University (now Rashtriya
Raksha University), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India with
responsibility of managing the work of different
departments like Forensic Science, Criminology, IT,
Law, Police Administration and Security Sciences. He
was the Member of the Finance Committee, Academic
Council, Board of Governors, Chairmen IQAC and NAAC,
Chairmen of the Training and Placement Cell,
Co-ordinator Student start-up and innovation policy
of Rashtriya Raksha University. He earlier worked as
OSD (Plan Projects) with Joint Secretary, Police
Modernization, MHA, Government of India. He has
provided consultancy in drafting M.Sc. Forensic
Science Syllabus to various universities that teach
Forensic Science. He provided consultancy to various
state FSLs, in modernizing Forensic technologies,
design of their laboratory & in drafting their
perspective plans, and received commendation letter
from DGP of Himachal Pradesh for drafting the
Forensic Science Development Plan. He was deputed by
Govt. of India to prepare the project proposals of
Countries like Maldives, Vietnam, and Seychelles to
setup and modernize their forensic science set up.
advisor (Cyber
crime)
Mohamed Chawki, PhD
is the Advisor
(Cyber Crime) of the International Institute of
Justice & Police Sciences (IIJPS). Judge Dr. Mohamed Chawki holds a (Ph.D.) in law from the University of
Lyon III in France for a dissertation on French;
British and American cybercrime legal systems. This
was followed by a 3-year post-doctoral research at
the Faculty of Law, University of Aix-Marseille III,
France. He is senior judge (Vice-president of the
Egyptian Council of State) and former advisor to the
Chairman of Capital Market Authority (CMA), to the
Minister of Antiquities, the Minister of State for
military production and to the Chairman of the
Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA). Dr.
Chawki is the Founder Chairman of the International
Association of Cybercrime Prevention (AILCC),
located in Paris, France. His research interest
covers national security, cybercrime, criminal
justice and data protection. Dr. Chawki holds over
25 prizes for this academic achievement and was
awarded by the Medal of Excellence by the President
of the Arab Republic of Egypt in 1998, the
international prize Claire l’Heureux Dubé from
Canada in 2007 and the distinguished services medal
from the government of Brazil in 2009.
advisor (CONTEMPORARY
& ALTERNATIVE CRIMINOLOGIES)
Leandro
Ayres França PhD
advisor (OUTREACH
AND PRISON PSYCHOLOGY)
Chandni Srinivasan
Chandni is the Advisor (Outreach and Prison
Psychology) of the International Institute of
Justice & Police Sciences (IIJPS). She is an
Independent Consultant with several years of
experience in Prison Counselling and Reformation &
Rehabilitation of Prisoners. She holds two Post
degrees in Psychology (Tamil Nadu Open University)
and Psychotherapy & Counselling (Indira Gandhi
National Open University). She also holds a Post
Graduate Diploma in Forensic Psychology (Sherlock
Institute of Forensic Science) and Certificate
courses in Anti Terrorism (Anti terrorism
Accreditation Board, USA) and Rehabilitation and
Sexual Exploitation of Women (PARI, New Delhi). She
is an expert in Prison Counselling: Conducted
programs in Jaipur Central Jail, Rajasthan;
Psychologist in Puzhal Prisons, Chennai and
counsells under trial and life term prisoners and
have give Training on mental disorders; Worked with
the Superintendant of prison in Jamshedpur Central
Jail, Bokaro Jail, Daltonganj prisons, Jharkand;
Visited the Prison in Daltonganj, provided
Counselling Sessions to Female Prisoners, assisted
the Superintendant of Prisons in day to day affairs
of the Prison; Visted the Juvenile Justice home in
Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Bokaro and also conducted
sessions for Child Welfare Homes improving the
Mental Health of Children. She is on the expert
panel with Prison Reforms for developing a Module
for Improving the Quality of Women Prisoners. She is
a Board Member of Anti terrorism Accreditation
Board, Arlington VA, USA. She completed her Training
in Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act,
2012 Awareness in Schools. She is a Visiting faculty
at IIFS (Indian Institute of Forensic and Security
Studies), Lucknow. She completed her training in
Crime Scene Investigation from Sherlock Institute of
Forensic Science, New Delhi. She worked with the
Forensic Medicine Department in Stanley Medical
College to frame questionnaires to help in
investigation purpose of Rape and Acid Victims. She
is a visiting Faculty in Madsaur university, Bhopal
and undertook lectures on Forensic Medicine, Finger
prints and Criminal Profiling. She is passionate in
mentoring students in Forensic Psychology, Lie
Detection, Criminal Profiling and Narco Analysis.
advisor (computer criminal
law and cyber criminology)
Spencer Toth Sydow PhD
Spencer is a Advisor
(Computer Criminal Law and Cyber Criminology) of the
International Institute of Justice & Police Sciences
(IIJPS).
Spencer is a professor and lawyer in Brazil's
largest city, São Paulo. Graduated in Law in 2003,
Master and Doctor in Criminal Law from USP –
University of São Paulo -, he has spent the last 20
years researching and building the dogmatics of
Computer Criminal Law and Cybercriminology in
Brazil, being the main academic reference in the
area in Latin America, with 15 published books and
dozens of scientific articles. He is an alternate
director of CGI.br, the Internet Management
Committee in Brazil and was president of the digital
law commission of the São Paulo section, the largest
in the country.
