KJ

K Jaishankar

Also known as: Karuppannan Jaishankar, Jaishankar K

University of Malaya, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, University of Madras, PSG College of Arts and Science, Saveetha University

ORCID iD 0000-0002-6380-727X
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Professor K. Jaishankar is the Principal Research Fellow at the Faculty of Law, Universiti Malaya, and the Founder / Principal Director and Professor of Criminology & Justice Sciences at the International Institute of Justice and Police Sciences (IIJPS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Before establishing the IIJPS in 2022, he held a series of academic and administrative positions, beginning his career at Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli (2002–2016), where he served as Lecturer, Senior Assistant Professor of Criminology, and Member of the Syndicate (Board of Governors). He subsequently joined Raksha Shakti University (now Rashtriya Raksha University), Ahmedabad (2016–2020), as Full Professor of Criminology, Head of the Department of Criminology, and Dean. He has held the rank of Full Professor since 2016, bringing over twenty-nine years of experience in teaching, research, postgraduate supervision, and academic leadership, including a decade at professorial level.

Widely recognised as the founding father of Cyber Criminology (2007) and Cyber Victimology (2015), Prof. Jaishankar also pioneered the groundbreaking Space Transition Theory of Cyber Crimes (2008). Ranked among the Top 16 Global Influential Criminologists (2010–2020) out of 25, he serves as an Adjunct Faculty Member at the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (Italy) and the University of Peace (Italy), where he teaches modules on the Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Cybercrime, Cybersecurity and International Law. He was awarded the Commonwealth Academic Fellowship (2009–2010), tenable at the University of Leeds. He is also the founder of the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology (SASCV, 2009) and the Centre for Cyber Victim Counselling (CCVC, 2009–2025). In 2025, he became the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Justice and Police Sciences.

His honours include the NASI-SCOPUS Young Scientist Award (2012), appointments as a UN Expert on Victims of Terrorism, and a Fellowship of the African Centre for Cyber Law and Cyber Crime Prevention. With 12 books published by leading presses such as Sage and Routledge, and articles in journals including the British Journal of Criminology, Deviant Behavior, International Criminal Justice Review, and Asian Journal of Criminology, his research expertise spans Criminology, Criminal Justice, Cybercrime, Victimology, Crime and Technology, Crime Mapping, and Policing.

His publications can be freely downloaded at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jaishankar-Karuppannan/projects
URL: http://www.jaishankar.org

Employment

  • University of Malaya Principal Research Fellow
    2026 - Present
  • United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute Adjunct Faculty Member
    2024 - Present
  • Saveetha University Adjunct Professor of Criminology
    2023 - Present
  • Appa Education and Research Foundation Director
    2022 - Present
  • Lombroso Education and Research Services (OPC) Pvt Ltd Director
    2022 - Present
  • International Institute of Justice and Police Sciences Founder / Principal Director & Professor of Justice Sciences
    2022 - Present
  • Raksha Shakti University (Now Rashtriya Raksha University) (Direct) Professor and Head
    2016 - 2020
  • South Asian Society of Criminology & Victimology (SASCV) President / Professor and Independent Criminologist
    2009 - Present
  • University of Leeds Commonwealth Fellow
    2009 - 2010
  • Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Senior Assistant Professor
    2003 - 2016

Education

  • University of Madras Post Graduate Diploma in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Management
    1999 - 2000
  • University of Madras PhD
    1997 - 2003
  • University of Madras Master of Arts MA in Criminology
    1994 - 1996
  • PSG College of Arts and Science Bachelor of Science (BSC) in Bio-Chemistry
    1991 - 1994

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Publications (142)