Arpita Mitra
Associate Professor II
Arpita Mitra has a teaching experience of seventeen years at UG and PG level. Arpita graduated with a first class second from Presidency College, Kolkata affiliated to University of Calcutta. After completing her Masters from University of Calcutta , she attained her PHD from Jadavpur University. Arpita has authored one book and more than 50 articles in journals of national and international repute including fourteen scopus publications. She has completed four research projects sponsored by ICSSR and WBNUJS. She has successfully guided nine PHD scholars and more than a dozen LLM dissertations. Arpita has been awarded scholarship for research stay on two occasions by Max Planck Institute of Foreign and International Criminal Law in 2017 and 2018. Arpita has presented papers, delivered invited lectures and chaired sessions in more than 30 national and international conferences, workshops including several world congresses and forums. Recently she presented a paper at the British Society of Criminology Conference organised by University of Strathclyde, UK. She is the President of International Sociological Association, Research Committee 29: Deviance and Social Control for a term of four years, 2023 to 2027.
PHD
Research Interests
Criminology, Police Science and Management
Projects
ICSSR Impress Research Project on Policing an Smart City: Challenges and Priorities towards Urban Transformation of Kolkata and Bhubaneswar
Memberships
1. International Sociological Association 2. International Society of Criminology, Indian Sociological Society, 3. Indian Society of Victimology 4. World Society of Victimology
"1. Mitra, Arpita, ""Policing Violence Against Women: The Indian Scenario"" Monatsschrift fur Kriminoloie and Strafrechtsreform, (Journal of Criminology and Penal Reform), Germany V102n3, September 2019:217-221.
2. Chakrabarti , Nirmal Kanti, and Mitra , Arpita, ""Universal Criminal Jurisdiction and International Cooperation as Legislative Policy to Combat Terrorism: A Comparative Study of Domestic Legislations of Different Nations"" Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems, Vol 12 no. 5 Special Issue 2020:1248-1253.
3.Mitra, Arpita, ""Philosophical Underpinnings to New Age Policing: A Quest Beyond Community Policing"" Criminal Justice Administration in India: 21st Century Perspective, Segment Books: 47-59.
4.Mitra, Arpita, ""Victims of Abuse or Feeling Secure : An Exploration of Fear of Victimization among Elderly in Cities of Eastern India"" International Journal of Current Advanced Research , V8n4B April 2019:18148-18152.
5.Mitra, Arpita and Chakrabarti, Nirmal Kanti, "" Community Policing in Question: A Mesmeric Philosophy or Derisory Programmes?"" Indian Bar Review2015 Volume 42(3):85-97
6.Mitra, Arpita, ""Traditional vs Modern Police: Are they Congruent?” Indian Journal of Criminology, V39n(1& 2):1-11.
7. Mitra, Arpita, ""ICTs and Kolkata Police: Explorations of Ramifications on Police and Policing"" The Indian Journal of Criminology and Criminalistics, January to June Issue, 2012 v33n1: 63-77.
8.Mitra, Arpita, ""Police and ICTs: Amelioration or Affliction?"" Calcutta Law Times, Vol 4, October-November Part I and II""15-22."
Books :
Philosophical Underpinnings to New Age Policing: A Quest Beyond Community Policing, Criminal Justice Administration in India: 21st Century Perspective, National, 2023, ISBN 978-93-81513-24-8