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Prof M Z Khan |
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M. Z. Khan, M.S.W., Ph.D., started his professional career as Assistant Professor, Dept. of Criminology & Forensic Science, DHG University, Sagar (1962-78). He briefly served with the National Institute of Social Defence, Ministry of Welfare (now Social Justice & Empowerment), GOI, (1978-79) and as Professor of Criminology, National Institute of Criminology & Forensic Science, Ministry of Home Affairs, GOI, (1979-83), before joining Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, as Professor of Social Work (1983-2000); and he also served as Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences. |
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Dr. Khan is associated with several governmental, professional and voluntary organisations. He is past President of Indian Society of Criminology. During 1990-96, he was a member of the Academic Committee of the SVP National Police Academy, Hyderabad. Among other professional engagements, he is at present a member of the Chhattisgarh Jail Reforms Committee. He is a widely travelled professional and has visited several countries. In 1983, Dr. Khan was awarded the prestigious Kumarappa-Reckless Award by the Indian Society of Criminology. In 1991, Calcutta University conferred on him a medal for his studies on drug dependence. . |
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Professor Khan has mentored a large number of Ph.D. students, conducted many studies and successfully implemented several research projects sponsored by national and international agencies. Apart from news-paper articles, Dr. Khan has contributed nearly 100 papers in scientific journals published from India and abroad. Besides, he has authored to-date fourteen books, including Dacoity in Chambal Valle (New Delhi: Inter-India Publications, 1981), Attitude of Adolescents towards Police (Delhi: NICFS¸1982), Delay in the Disposal of Criminal Cases in Courts (Delhi: NICFS, 1982), Drug use amongst the college youth (Bombay: Somaiya Publishing House, 1985), Work by Jail Inmates (New Delhi: Inter-India, 1989) and Open-air Jails in India (New Delhi: BPR & D, 2007). |
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