Mahesh Nalla is a Professor at the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University in East Lansing, USA. His current research projects are centered in two areas: (a) security governance and trust in public and private police, and (b) gendered spaces & sexual violence in emerging democracies. One of his multi-nation projects on firearm-related violence for the United Nations resulted in forming the cornerstone of the draft (UN ECOSOC) International Protocol Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition and Other Related Materials, as a supplement to the UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime. He spearheaded the development and introduction of the first full-time online MS in Criminal Justice in 1998, for which he received an Award for Excellence – Creative Program Credit-Award in 1999 presented to Michigan State University by the University Continuing Education Association Region IV. He served in various administrative roles for the School including Interim Director and Director of Graduate Studies. He is Editor-In-Chief of the International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice.
Selected Awards
- Recipient of the Gerhard O.W. Mueller Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) International Section for Significant Contributions to the Advancement of Comparative/International Criminal Justice in the areas of Scholarship, Leadership, and Service, 2019
- Recipient of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) nomination to represent ACJS to present a paper at the 13th United Nations Crime Congress held in Doha, Qatar, March 2–19, 2015
- Award of Excellence from the University of Maribor, Ljubljana, Slovenia in recognition of merit for support in researching police, policing, private security and assistance in the development of doctoral studies at the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, 2013
Selected Publications
- Demirkol, I.C. and Nalla, M.K. (2019). Police Culture: An Empirical Appraisal of the Phenomena. Criminology and Criminal Justice.
- Paek, S.Y., Nalla, M.K., & Lee, J. (2018). Perception of Police Legitimacy Among Private Security Officers. Security Journal.
- Demirkol, I.C. and Nalla, M. K. (2018) Predicting Job Satisfaction and Motivation of Aviation Security Personnel: A Test of Job Characteristics Theory. Security Journal.