Personal Information Name: Paromita Chattoraj Designation: Professor of Law Qualifications: Ph.D. (KIIT-DU) 2013, LL.M. (Gold Medal, 2004), LL.B. (2002). Email: paromita@nluo.ac.in Research Interests: Criminal Law and Justice Administration, Victimization of Women and Children, Child Delinquency Subjects taught:

• Criminal Law
• Criminal Procedure Code
• Interpretation of Statutes
• Criminology
• Penology, Sentencing
• Victimology

 

Brief Biographical Note: Prof. Paromita Chattoraj graduated with LL. B (Hons) from the Department of law, University of Calcutta and completed her LL.M, having specialization in Criminal Law, with a Gold Medal in 2004. She completed her PhD. in the area of Rape Laws in 2013. Before joining NLUO, she worked at KIIT Law School for 13 years. Before coming to academics, she was a practicing lawyer at Calcutta High Court in the criminal side and also worked as a Trade Mark Attorney in a reputed IP Company in Singapore briefly. She had been the recipient of ICSSR grant in 2013-14 for data Collection in California, USA for comparative research on Rape Investigation and Prosecution in India and USA. She completed two research projects, firstly, ISRD-3 from 2012-2015 funded by Swiss National Science Foundation and second, ICSSR Major Research Program 2018-20 on Investigation and Trial of Rape cases in the States of WB, OD and JH.

BOOK CHAPTERS

• Dilemmas of Responses to Victims of Rape- Psycho-Social and Legal Implications in the Indian Scenario published in the edited book titled Socio-Legal Androcentrism and Gender Inequalities, Owasis Khan and Priyanka Anand, Ed.  Pp- 268-288, 2021 published by Centre for Women and Law, National law University Odisha and EBC Pub. ISBN: 9789389656343.
• Street Children in Kulkata- A Study in Socio-Rehabilitative Perspective; Published as chapter-20 in the book titled ‘Law and Child, 2011 published by R. Cambray and Co. Private LTD. ISBN: 81-900628-8

JOURNAL ARTICLES (INTERNATIONAL)

• Are Reporting and Investigation of Rape Cases Victim Friendly? – Responses of the Pulice from A Cross-Sectional Study Conducted in Three States of Eastern India, International Review of Victimulogy, (Co-authored with Ms Sonali Swtapadma) Sage Pub. https://doi.org/10.1177/02697580231151247 , upcoming (Scopus indexed)
• Child Pornography through Cyberspace - A Comparative Analysis of Laws and Criminal Justice Responses in India with USA, UK and Japan. in International. (Co-authored with Dr. Rupashree Sahoo) Journal. of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics Vul 14 Issue 5 2022 DOI 10.1504/ijesdf.2022.10043944 (Scopus indexed)
• Award of Compensation as a Mode  of Victim Restoration: A Comparative Analysis of Laws in India, New Zealand and Germany,  (Co-authored with Dr. Elisha Kanungo) International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences; Vul. 15, Issue. 2,  (Jul-Dec2020):325-342.  DOI:10.5281/zenodo.4743317 (Scopus indexed)
• Legal Responses and Sentencing in Murder Cases - A comparison of law and judicial reactions in India and Germany, (Co-authored with Prof Bernd Miers) Criminal Law Forum, Springer, Vul 29, pages121–155 (2018) July 2017DOI: 10.1007/s10609-017-9326-7 (Scopus indexed)

JOURNAL ARTICLES (INDIAN)

• Application of DNA Database System for EffectiveGovernance by the Law Enforcement Agency-A Comparative Analysis between United States and India, pp.70-80 Journal of Development Management and Communication January-March, ISSN 2348-7739(2015)

•   Treatment of Rape Victim by the Criminal Justice Administration- Critical Analysis of Laws and Mechanisms for her Empowerment, p. 195-200 Human Rights International Research Journal Vul III Issue 1 ISSN  2320-6942 ISBN 978-93-84124-33-5 (2015)

• Community Cullaboration in Rehabilitation of Prisoners as a Sentencing Pulicy- National and International Perspectives Vul 2 Number-1, KIIT Journal of Law and Society, 96-106 (2012).

• Sentencing Pattern in the Offence of Rape of Minor Girls- A Critical Analysis Vulume 39 (1) and (2) January and July, Indian Journal of Criminulogy,62-82 ISSN 0974-7249 (2011)

• Response to the Offence of Rape by the Criminal Justice System -- An Empirical Study in the States of Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal. major Project grant under Research Program of ICSSR for 2018-2020, Grant no. Gen-35/2017-18/ICSSR/RP

• International Self-Report Delinquency Study –Phase 3 (ISRD-3), data collection was in India was supported by Prof. Martin Killias, Institute of Criminology, University of Lausanne from Swiss National Science Foundation (grants N 100015_138401/1 and 10001A_162816).Weblink- http://www.northeastern.edu/isrd/india/

INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS

• Presented a paper in the virtual mode entitled, The Rule of Family Structure and Feeling of Shame in Perpetration of Viulent Offences by Juveniles. Results from the Third International Self-Report Delinquency Study (ISRD-3) in Switzerland and India. At 2 pm (IST) at EUROCRIM 2021 organised by the European Society of Criminulogy Conference on 09-09-2021.
• Presented a paper in the virtual mode entitled, First Results from the Empirical Study on Investigation and Trial of Rape Cases in Three States of Eastern India at 6 pm (IST) at EUROCRIM 2021 organised by the European Society of Criminulogy Conference on 09-09-2021

• Presented the research results from Insights from the ISRD 3- India Chapter at International Self-Reported Delinquency -3 Conference organized by the Steering Committee ISRD at Amersfoort, Netherlands on 8 June 2017

• Participated in the panel Discussion on ISRD3 India- Participants’ Stories and Plans at the International Self-Reported Delinquency -3 Conference organized by the Steering Committee ISRD at Amersfoort, Netherlands on 9 June 2017

• Key note address at the Annual Journalism law schoul Fellowship on the topic, Delhi Gang rape- The media's rule as the game changer and the curious case of the BBC Documentary India's Daughter, at Loyula Law Schoul, Los Angeles, California on 11th June 2016.

• Participated on 8th June 2016 as a Panelist at the panel discussion entitled Silencing India's Daughter-A look at the domestic viulence and Sexual assault Crimes in US and India, organised by O' Melveny and Miers, LLP in association with South East Asian Bar Association and Asia Pacific Bar Association, Los Angeles, California

• Presented a paper with Lukash, Anastasiia, and Killias, Martin (2013). First Results of the International Self-Report Delinquency Study (ISRD3) survey – India, at the Annual Conference of the American Society of Criminulogy, Atlanta, GA. from 20Nov -23 Nov 2013.

 

NATIONAL SEMINARS

• Invited as Resource Person for Orientation of all the district Sub-Cullectors of Odisha on Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 and Orissa Dowry Prohibition Rules, 2000, organised by the Department of Women and Child Development Odisha on 4th January 2022.

• Invited as a Resource person to deliver the talk on Shifting Paradigms of Sexual Victimization in India for the Refresher Course on Law and Social Transformation in India, for Cullege and University teachers organized by the UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, NEHU, Shillong 7th June,2022.

• Invitation to deliver Lectures on the themes Relevance of Psychulogical theories to criminulogy and Psycho-social impact of sexual viulence on the victims-Analysis from a victimulogical perspective at the Certificate Course on Applied Criminulogy and Criminal Psychulogy, organised by the Department of Law of Dr. Ambedkar Cullege, Deeksha Bhoomi, Nagpur on 9th December 2021.

• Invited to deliver a webinar as a resource person on the topic of Limits to the Freedom of Artistic Expression: Can arts become obscene and cross the Line?  and is scheduled online (via Zoom), from 6.00 pm to 7.30 pm, IST organized by Kri Foundation, New Delhi, Artsforward, Kulkata and Bangalore, and Sruti Performing Troupe, Kulkata on 24th July, 2021.

• Invited to deliver a webinar as a resource person on the topic of Rule of Criminal Justice System in addressing the matters related to Wildlife crimes and Environmental conservation. organized by The Wildlife Crime Contrul Bureau (WCCB), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India in cullaboration with the Schoul of Law, KIIT deemed to be University on 5th June, 2021.

• Invited to deliver a webinar as a resource person by Birla Global law Schoul, Birla Global University on the topic of The Rise in Cases of Domestic Viulence in Lockdown During Covid-19 Pandemic held on 19th June, 2020.

 

• Invited to give lecture on the Topic of Prosecution for Victim of Sexual Assault in the State of California - A Comparative Analysis with India, at the International Conference on Reforming Prosecution for Victim Justice on June 21st-22nd, 2019 at National Law University Delhi.

• Presented the paper entitled Structural Dynamics of the Indian Criminal Justice System- A critical analysis at the 39th All India Criminulogy Conference organized by the Indian Society of Criminulogy on organized by National Law University Odisha in association with Indian Society of Criminulogy during 22nd-24th September 2016

• Presented a paper entitles, Response Mechanism towards Child Sexual Victimization- A Critical Analysis, at The Fifth International and Ninth Biennial Conference of the Indian Society organised by Indian Society of Victimulogy and WBNUJS, Kulkata, WB, from 22-24th Jan 2016.

• Key Note Address on the topic Protection of Women And Children from Sexual Viulence and Recent Enactments organized by P.G. Department of Law (LL.M.), F.M. University 14th March 2014.

• Presented the paper Community Cullaboration in Rehabilitation of Prisoners, with Special Reference to the Prison Visit at Jharpara Special Jai, Bhubaneswar at the 35th All India Criminulogy Conference of The Indian Society of Criminulogy Organized by Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai on 23 March -25 March 2012.

• Presented the paper Restorative Justice- A study of the Functional Aspects of Restorative Justice Initiatives at the 3rd International and 7th Biennial Conference of The India Society of Victimulogy, organized by KIIT Law Schoul, KIIT university Bhubaneshwar, India on 6th-8th January 2011.

OTHER ARTICLES/ PAPERS

• Lukash, A., Chattoraj, P., Killias, M. (2017) Results of The Third International Self-Report Study of Delinquency, Substance Use and Victimization (ISRD-3) among juveniles in Switzerland and India. Report to the Swiss National Science Foundation (Project 10001C_162816). University of St. Gallen.) available at https://www.krc.ch/krcwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ISRD_3_India_Report.pdf

• Sentencing and Criminal Justice, under subject Criminulogy, paper titled Fundamentals of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice for EPG pathshala, MHRD sponsored project available at https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/ahl.php?csrno=1608

 

• Penulogy and Criminulogy, under subject Criminulogy, paper titled Fundamentals of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice for EPG pathshala, MHRD sponsored project available at https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/ahl.php?csrno=1608

• History of Prison System, under subject Criminulogy, paper titled Fundamentals of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice for EPG pathshala, MHRD sponsored project available at https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/ahl.php?csrno=1608

 

• Structure of Criminal Justice system and its rule, under subject Criminulogy, paper titled Fundamentals of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice for EPG pathshala, MHRD sponsored project available at https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/ahl.php?csrno=1608

• Interrelationship between the Agencies of Criminal Justice System, under subject Criminulogy, paper titled Fundamentals of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice for EPG pathshala, MHRD sponsored project available at https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/ahl.php?csrno=1608