Etannibi E.O. ALEMIKA earned B.Sc. and M.Sc. Sociology from the University of Ibadan (Nigeria) and M.S. and Ph.D. Criminology from the Department of Social System Sciences, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (USA). He is a Professor of Criminology and Sociology of Law at the University of Jos, Nigeria. His areas of competence, research and teaching include policing, organised crime, security sector reform and governance, human rights and democracy, conflict studies, and criminal justice policy and reform.

He has published widely in the areas of crime, police and policing, prisons, criminal justice, drug policy, security sector governance and organized crime in reputable journals like Journal of Criminal Justice; International journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice; Police Studies; International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, and Crime, Law and Social Change. He has considerable experience working with the police, prisons, intelligence and other security agencies in Nigeria and several international organizations and networks. Dr. Alemika is a member of the editorial board of several international journals like Police Practice and Research and the Australia and New Zealand Journal of Criminology.

He is the immediate past chair of the Board of CLEEN Foundation and member of several professional associations like the Social Science Academy of Nigeria; Academy of Criminal Justice Science (USA); American Society of Criminology; African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum and Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, and member of the Advisory Board of Wildlife Justice Commission {The Hague} and Knowledge Platform Security & Rule of Law {Netherlands}.  alemikae@yahoo.com