NAME: Uduka, Uchenna Kalu
RANK: Lecturer II
Area of specialization: Criminology
DATE OF BIRTH: 21st March, 1981.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS: Master of Science (M.Sc Criminology – 2011, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria)
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc Sociology, Upper Division – 2004, Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria)
West African Senior Schools Certificate – 1999
RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS: Research Assistant: 2012 Baseline and Gender Needs Assessment in Maternal and Newborn Health in 15 States and FCT Commissioned by UNH4(UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO, & World Bank).
Research Assistant: Ohafia Descent Study 2016, sponsored by TETFUND.
AWARDS: Excellence Service Award from MJC Echeruo Faculty of Social Science & Humanities, ABSU Students Association.
Excellence Service Award from the Department of Sociology,ABSU Students Association.
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES:
2012: Member, Nigerian Anthropological and Sociological Practitioners Association (Nasa)
2009: Member, Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered)
2006: Proficiency Certificate In Management of NIM (Chartered).
CURRENT RESEARCH INTEREST:
Policing and crime prevention & Public Policy.
Criminal justice processing and victims’ compensation
Juvenile justice system and reforms
Offenders sanctioning and offenders’ rehabilitation
Corruption-poverty correlation
Social class, crime & public policy.
Women and crime
Drug trafficking-terrorism correlation
Sociology of Deviance
Development Sociology.
PUBLICATIONS:
UDUKA, U. K. (2011). ‘’TERRORISM: A GLOBAL CRIMINALITY: ITS TRENDS AND THREAT TO WORLD PEACE’’: A BOOK CHAPTER ‘IN ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL DISCOURSE’. ONUOHA J. I. & EZERIBE S. N. (eds.) OWERRI, LIU HOUSE OF EXECELLENCE VENTURES, OWERRI, IMO STATE.
UDUKA, U. K. (2011). “PUBLIC PERCEPTION ON THE ROLE OF THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMISSION (EFCC) IN FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF UMUAHIA URBAN”. A JOURNAL ARTICLE IN ABSU JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY, NOVEMBER 2011.VOL 1, NO 1.
UDUKA, U. K.(2013). “WOMEN AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA”: A BOOK CHAPTER IN CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION, GENERAL STUDIES TEXTBOOK OF GREGORY UNIVERSITY UTURU, ABIA STATE. LAGOS, SKILL PUBLISHING COMPANY.
UDUKA, U. K. (2015) “LAND MANAGEMENT POLICY AND INCREASING FOOD SCARCITY IN NIGERIA: A HISTORICAL APPROACH”. A JOURNAL ARTICLE IN ABIA JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES.
