About
Dr. S. A. Deepak is a pioneering researcher and leading authority on serial violence in India, recognized for advancing the systematic study of extreme violent behavior within the Indian socio-cultural context. Serving on the Criminology faculty at the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, he brings over 16 years of teaching and research experience to the field.
Spanning a decade of rigorous qualitative and longitudinal research, Dr. Deepak established the Indian Serial Killer Database (ISKD), the country’s first systematic repository profiling Indian serial offenders. His empirical work introduced the Life-Course Theory of Serial Killing, a developmental framework mapping offender trajectories and behavioral evolution. Additionally, he expanded the academic lexicon by defining ‘Romanticide’ to conceptualize lethal violence in nonmarital romantic relationships.
Dr. Deepak’s scholarship bridges criminological theory, forensic psychology, and investigative practice. His work focuses extensively on rare and underexplored violent phenomena, including mass murder, familicide, filicide, and necrophilia. He is the author of The Unfathomable Lives: Biographies of Indian Serial Killers, which presents comprehensive biographies of offenders and their pathways to crime. Dr. S. A. Deepak is the founder of Criminologia E Cinema, a national initiative established in 2022 that leverages cinematic art as a medium for criminological education and public engagement.
No. of Publications
Research Paper
6
Book
1
Book Chapter
