Arvind Verma has been a member in the Indian Police Service [IPS] and has served for many years in the State of Bihar, holding several senior level positions in the organization. His first degree was in Engineering Mathematics from the Indian Institute of Technology- Kanpur and he earned his PhD in Criminology from Simon Fraser University- Canada. His doctoral work was concerned with analysis of criminal justice data using a variety of mathematical techniques such as Fuzzy Logic, Topology and Fractals. He has served as the Managing Editor of Police Practice and Research: An International Journal and he has also been an advisor to the Bureau of Police Research and Development in India. His current research interests are in Data Analysis and Visualization; Agent based Modeling, Criminal Justice in India and Comparative Policing. His recent publications include books titled 'Understanding the Police in India'; 'The Indian Police: A Critical Review'; and journal articles- 'The Etiology of Crime in India? An Exploration'; Hegemony, Discipline and Control in the Administration of Criminal Justice in Colonial India; Anatomy of Riots: A Situational Prevention Approach'; 'Measuring Police Performance in India: An application of Data Envelopment Analysis'; The State and Coercive Power in India and Visualization of Criminal Activity in an Urban Population. He is currently on the faculty of the Department of Criminal Justice at Indiana University- Bloomington.