Camille Gibson
CHENNAI, India (March 5, 2020) – Camille Gibson, interim dean of Prairie View A&M University’s College of Juvenile Justice & Psychology and executive director of the Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center, was an honored guest and resource at the Silver Jubilee Conference of the Indian Society of Victimology in Chennai, India. She was a part of a delegation of international scholars from countries such as Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, Bosnia, and Herzegovina at the conference, which was held Feb. 28-March 1.
The event was hosted by the University of Madras, which has a criminology and psychology focus, and the Stella Morris College’s Department of Psychology. The conference was the 7th International and 11th Biennial Conference of the Indian Society of Victimology.
Gibson delivered a keynote address on drug abuse among children from a victim’s perspective, a paper presentation on youth risk in cyberspace, and she chaired a panel on psychological impacts on victims of crime.
“The conference was an excellent opportunity to learn about research and practice developments in various parts of the world, relevant to the work that we do in the College in serving the State,” she said.
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