Nestor Kourakis
Nestor Kourakis ( Greek Νέστωρ Κουράκης ; * 1947 in Athens ) is a Greek lawyer and professor of criminal law at the University of Nicosia .
Life
Kourakis studied law at the University of Athens in 1971 and economics and political science at the University of Thessaloniki in 1973. He received his doctorate in 1977 from the University of Freiburg im Breisgau. As a scholarship holder of the German Academic Exchange Service and the French government, he completed higher studies in the field of criminology at the University of Paris II in 1977 and in 1979 at the Institute of Criminology in Paris.
In 1984 he began as a lecturer in criminology and the penal system, and since 1993 he has been a full professor at the University of Athens, alongside criminology, also teaching white-collar crime, forensics, the penal system and criminal policy.
Kourakis was visiting professor at Oxford University in 1996 and 1997. He is on the editorial boards of professional journals, took part in the direction of the book series European Studies in Law in 1999 , served as the head of the "Center for the Integration of Former Prisoners" under the supervision of the Ministry of Justice from 2007-2010 and worked on various Greek draft laws and recomendations of the Council of Europe as an expert. In addition, since 2001 he has been the director of the Institute for Criminal Law and Criminological Research, which carried out 15 research projects on questions of criminal law (e.g. on euthanasia ) within the framework of the University of Athens , organized conferences and published 27 scientific volumes as well as the quarterly electronic one Criminological journal “The Art of Crime” published on the Internet in Greek and English.
Since September 2014, Kourakis has been Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Nicosia .
Nestor Kourakis is married and has three children.
honors and awards
He was honored for his scientific achievements in 1974 by the Athens Academy and in 1985 by the Greek Criminal Law Association. In 2012 he became a full member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts .
Publications
Kourakis has written or edited 14 books and published around 170 specialist studies in magazines and festivals in Greek, German, English, French and Italian.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kourakis, Nestor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Κουράκης, Νέστωρ (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek criminologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Athens |