Dr. Masamba Sita is a criminologist by training, holder of a Ph.D. in Criminology from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium (1989); Postgraduate training in Sociology/Anthropology, of Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium; Bachelor in Criminology, Free University of Brussels (1978); Bachelor in Applied Education, National University of Zaire (now Democratic Rep. of Congo) 1975.