Professor Tim Newburn

Riots and Retribution
Tim Newburn is Professor of Criminology and Social Policy at the London School of Economics & Political Science, and is Official Historian of Criminal Justice. Prior to joining LSE, he was Director of the Public Policy Research Unit at Goldsmiths College from 1997, having previously worked at the Policy Studies Institute, the National Institute for Social Work, the Home Office and Leicester University. He is the author or editor of nearly 40 books, including: Permission and Regulation: Law and Morals in Post-war Britain (Routledge, 1991); The Future of Policng (with Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1997); Private Security and Public Policing (with Jones, Clarendon Press, 1998); Policy Transfer and Criminal Justice (with Jones, Open University Press, 2007); and, Criminology (2nd ed, Routledge, 2012).
Tim Newburn was President of the British Society of Criminology (2005-08) and Director of the Mannheim Centre for Criminology at the LSE (2003-08) and was elected to the Academy of Learned Societies in the Social Sciences in 2005. His current work is dominated by two projects. First, the research and writing (with Professors Paul Rock and David Downes) of the Official History of Criminal Justice, a study commissioned by government and announced in parliament by the Prime Minister. The study, based on government records and interviews with key participants, focuses on criminal justice and penal policy (from policing, through courts, sentencing and prisons) from the late 1950s to the late 1990s.
Second, together with Paul Lewis of the Guardian newspaper, Tim is writing a book based on their collaborative project, Reading the Riots. The study was a unique collaboration between a news organization and a university, established in the immediate aftermath of the 2011 English riots. Conducted at huge speed, and published entirely via the newspaper and film and television, the project was shortlisted for the Times Higher Education’s ‘Research Project of the Year’ prize and won the ‘Innovation of the Year’ prize at the European Press Awards, both in 2012.
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LXVIII
Crime, Punishment and RETRIBUTION.
5th Nov 2014
- Aarathi Prasad
- Alexis Dubus
- Andrea Wulf
- Andy Bird
- Andy Marsh
- Art Macabre
- Arthur I Miller
- Barbara Sahakian
- Ben Hammersley
- Brad Inness
- Brett Dolman
- Caspar Henderson
- Catherine Pendegrass
- Cathy Haynes
- Charles Spence
- Chelsea Berlin
- Chengwei Liu
- Cheryl Tipp
- Chris Watson
- Christian Banfield
- Clare Conville
- Claudia Hammond
- Damian Barr
- Daniel Rachel
- David Lindo
- David Spiegelhalter
- David Tong
- Dharshini David
- Dr Adam Rutherford
- Dr Catherine Loveday
- Dr David Rouse.
- Dr Emily Winterburn
- Dr Kate Raworth
- Dr Molly Crockett
- Dr Morgaine Gaye
- Dr Nick Southgate
- Dr Scilla Elworthy
- Dr. Alasdair Russell
- Edith Hall
- Edward Slingerland
- Elaine Fox
- Elaine Sciolino
- Ella Berthoud
- Ellen Loudon
- Flexie Muiso
- Gavin Francis
- Gill Attrill
- Grace Dugdale
- Greg Mcleod
- Greg Wilson
- Hayley Quinn
- Helen Bagnall
- Helen Morgan / Penny Pickles
- Helen Oyeyemi
- Iain McGilchrist
- Ian Leslie
- Ian Robertson
- Jamie Bartlett
- Jane Cockcroft
- Jane Parkinson
- Jason Hickel
- Jessica Fellowes
- Jo Berry
- Joanna Ellis
- John Foster
- John Higgs
- John McHugo
- John Paul Flintoff
- Julian Baggini
- Juliet Russell
- Justin Hancock
- Katy Guest
- Katy Rudd
- Kerry Daynes
- Kevin Dutton
- Leo Critchley
- Leo Hollis
- Leonie Sooke
- Lisa Appignanesi
- Lisa Bortolotti
- Lloyd Bradley
- Lucinda Hawksley
- Lucy Tesco
- Luke Bainbridge
- Manjit Kumar
- Marcus Chown
- Margaret Heffernan
- Mark Bolitho
- Mark Bowden
- Mark Maslin
- Mark Shayler
- Matt Locke
- Matthew Morgan
- Michael Banissy
- Michael Brooks
- Michael Ormiston
- Mike Heron
- Natalie Haynes
- Nathalie Nahai
- Nathan Penlington
- Nichi Hodgson
- Nick Chater
- Nick Southgate
- Niki Nikitanos
- Odette Toilette
- Oliver Cromwell
- Olivia Laing
- Orson Wajih and Rosario Serrano
- Otto Haddad
- Paul Tierney
- Peter Culshaw
- Philip Escoffey
- Phillipa Perry
- Prof Hilary Greaves
- Prof Johnjoe McFadden
- Prof Robert Hazell CBE
- Professor David Nutt
- Professor Nava Ashraf
- Professor Tim Newburn
- Rev Canon Dr Ellen Loudon
- Rick Edwards
- Rob Cowen
- Robert E Smith
- Robert Rowland Smith
- Robin Choudbury
- Robin Fegen
- Robin Ince
- Roman Krznaric
- Roman Krznaric
- Ross Jeffries
- Ruth Mann
- Ruth Padel
- Salena Godden
- Sam Leith
- Sara Jayne Stanes
- Sarah Corbett
- Sarah McCartney
- Shaun Attwood
- Simon Garfield
- Simone Niles
- Sophie Scott
- Steve Jones
- Steven Rose
- Stevyn Colgan
- Stuart Clark
- Susan Supercharged
- Suzy Lishman
- Tali Sharot
- Tammi Brown
- Tanya Byron
- Tasha Marks
- Tim Lawrence
- Tim Marshall
- Tim Spector
- Tom Chatfield
- Tony Juniper
- Trevor Cox
- Tristan Gooley
- Vicky Pryce
- Wil Hodgson
- Will Hobson
- Xidus Pain
- Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
- Zoe Cormier