Ken Pease

Kenneth George "Ken" Pease OBE (born August 5, 1943)[1]:3 is a British forensic psychologist and criminologist. He is a visiting professor at the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science at University College London, and is also a visiting professor at the University of Loughborough. Previous positions he has held include professor of criminology at the University of Huddersfield (where he founded the Applied Criminology Group in 1995),[2] the University of Manchester (where he was appointed to a professorial chair in 1995), and the head of the Home Office's Policing and Reducing Crime Unit from 1999 to 2000.[1]:6 He has been described as a "leading British criminologist" by Zoe McKnight of Maclean's.[3]

Work

Pease is credited with helping to coin the term "crime science". His research interests include repeat criminal victimization, and he researched the British Crime Survey for 14 years.[2] He has also studied the effects of community jail sentences on rates of recidivism.[4]

Honors and awards

In 1997, Pease was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for "services to crime prevention".[5][6] In 2013, Pease received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Environmental Criminology Association. In 2014, he received a commendation from the Chief Constable of the West Yorkshire Police in recognition of his work on their Operation Optimal.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Farrell, Graham (2007). "Editors’ Introduction: 1 Ken Pease (1943- ): 2 A Prospective Obituary" (PDF). Crime Prevention Studies. 21: 1–17.
  2. 1 2 "Network Members". SCOPIC. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  3. ↑ McKnight, Zoe (31 July 2015). "The real reason crime is falling so fast". Maclean's. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Cutting short jail sentences 'will not reduce crime'". BBC News. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "List of awards". Herald Scotland. 13 June 1997. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  6. ↑ Felson, Marcus (2009). Crime and Everyday Life. SAGE Publications. p. 197.
  7. ↑ "Ken Pease Biography". TEISS 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
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