| Description | Sound recording of an interview with Professor David P. Farrington, OBE, FBA , HonFBPsS, FMedSci C.Psychol, Professor of Psychological Criminology, at the Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh for the British Psychological Society's Oral History project.
The interview was conducted by Peter Barnes in November 2011.
Topics covered:
Running order:
Early experience predisposing to a career in psychology
Early days in psychology:
Early working career:
Working life:
Role of professional bodies in his professional life:
Mentors, other people, books, or literature which had the most influence on his career.
Memories of conferences, views of his contemporaries
Personal and family life related to, or had an impact, on his role as a psychologist.
Thoughts about his field of psychology and predictions for the future of his field.
Ends.
Total Running Time: c 81 mins
Also included with the interview is a typescript autobiographical chapter entitled:
'Reflections on a Cross-National Criminological Career', February 2004 |
| AdminHistory | Date of Birth: 07/03/1944
Place of Birth: Ormskirk, Lancashire
University Qualifications and Professional Training:
1963-1966 BA (Hons) psychology Clare College Cambridge University
1966-1969 M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in psychology, Cambridge University
Professional Career:
1969 present: On staff of Cambridge University Institute of Criminology.
1992 present: Professor of Psychological Criminology, Cambridge University.
1998 to 2010: Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh.
1998 to 2002: Jerry Lee Research Professor, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of Maryland.
1988 to 1992: Reader in Psychological Criminology, Cambridge University.
1976 to 1988: University Lecturer in Criminology. Cambridge University.
1974 to 1976: Assistant Director of Research. Cambridge University .
1970 to 1974: Senior Research Officer. Cambridge University.
1969 to 1970: Research Officer. Cambridge University.
Awards:
European Association of Psychology and Law Award for Outstanding Career-Long Contributions to the Scientific Study of Law and Human Behaviour (2009).
Hon. Sc.D. degree, Trinity College, University of Dublin (2008).
British Psychological Society (Division of Forensic Psychology) Senior Prize (2007).
Hermann Mannheim Prize of the International Centre for Comparative Criminology (2005).
Beccaria Gold Medal of the Criminology Society of German-Speaking Countries (2005).
Joan McCord Award of the Academy of Experimental Criminology (2005) for Distinguished Contributions to Life-Course Criminology.
Order of the British Empire, (OBE) HMGovernment (2004).
Leon Gaster Award of the Society of Light and Lighting (2003).
Sutherland Award of the American Society of Criminology, for outstanding contributions to criminology (2002).
Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (2000).
U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Outstanding Contributions Award (1998).
Fellow of the British Academy (1997).
Honorary Life Member of the British Society of Criminology (1996).
Honorary Life Member of the British Psychological Society Division of Forensic Psychology (1995).
American Sociological Association (Criminology Section) Prize for Distinguished Scholarship (1988).
Sellin-Glueck Award of the American Society of Criminology, for international contributions to criminology (1984).
Involvement with BPS and other institutions:
British Psychological Society (1974 present): Chair of the Division of Forensic Psychology (1983-85). Fellow. Chartered Forensic Psychologist. Member of the Steering Committee set up to form the DFP (1975 77). Member of the Division Committee of the DFP (1977 78, 1980 85). Conference Secretary of the DFP (1977 78). Member of the BPS Conference Programme Committee (1977 78). Member of the BPS Scientific Affairs Board (1977 78). Member of the BPS Professional Affairs Board (1983 85). Member of the BPS Council (1983 85). Chair of the Board of Examiners in Forensic Psychology (2000-03). Member of the Membership and Qualifications Board (2000-03).
British Society of Criminology (1975 present): President (1990-93). Member of the Organising Committee (1978, 1980 83). Member of the Council (1990 93).
American Society of Criminology (1983 present). President (1998-99). Fellow (1991). Member of the Awards Committee (1988 89, 1991 92, 1993 94, 2000-01), the Programme Committee (2001-02, 2008-10), the Fellows Committee (1992 93), and the Hindelang Book Award Committee (1996 97). Chair of the Nominations Committee (2001-02). ASC Representative to the Campbell Collaboration (2001-04). Chair of the Sellin-Glueck Award Committee (2002-03). Member of the Nominations Committee (2003-04, 2006-07). Member of the Bloch Award Committee (2004-05). Division of Sentencing and Corrections: Honorary Past Chair (1999-2001). Member of the DSC Awards Committee (2000-02). Chair of the DSC Nominations Committee (2001-02). Chair of the Bloch Award Committee (2005-06).
European Association of Psychology and Law (1991 present). President (1997-99). Member of the Executive Committee (1991 2002). Member of the Scientific Committee for the 2005 EAPL conference (2004-05).
Academy of Experimental Criminology (1999-present). President (2001-03).
Chair of the Nominations Committee (2006-07). Member of the Nominations Committee (2007-08).
Association of University Teachers (1979 present).
American Psychological Association International Affiliate (1986 2000).
International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (1987 2007).
Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (1993 present).
International Society of Criminology (1998 present). Member of the Board of Directors (2000-09). Member of the Committee for the Denis Carroll prize (2002-03).
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (2004-present).
American Association of Correctional and Forensic Psychology (2006 - present)
International Society for Research on Aggression (Fellow, 2007 - present).
Other British Professional Activities:
Member of the Advisory Committee of the Social Science Research Council Law and Psychology Seminar Group (1978 82), and joint author of the proposal which led to the formation of this group. Member of Home Office Consultative Committee on the Offenders' Estimation of Risks project (1980 82). Consultant to Home Office project on self reported offending in a national sample of adults (1981). Consultant to Home Office research project on parental supervision and delinquency (1983 84). Member of the Parole Board for England and Wales (1984 87), and of its General Purposes Committee (1986 87). Member of Home Office Promotion Boards (1985, 1990 92, 1994, 1997), of Civil Service Selection Board for Home Office (1985), and of Selection Board for Head of Psychology of Prison and Probation (2000). Member of the Home Office Advisory Group on Families, Schooling and Crime (1993). Consultant to Home office project on self reported offending in a national sample of juveniles and young adults (1994). Member of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation Study Group on Communities that Care (1996 97). Co chair of the High Security Psychiatric Services Commissioning Board (U.K. Department of Health) Network on Primary Prevention of Adult Antisocial Behaviour (1997- 98). Member of the High Security Psychiatric Services Commissioning Board (U.K. Department of Health) Virtual Institute of Severe Personality Disorder (1998-2001). Member of the U.K. Department of Health Advisory Committee for the National Programme on Forensic Mental Health (1999-2003). Chair of the U.K. Department of Health Advisory Committee for the National Programme on Forensic Mental Health (2000-03). Member of the Home Office CCTV Evaluation Committee (2001-04). Member of the Selection Committee for the Chair of Social Policy, London School of Economics (2002). Member of Avon Longitudinal Study Crime Research Group (2002-05). Member of Communities that Care Research Group (2003-04) and Support from the Start Group (2006-07). Member of the Board of Electors for the Professorship of Evidence-Based Intervention at Oxford University (2006). Member of the Scientific Advisory Group of the National Academy of Parenting Practitioners (2008-present).
OTHER INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Visiting Professor at the University of Akron, Department of Sociology (1977). Visiting Research Worker at the Ministry of the Solicitor General, Ottawa, and at Groupe de Recherche sur l'Inadaptation Juvenile, University of Montreal (1978 79). Visiting Fellow at the U.S. National Institute of Justice, Washington D.C. (1981). Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences Panel on Criminal Careers (1983 86). Member of the Advisory Board of the U.S. National Archive of Criminal Justice Data, University of Michigan (1983 93). Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences Working Group on Crime and Violence (1985). Visiting Scholar at the U.S. National Centre for Juvenile Justice, Pittsburgh (1986). Member of Advisory Panel for U.S. National Institute of Mental Health project on "Prevention of antisocial behaviour in children" (1986 89). Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences Committee on Law and Justice (1986 93); member of its Nominating Subcommittee (1991). Co Principal Investigator of the Pittsburgh Youth Study (1986 present). Member of the Advisory Board of the U.S. National Juvenile Court Data Archive (1987 2000). Research Director, Programme on Human Development and Criminal Behaviour, Castine Research Corporation (1988 89). Vice Chair, U.S. National Academy of Sciences Panel on Violence (1989 92). Consultant to the Appointments Committee for the Chair of Criminology, University of Melbourne (1990). Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Criminality and Law Enforcement (1995 99). Visiting Fellow, U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (1995 98). Co chair, U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Study Group on Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders (1995 97). Member of the National Crime Panel of the U.S. National Institute for Social Science Information (1996 2000). Member of International Scientific Committee of Sixth International Conference on Safe Communities, Johannesburg, South Africa (1996 97). Advisor to the University of Maryland for their Report to the U.S. Attorney General on "Preventing Crime" (1996 97). Member of the Advisory Board of the Seattle Social Development Project (1996 present). Member of the U.S. National Consortium on Violence Research (1996 2007), and Chair of its Working Group on Neighbourhood Individual Integration (1997). Co chair, U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Study Group on Very Young Offenders (1998 2000). Member of the Committee to Design the Structure of the Research and Statistics Programme in the U.S. Department of Justice (1998-99). Chair (2000-04) and Co-Chair (2004-07) of the Crime and Justice Steering Committee of the International Campbell Collaboration. Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighbourhoods (2001). Member of the Advisory Board of the European Association for Research on Adolescence (2001-05). Co-Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Community Youth Development Study (2004-07). Member of the Expert Committee for the Zurich Project on the Social Development of Children (2004-07). Member of the jury for the Stockholm Prize in Criminology (2005-07). Co-chair of the Centre for Disease Control's Expert Panel on Promotive and Protective Factors for Youth Violence (2007-present). Member of the Editorial Board of the Encyclopaedia of Criminological Theory (2007-present). Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences Committee on Assessing the Research Programme of the National Institute of Justice (2007-08). Member of the Scientific Committee of the Fourth World Congress on Violence in Schools and Public Policies (2007-08). Member of the Board of Directors of the International Observatory on Violence in Schools (2008-present). Co-chair of the U.S. National Institute of Justice Study Group on Transitions from Juvenile Delinquency to Adult Crime (2008-11). |