Prof Christopher Birkbeck
School of Health & Society
Allerton Building
L516
University of Salford
Salford
M5 4WT
UK
Current positions
Professor
Biography
I joined the University of Salford in 2006, where I am now a Professor of Criminology. Prior to joining Salford, I was Professor of Criminology at the Universidad de Los Andes (since 1980) with more than five years during that time spent at the University of New Mexico (U.S.). Over my career I have researched a variety of topics, including victims of crime, opportunities for crime, neighbourhood policing, use of force by the police, prisons and probation. During the last decade, I have focused on restorative justice, on narrative criminology, and on youth crime and victimization. In relation to the latter, I am a member of the Steering Committee for the International Self-Report Survey of Delinquency (ISRD) and co-lead with Neal Hazel of the ISRD4 survey in Britain.
I have published ten books, more than 50 articles and 25 book chapters, approximately half in Spanish and half in English.
Areas of Research
My current research interests are:
- young people's experiences with crime - whether as victims or offenders - as determinants of other parts of their lives, such as their moral beliefs and relations with their family
- international and comparative criminology
- narrative criminology, specifically, the stories told by murderers
- crime and justice in Venezuela and, more broadly, Latin America
Qualifications
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PhD
1975 - 1981 -
BA (Geography)
1971 - 1974
Recognitions
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Bacardi Eminent Scholar in Latin American Studies, University of Florida