Ken Pease


Kenneth George "Ken" Pease is a British forensic psychologist and criminologist. He is a visiting professor at the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science at University College London, a visiting professor at the University of Loughborough and an honorary visiting fellow at the Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research at the University of Manchester. Previous positions he has held include Head of School of Sociology and Social Policy at the Ulster Polytechnic from 1981 to 1983, professor of criminology at the University of Huddersfield, the University of Manchester, the head of the Home Office's Policing and Reducing Crime Unit from 1999 to 2000, advisor to the Home Office Crime Reduction Programme from 2000 to 2003, associate professor at the University of Saskatchewan and consultant criminologist at the Correctional Service of Canada, working in the maximum security Regional Psychiatric Centre, Saskatoon. He has been described as a "leading British criminologist" by Zoe McKnight of Maclean's.

Personal life

Pease is married to Judith Anne "Judy" Parker, with whom he has two children - Nicholas John and Catherine Sally.

Honors and awards

Ken became a fellow of the British Psychological Society in 1980. In 1997, Pease was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for "services to crime prevention". 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. A festschrift, titled Imagination for crime prevention: essays in honor of Ken Pease was published in the Crime Prevention Studies journal in 2007.

Works

Books
Self Selection Policing London: Routledge,
Evolutionary Psychology and Terrorism. London: Routledge New York: Springer
Secure Foundations: Key Issues in Crime Prevention, Crime Reduction and Community Safety.. London: IPPR.
Repeat Victimisation: An Overview. Guilderland NY: Harrow and Heston
Uses of Criminal Statistics Aldershot: Avebury.
Criminal Justice Systems of Europe and North America Helsinki: HEUNI..
Sentencing Reform: Guidance or Guidelines? Manchester: Manchester University Press..
The Psychology of Judicial Sentencing. Manchester: University of Manchester Press..
Crime and Punishment: Interpreting the Data. Milton Keynes: Open University Press..
Police Work. London: Methuen..
Community Service by Order. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press..
Communication with and Without Words. Manchester: Vernon Scott.