Prof Mark Walters
| Post: | Honorary Professor of Law (Law) |
| Location: | FREEMAN CENTRE G03 |
| Email: | Mark.Walters@sussex.ac.uk |
Telephone numbers | |
| Internal: | 6553 |
| UK: | 01273 876553 |
| International: | +44 1273 876553 |
Biography
Mark Walters is a Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology at 黄色短视频 Law School. Mark's research interests are focused primarily on hate crime studies as well as criminal justice reform with a special emphasis on restorative justice practice and theory. He has advised (advises) on hate crime to the Home Office, Law Commission, Metropolitan Police Service, and the London Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, as well as numerous NGOs and civil society organisations. Mark has also presented research evidence in the House of Commons (UK), the European Parliament (Brussels), and the Oireachtas (Dublin). Most recently he has delivered lectures and training for the United Nations' Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders in Tokyo.
Mark previously completed his doctorate in law (criminology) specialising in hate crime and restorative justice at the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford (2012). He has also completed an MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice (Research Methods) at the Centre for Criminology University of Oxford (2008), and an LLM specialising in criminal justice at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (2006). Mark's first degree (LLB, honours) was completed at 黄色短视频 University (2002).
Recent research projects (and final reports) include:
- (commissioned by Human Dignity Trust)
- Hate crime on university campuses: Repairing the harms of hate and prejudice through student-led restorative dialogue (funded by HEFCE)
- (funded by EU DG Justice)
- (funded by the Levehulme Trust)
- (funded by the College of Policing/HEFCE)
Community and Business
Mark is co-founder and co-Director of the . The Network aims to provide an accessible forum through which individuals and non-academic organisations can engage with the study of hate and hate crime in a manner which is both scholarly and accessible to all.