Kenneth George Pease (born August 5, 1943) is a British forensic psychologist and

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. He is a visiting professor at the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science at

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, a visiting professor at the

University of Loughborough Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when ...

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 , mottoeng = Thus not for you alone , established = 1825 – Huddersfield Science and Mechanics' Institute1992 – university status , type = Public , endowment = £2.47 million (2015) , chancellor = George W. Buckley , vice_chancell ...

(where he founded the Applied Criminology Group in 1995), the

University of Manchester , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univ ...

(where he was appointed to a professorial chair in 1990), 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 (Prairies), Saskatoon. He has been described as a "leading British criminologist" by Zoe McKnight of ''

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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

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(OBE) 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

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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'' (2016) London: Routledge, (with Jason Roach) ''Evolutionary Psychology and Terrorism'' (2015). London: Routledge (edited with Max Taylor and Jason Roach. ''Using Modeling to Predict and Prevent Victimisation.'' (2014) New York: Springer (with Andromachi Tseloni) ''Secure Foundations: Key Issues in Crime Prevention, Crime Reduction and Community Safety.'' (2000 ed). London: IPPR. (with S.Ballintyne and V.McLaren) ''Repeat Victimisation: An Overview''. (1999 ed) Guilderland NY: Harrow and Heston (with Graham Farrell) ''Uses of Criminal Statistics'' (1999 ed) Aldershot: Avebury. ''Criminal Justice Systems of Europe and North America'' (1990) Helsinki: HEUNI. (Edited with K. Huukila). ''Sentencing Reform: Guidance or Guidelines?'' (1986) Manchester: Manchester University Press (pp201). (Edited with M.Wasik). ''The Psychology of Judicial Sentencing''. (1986) Manchester: University of Manchester Press (pp171). (with C.T.Fitzmaurice). ''Crime and Punishment: Interpreting the Data''. (1986) Milton Keynes: Open University Press (pp188). (with A.K.Bottomley). ''Police Work.'' (1986) London: Methuen. (with P.B.Ainsworth). ''Community Service by Order''. (1980) Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press (pp149). (with W.W.McWilliams). ''Communication with and Without Words''. (1974) Manchester: Vernon Scott.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pease, Kenneth George Living people British psychologists Forensic psychologists British criminologists Academics of University College London Academics of Loughborough University 1943 births Academics of the University of Huddersfield Academics of the University of Manchester Officers of the Order of the British Empire