SCCJR 9th Annual Lecture

The 9th SCCJR Annual Lecture “What’s Wrong with Penal Populism? Politics, the Public and Penological Expertise”, will be deliveredby Professor David Garland, Professor of Law and Sociology, New York University.

Professor David W. Garland, is widely considered one of the world's leading sociologists of crime and punishment, joined the New York University School of Law faculty in 1997. He was previously on the faculty of Edinburgh University's Law School, where he had taught since 1979, being appointed to a personal chair in 1992. At New York University School of Law, he also holds a joint appointment as professor of sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Professor Garland is noted for his distinctive sociological approach to the study of law, for his analyses of punishment and crime control, and for his historical studies of criminology. He has played a leading role in developing the sociology of punishment and was the founding editor of the interdisciplinary journal Punishment & Society. He is the author of a series of prize-winning studies, including Punishment and Modern Society: A Study in Social Theory, which won distinguished book awards from the American Sociological Association and the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Punishment and Welfare: The History of Penal Strategies which won the International Society of Criminology's prize for best study over a five-year period; The Culture of Control: Crime and Social Order in Contemporary Society, (University of Chicago Press, 2001) which is one of the most influential studies in contemporary criminology; and Peculiar Institution: America's Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition which won awards from the American Sociological Association and from the Association of American Publishers. His books have been translated into many languages.

The lecture will commence at 6.00pm with a post-lecture buffet starting around 7.15 pm. The lecture and buffet are free and open to all, but places are limited, so please book early to avoid disappointment.