Rate My Professor Adam Crawford

Crawford's research interests encompass policing, vulnerability, urban security, regulation of public space, crime prevention, youth justice, restorative justice, comparative criminal justice, anti-social behaviour, victims of crime, and co-production of evidence in policing. As Principal Investigator, he has secured over £25 million in funding from ESRC, AHRC, Nuffield Foundation, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Leverhulme Trust, Home Office, and European Commission. Notable publications include *The Local Governance of Crime: Appeals to Community and Partnerships* (1999, Oxford University Press; 1334 citations), *Crime Prevention and Community Safety: Politics, Policies and Practices* (1998, Addison Wesley Longman; 608 citations), *Plural Policing: The Mixed Economy of Visible Patrols in England and Wales* (2005, Policy Press; 382 citations), and edited *International and Comparative Criminal Justice and Urban Governance* (2011, Cambridge University Press). A Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and Lifetime Honorary Member of the British Society of Criminology, he was Editor-in-Chief of *Criminology and Criminal Justice* (2010-2015), serves on the Police Scientific Advisory Council, and contributed to REF 2014 and 2021 panels. He has supervised 23 PhDs to completion and held visiting professorships at institutions including UNSW, Griffith University, and University of Buenos Aires.