Celebration of the life and work of Professor Nigel Walker, C.B.E. (1917-2014)

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Description:	On Monday 27th April 2015, at 3.30-4.45pm in The Hall at King's College, Cambridge, there will be an opportunity to celebrate the life and work of Nigel Walker through informal presentations.

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2015-04-28 16:03

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Annual Nigel Walker Lectures
Institute of Criminology MOVED

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University of Cambridge

Meredith Hadfield

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Abstract:	Nigel Walker, who died on 13 September 2014, was the second Wolfson Professor of Criminology (1973-1984) at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of King’s College; he was also Director of the Institute of Criminology from 1973-1981. Prior to coming to Cambridge he was Reader in Criminology in the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Nuffield College (1961- 1973); in Oxford he also founded the Penal Research Unit (now the Centre for Criminology). Nigel Walker was a key figure in the development of criminology as an academic discipline in the United Kingdom. He also made distinguished research contributions, particularly in the fields of sentencing and of policy for mentally disordered offenders; and he is remembered by many former students as an outstanding teacher. FILMING BY KIND PERMISSION OF THE PROVOST AND SCHOLARS OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

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Nigel Walker, who died on 13 September 2014, was the second Wolfson Professor of Criminology (1973-1984) at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of King’s College; he was also Director of the Institute of Criminology from 1973-1981.

Prior to coming to Cambridge he was Reader in Criminology in the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Nuffield College (1961- 1973); in Oxford he also founded the Penal Research Unit (now the Centre for Criminology).

Nigel Walker was a key figure in the development of criminology as an academic discipline in the United Kingdom. He also made distinguished research contributions, particularly in the fields of sentencing and of policy for mentally disordered offenders; and he is remembered by many former students as an outstanding teacher.

FILMING BY KIND PERMISSION OF THE PROVOST AND SCHOLARS OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

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