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Professor David Farrington FBA

Law Psychology
Fellow type
UK Emeritus Fellow
Year elected
1997
Year of death
2026
Subjects
Psychology
Sections
Psychology
Website
https://www.crim.cam.ac.uk/People/professor-david-farrington

Last post

Emeritus Professor of Psychological Criminology, University of Cambridge

Past appointments

University of Cambridge Professor of Psychological Criminology

1992 -

Publications

Saving Children from a Life of Crime 2007

Key Issues in Criminal Career Research 2007

Preventing Crime: What works for Children, Offenders, Victims and Places 2006

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