Tim Newburn

William Henry Timothy Newburn (born 4 July 1959) is an academic, specialising in criminology and policing. ^[1]

Career

He was president of the British Society of Criminology from 2005 to 2008, director of the Mannheim Centre for Criminology from 2003 to 2008 and is currently head of the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. From 1997, he was Director of the Public Policy Research Unit at Goldsmiths College and has previously worked at the Policy Studies Institute, the National Institute for Social Work, the Home Office and Leicester University. ^[2]

He has published widely on crime and the police, his publications include Criminology (2007) ^[3] and the Handbook of Policing (2008). He has also written for The Independent . ^[4]

In 2017, Newburn published a third edition of Criminology, a follow-up to his 2013 Second Edition. It is 1143 pages long and provides an in-depth analysis of crime and criminology, as well as the theories and concepts related to it.

Selected publications

• The official history of criminal justice in England and Wales: Volume V: policing post-war Britain: plus ça change. Routledge, 2025. ^[5]
• Orderly Britain: How Britain has resolved everyday problems, from dog fouling to double parking. Hachette, 2022. ^{[6] [7]}
• The SAGE Handbook of Criminological Theory. 2012. ^[8]
• Policy Transfer and Criminal Justice: Exploring US Influence over British Crime Control Policy. Open University Press, 2007. ^[9]
• Policing: Key Readings. Willan, 2005. ^[10]
• Dealing With Disaffection: Young People, Mentoring, and Social Inclusion. Willan, 2005. ^[11]
• Youth offending and restorative justice: implementing reform in youth justice. Willan, 2003. ^[12]
• Policing, Surveillance and Social Control. Willan, 2002. ^[13]
• The Future of Policing. Clarendon Press, 1997. ^[14]
• Just Boys Doing Business? Men, masculinities and crime. Routledge, 1994. ^{[15] [16]}

References

1. Deller, Rose (14 November 2022). "Q and A with Professor Tim Newburn on Orderly Britain - LSE Review of Books". LSE Review of Books - the latest social science books reviewed by academics and experts. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
2. "Professor Tim Newburn". Lse.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
3. Pradeep, Gayathri (1 January 2024). "BOOK REVIEW Criminology: A short introduction by Tim Newburn". Oxford University Press.
4. "Tim Newburn: Boris has some explaining to do - Commentators, Opinion" . The Independent. 5 October 2008. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
5. Churchill, David (28 May 2025). "The official history of criminal justice in England and Wales: Volume V: policing post-war Britain: plus ça change: by Tim Newburn, Abingdon, Routledge (Whitehall Histories: Government Official History Series), 2025, 600 pages, £175". Policing and Society. 35 (5): 722–724. doi:10.1080/10439463.2025.2472628. ISSN   1043-9463.
6. Duncan, Emma (5 August 2022). "Orderly Britain by Tim Newburn and Andrew Ward review — why we're getting more civilised". www.thetimes.com. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
7. Deller, Rose (14 November 2022). "Q and A with Professor Tim Newburn on Orderly Britain - LSE Review of Books". LSE Review of Books - The latest social science books reviewed by academics and experts. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
8. Bougadi, Stavroula G. (2013). "Review of Eugene McLaughlin and Tim Newburn (eds), The SAGE Handbook of Criminological Theory: Sage, London, UK: Thousand Oaks, CA. 2010, ISBΝ: 978-1-4129-2038-4, 532 pages, £95.00, USD 145$ (Hardcover)". Asian Journal of Criminology. 8 (2): 153–155. doi:10.1007/s11417-012-9140-4. ISSN   1871-0131.
9. Tonry, Michael (2007). "Book Review: Trevor Jones and Tim Newburn Policy Transfer and Criminal Justice: Exploring US Influence over British Crime Control Policy Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 2007. 208 pp. £19.99 ISBN 10—0335216684 (pbk); £60.00 ISBN 978—0335216680 (hbk) • Reviewed by Michael Tonry, University of Minnesota, USA". Criminology & Criminal Justice. 7 (3): 310–312. doi:10.1177/17488958070070030604. ISSN   1748-8958.
10. Marks, John M. (2007). "Book Review: Newburn, T. (Ed.). (2005). Policing: Key Readings. Portland, OR: Willan. Pp. 834". International Criminal Justice Review. 17 (4): 353–354. doi:10.1177/1057567707310567. ISSN   1057-5677.
11. Barry, Monica (2007). "Book Review: Newburn, T., & Shiner, M. (2005). Dealing With Disaffection: Young People, Mentoring, and Social Inclusion. Cullompton, Devon, UK: Willan, Pp. 223". International Criminal Justice Review. 17 (2): 150–152. doi:10.1177/1057567707302517. ISSN   1057-5677.
12. "Book Review: Youth offending and restorative justice: implementing reform in youth justice". Restorative Justice. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
13. Tilley, Nick (2002). "Book Review: Tim Newburn and Stephanie Hayman Policing, Surveillance and Social Control Cullompton, Devon: Willan, 2002. 198 pp. (incl. index). £30.00 ISBN 1—903240—50—6 (hbk)". Criminal Justice. 2 (3): 348–349. doi:10.1177/17488958020020030602. ISSN   1466-8025.
14. Murji, K. (1 January 1998). "REVIEWS". British Journal of Criminology. 38 (4): 699–701. doi:10.1093/bjc/38.4.699. ISSN   0007-0955.
15. Burman, Michele (1995). "Book Reviews : Just Boys Doing Business? Men, masculinities and crime Tim Newburn and Elizabeth A. Stanko (eds) London, Routledge, 1994, xii + 290pp, £40.00". Critical Social Policy. 15 (44–45): 256–259. doi:10.1177/026101839501504427. ISSN   0261-0183.
16. Stelman, Andy (1995). "Reviews : Just Boys Doing Business? Tim Newburn and Elizabeth Stanko (Eds) Routledge, 1994; £40 hbk". Probation Journal. 42 (1): 35–36. doi:10.1177/026455059504200109. ISSN   0264-5505.