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Professor of Criminology, Fellow of Worcester College, Assistant Director and Director of Graduate Studies

Research interests: Sentencing policy and practice; public opinion, crime and criminal justice; anti-social behaviour orders; restorative justice.

Before coming to Oxford in 2005, Julian Roberts was Professor of Criminology and University Research Professor at the University of Ottawa. He obtained his doctorate from the University of Toronto in 1982. From 1991-2005 he served as Editor of the Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, and has recently assumed the Editorship of the European Journal of Criminology. His research interests include: sentencing; public opinion about crime and criminal justice; restorative justice; victims and the criminal justice system.

Recent publications include: Roberts, J.V. and Grossman, M.G. (eds.) (2006) Criminal Justice in Canada. Toronto: Thompson; Roberts, J.V. and Hough M (2005) Understanding Public Attitudes to Criminal Justice. Maidenhead: Open University Press; Roberts, J.V. and Hough, M. (2005) Sentencing Young Offenders: Public Opinion in England and Wales. Criminal Justice; Roberts, J.V. and Hough, M. (2005) The State of the Prison: Exploring Public Knowledge and Opinion. The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, in press; Roberts, J.V. and Roach, K. (2005) Community Sentencing and the Perspective of Crime Victims: A Socio-legal Analysis. Queen's Law Journal, Roberts, J.V. (2004) The Virtual Prison, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Representative Publications:

Roberts, J.V. and Hough, M. (2005) Understanding Public Attitudes to Criminal Justice. Maidenhead: Open University Press.

Roberts, J.V. and Hough, M. (2005) Sentencing Young Offenders: Public Opinion in England and Wales. Criminal Justice, in press.

Roberts, J.V. and Hough, M. (2005) The State of the Prison: Exploring Public Knowledge and Opinion. The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, in press.

Roberts, J.V. and Roach, K. (2005) Community Sentencing and the Perspective of Crime Victims: A Socio-legal Analysis. Queen's Law Journal, in press.

von Hirsch, A. and Roberts, J.V. (2004). Legislating Sentencing Principles: The Provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 relating to Sentencing Purposes and the Role of Previous Convictions. Criminal Law Review, August, 639-652.

Roberts, J.V. (2004) The Virtual Prison. Community Custody and the Evolution of Imprisonment. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Roberts, J.V. and Gabor, T. (2004) Living in the Shadow of Prison: Lessons from the Canadian Experience in Decarceration. British Journal of Criminology, 39(1): 92-112.

Roberts, J.V. and Erez, E. (2004) Communication in Sentencing: Exploring the Expressive and the Impact Model of Victim Impact Statements. International Review of Victimology, 10: 223-244.

Roberts, J.V. (2004) Public Opinion and the Evolution of Juvenile Justice Policy in Western Nations. In: M. Tonry and A. Doob (eds.) Youth Crime and Youth Justice: Comparative and Cross-National Perspectives. Crime and Justice. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Roberts, J.V. (2003) An Analysis of the Statutory Statement of the Purposes and Principles of Sentencing in New Zealand. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 36(3): 249-271.

Roberts, J.V. (2003) Victim Impact Statements and the Sentencing Process: Enhancing communication in the courtroom. Criminal Law Quarterly, 47(3): 365-396.

Roberts, J.V. (2002) Public Opinion and Sentencing Policy. (2002) pp. 18-39 in: S. Rex and M. Tonry (eds.) Reform and Punishment: the future of sentencing. Cullompton: Willan Publishing.

Roberts, J.V., Stalans, L.S., Indermaur, D. and Hough, M. (2003) Penal Populism and Public Opinion. Lessons from Five Countries. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

von Hirsch, A., Roberts, J.V., Bottoms, A.E., Roach, K., and Schiff, M. (Eds.) (2003) Restorative and Criminal Justice. Competing or Reconcilable Paradigms? Oxford: Hart Publishing.

Roberts, J.V. and Grossman, M. (Eds.) (2003) Criminal Justice in Canada. (Second Edition) Toronto: Thomson Nelson.

Roberts, J.V. and Hough, M. (2002) (Eds.) Changing Attitudes to Punishment. Cullompton: Willan Publishing.