Mark Walters
DPhil student
Mark Walters is in his final year of DPhil study under the supervision of Dr Carolyn Hoyle. The doctorate is entitled 'Hate Crimes Hurt More: Can Restorative Justice Help Heal the Wounds of Hatred?'. The thesis' main aim is to explore whether restorative justice practices help victims to recover from their experiences of hate victimisation. Using observations of restorative meetings and interviews with participants the thesis also examines whether restorative processes help to bridge the empathetic divide between offenders and victims.
Before this Mark completed his MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice (Research Methods) at the Centre for Criminology University of Oxford (2008). Mark also has an LLM specialising in criminal justice at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (2006), and an LLB (honours) from Sussex University (2002).
Mark currently teaches criminal law at Oxford Brookes University where he has also taught the course Communication Skills for Lawyers. His previous positions include: Lecturer in Law at UNSW (2004-2006) where he lectured criminal law, foundations of law and advanced legal research; Tutor in Criminal Justice and Penology at St Catherine's College, Oxford University (2009); and Visiting Fellow at UNSW (2011).
Publications
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Refereed Journal Articles:
Walters, M. (2011) 'A General Theories of Hate Crime? Strain, Doing Difference and Self Control', Critical Criminology (forthcoming).
Walters, M and Hoyle, C. (2011) 'Exploring the Everyday World of Hate Victimisation through Community Mediation', International Review of Victimology (special issue ? forthcoming).
Walters, M, 'Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the European Union: The Framework Directive and the Continuing Influence of the European Parliament' (2007) 8 International Journal of Discrimination and the Law 263.
Walters M, 'Changing the Criminal Law to Combat Racially Motivated Violence' (2006) 8 UTS Law Review 66.
Walters M, 'Victim Impact Statements in Homicide Cases: should 'recognising the harm done? to the community' signify a new direction?' (2006) 2(2) International Journal of Punishment and Sentencing 53.
Walters M, 'The Cronulla Riots: Exposing the problem with Australia's anti-vilification laws' (2006) 8(1) Current Issues in Criminal Justice 165.
Walters M, 'Hate crimes in Australia: Introducing punishment enhancers' (2005) 29 (4) Criminal Law Journal 201.
Walters M, 'Cops and consultation: Police Accountability Community Teams in New South Wales' (2005) 30(3) Alternative Law Journal 112-115, 148.
Books chapters:
Walters, M. (2012) 'Hate crime offences: the values of dignity, respect and restorative justice' in Gavrielides T, (ed) Rights And Restoration Within Youth Justice, Sitter Publication, Canada (forthcoming).
Walters M, and Hoyle, C (2010) 'Healing harms and engendering tolerance: the promise of restorative justice for hate crime' in Chakraborti N, (ed) Hate Crime: Concepts, policy, future directions Willan Publishing: Devon.
Other Articles:
Walters M, 'Racial violence is more than assault?' 6th June (2006) The Sydney Morning Herald.
Walters M, 'Why ACT Government has an obligation to legislate against hate crimes' 12th April (2006) The Canberra Times 17.
Walters M, 'Shame those to blame for racial violence' 15th April (2006) The Independent Weekly
Walters M, 'Spicing up the Big Brother Mix' (2006) The Telegraph
Conference Papers:
Walters, M (28th October 2010) 'The Promise of Restorative Justice for Hate Crime', Restorative Justice Seminar Series, Worcester College, Oxford University.
Walters, M (with E. Noel and L. Dixon). (September 21st 2010) 'Keeping Communities Safe: Working with Perpetrators of Hate Crime', co-presented Tackling Hatred Head on Conference, Middlesex University.
Walters, M. (July 16th 2010), 'Responding to Hate Victimisation Through Community Mediation: Unravelling the true nature of hate incidents and resolving neighbourhood conflicts', Paper presented at British Criminology Conference, Leicester University.
Other Research experience:
1. Observations of mediation meetings, Southwark
Mediation Centre ? Jan 2009 - present
2. Interviews with: Thames Valley Acting Chief Inspector ? February
2008; NSW Senior Programs Officer ? July 2005; Accountability Community
Team members ? October 2004; Director of the Victimisation Unit
(AVU) (Sussex), Victim Support (Brighton and Hove), and Sussex and Essex
police officers ? May 2002.
3. Legal research assistance given to many other academics.
Other details
Correspondence address:
Corpus Christi College
Merton Street, Oxford OX1 4JF
Link to Centre for Criminology web site
