David P. Farrington

David Philip Farrington, (7 March 1944 – 5 November 2024) was a British criminologist, forensic psychologist, and emeritus professor of psychological criminology at the University of Cambridge, where he was also a Leverhulme Trust Emeritus Fellow. In 2014, Paul Hawkins and Bitna Kim wrote that Farrington "is considered one of the leading psychologists and main contributors to the field of criminology in recent years." the youngest son of William and Gladys Farrington. He was educated at Ormskirk Grammar School and later at Cambridge, where he received his BA, MA, and PhD in psychology.

Career In 1969, Farrington became a research officer in criminology at the University of Cambridge, where he became assistant director of research in criminology in 1974 and a university lecturer in criminology in 1976. In 1992, he became a professor of psychological criminology at the University of Cambridge. and the probability of imprisonment given conviction of a crime in the United Kingdom and the United States. He was also known for his work on evaluating the effectiveness of interventions intended to prevent crime, such as closed-circuit televisions.

Farrington also published on a number of related topics within the field of criminology, including crime and physical health; bullying; and offender profiling.

Honours and awards In 2003, Farrington received an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to criminology. In 2013, Farrington received the Stockholm Prize in Criminology for his work on early-life crime prevention programs. He also received the Thorsten Sellin-Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck Award and the August Vollmer Award from the American Society of Criminology, the European Association of Psychology and Law's Award for Outstanding Career-Long Contributions to the Scientific Study of Law and Human Behaviour, the Joan McCord Award from the Academy of Experimental Criminology, and the Jerry Lee Award from the American Society of Criminology Division of Experimental Criminology. In 1975, he became a member of the British Society of Criminology, and in 1999, he became a member of the Academy of Experimental Criminology. He was also a former member of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (2004–2010) and International Society of Criminology (1998–2009).

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