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Philip Bean

b. 1936

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Criminologist
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About Philip Bean

Born 1936. Philip Bean is a British criminologist.

Philip Thomas Bean (born 24 September 1936) is Emeritus professor of Criminology at Loughborough University, former President of the British Society of Criminology (1996–99) and an authority and author on the impact on society of drugs, mental illness and crime having published 62 works that are held in approximately 6,000 libraries around the world.

Early years Bean was born on 24 September 1936, the son of Thomas and Amy Bean. Between 2000 and 2005, Bean was an Associate of the General Medical Council Drug treatment : what works?. Published London; New York : Routledge, 2004 Drugs and Crime. Published Devon, UK; Portland, Or. : Willan, 2002 Mental Disorder and Community Safety. Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2001 Lost children of the Empire. Published London : Unwin Hyman, 1989 Mental disorder and legal control. Published Cambridge; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986 In defence of welfare. Published London; New York : Tavistock Publications, 1985 Adoption : essays in social policy, law, and sociology. Published London; New York : Tavistock, 1984 Mental illness: changes and trends. Published Chichester [Sussex]; New York : Wiley, 1983 Punishment, a philosophical and criminological enquiry. Published Oxford : M. Robertson, 1981 Rehabilitation and Deviance. Published London; Boston : Routledge & K. Paul, 1976 The social control of drugs. Published New York, Wiley, 1974

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Criminologist
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University of Nottingham, University of London, Bedford Modern School
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Philip Thomas Bean

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Philip Bean was born on 24 September 1936.

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Philip Bean is a criminologist.

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· Wikipedia: Philip Bean

· Wikidata: Q18763859

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