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Professor Shadd Maruna


Contact Details

Email address s.maruna@qub.ac.uk
Telephone Direct Line (+44) 028 9097 3400
Room 29.102, 29 University Square

Degrees
BA Illinois State University (USA)
MA Northwestern University (USA)
Ph.D. Northwestern University (USA)

Biography
Shadd Maruna is Professor of Justice Studies and Human Development and the Director of the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice for Queen’s Law. Previously he has taught at the State University of New York and the University of Cambridge, and he has a Ph.D. in Human Development and Social Policy from Northwestern University (Chicago, USA). His book Making Good was named the “Outstanding Contribution to Criminology” by the American Society of Criminology in 2001. In 2011, he received the inaugural Research Medal from the Howard League for Penal Reform. He has been a Soros Justice Fellow, a Fulbright Scholar and an H. F. Guggenheim Fellow.

Full CV

Teaching

Undergraduate

  • Criminology: Theory and Practice 
  • Criminology and Criminal Justice

Postgraduate

  • MSSc Criminology & Criminal Justice /Criminal Justice Management/ Criminology and Human Rights
  • Elective Modules in Punishment & Society, Penal Policy & Practice, and Restorative Justice
  • Psychological Aspects of Crime and Justice 

Research

Ex-Prisoner Reintegration; Desistance from Crime; Punishment and Society; Psychosocial Criminology; Psychology of Hate/Conflict Resolution..

Selected Publications

Maruna, S. (2011). Reentry as a Rite of Passage. Punishment & Society, 13(1), 3-27.

Maruna, S. (2011). Lessons for Justice Reinvestment from Restorative Justice and the Justice Model Experience: Some Tips for an 8-year-old Prodigy. Criminology & Public Policy, 10, 661-669.

Maruna, S. (2011). “Why do they hate us? Making peace between psychology and prisoners.” International Journal of Offender Treatment & Comparative Criminology, 55, 671-675.

Maruna, S. (2011). Judicial Rehabilitation and the ‘Clean Bill of Health’ in Criminal Justice. European Journal of Probation, 3(1), 97-117.

K. Hayward, S. Maruna & J. Mooney (Eds.) (2010) Fifty Key Thinkers in Criminology. London: Routledge.

Administration
Director of the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice 2009 - present
Postgraduate Co-ordinator 2005 - 2008