Background
Bottoms was born 29 August 1939 and educated at Eltham College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, followed by a Doctor of Philosophy at Sheffield.
Bottoms was born 29 August 1939 and educated at Eltham College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, followed by a Doctor of Philosophy at Sheffield.
Bachelor, Oxford University, England, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, Sheffield University, England, 1974. Doctor of Laws, Sheffield University, England, 2009.
Doctor of Laws, Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2003.
Officer Essex Probation Area, Basildon, 1962—1964. Research officer Cambridge University, 1964—1968, Wolfson professor, criminology, 1984—2006, director, Institute Criminology, 1984—1998. Lecturer, professor Sheffield University, 1968—1984.
Research fellow Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, since 1984, president, 1994—1998. Specialist advisor House Commons Northern Ireland Committee, London, 1998—2007.
Married Janet Freda Wenger, August 18, 1962. Children: Catharine, Stephen, Erica.