Background
Biles, David was born on December 18, 1932 in Wembley, Eng. Son of Sidney John and Kathleen Georgina (Litera) Biles.
Biles, David was born on December 18, 1932 in Wembley, Eng. Son of Sidney John and Kathleen Georgina (Litera) Biles.
Bachelor, University Melbourne, 1963. Bachelor of Education, University Melbourne, 1968. Master of Arts, Latrobe University, 1971.
Education officer State Prisons Victoria, 1954—1964. Lecturer psychology Teachers Colleges, Victoria, 1965—1966. Lecturer criminology University Melbourne, 1967—1972.
Senior lecturer senior lecturer, 1973. Assistant director research Australian Institute Criminology, Canberra, 1974—1984, deputy director, 1984—1988. Consultant criminologist, head research Royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody, since 1988.
Member criminal law and penal methods reform committee, 1971—1975. Member Sentencing Alternatives Committee Victoria, 1978—1982, Committee of Inquiry into Victoria Police, 1982—1985. Lecturer University California Irvine Regents, 1985.
Member of American Society Criminology, Australian Psychological Society, Australian Crime Prevention Council (vice president 1973-1975), Austalia and New Zealand Society Criminology (vice president, past president), Canberra Club.
Married Julie Teresa Kelly, January 22, 1955. Children: Roselynne Jane, Amanda Louise.
