Education
Manchester Grammar School. Street John"s College.
Manchester Grammar School. Street John"s College.
His appointments at the Home Office were as follows:-
1959 Assistant Principal
1961-1963 Private Secretary to Under-Secretary of State
1968 Joint Secretary to Inter-Party Conference on House of Lords Reform
1969-1970 Private Secretary to the Home Secretary
1970-1976 Assistant Secretary to various Departments
1976 Assistant Under-Secretary of State
1978-1980 Under-Secretary to Cabinet Office for parliamentary and constitutional reform and the management of the Government"s legislative programme
1980-1982 Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Director of Operational Policy - Prison Department
1982 Deputy Under-Secretary of State
1982-1990 Head of Criminal, Research and Statistical Departments
1990-1992 Principal Establishment Officer
When he left the Home Office, he became a Fellow of Street John"s College, Oxford (1992–1999), before being appointed as a Senior Research Associate at University of Oxford. He led the United Kingdom"s delegation to the United Nations Congresses on Crime and Criminal Justice in 1985 and 1990. In 1985 he was appointed Order of the Bath (Central Bank).
He was a member of the United Nations Committee on Crime Prevention and Control, and of the Helsinki Institute for Crime Prevention and Control during the 1980s. He is, or has been, a trustee, member of council, or adviser to several voluntary organisations concerned with law reform, community safety and opportunities for young people.