Duncan Chappell

Background

Chappell, Duncan was born on August 1, 1939 in Blandford, England. Arrived in Canada, 1980. Son of Francis Roy and Dorothy M. (Lardner) Chappell.

Education

Bachelor, U. Tasmania, 1962,Bachelor of Laws with 1st class honors, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, U. Cambridge, 1965. Barrister, solicitor Tasmania.

Senior lecturer Faculty of Law, U. Sydney, Australia,1966-1970.

Associate professor School Criminal Justice, State University of New York-Albany, 1971-1973. Director Law and Justice Study Center, Battelle Memorial Institute, Seattle, 1973-1977.

Visiting professor legal studies Louisiana Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, 1977-1978. Member Australian Law Reform Commission, Sydney, 1978-1979.

Professor School Criminology Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, 1980-1990, Adjunct Professor, 1991, chair department, 1982-1984.

Director Australian Institute Criminology, Canberra, Australia, 1987. Advisory criminal procedure project Law Reform Commission Canada, sentencing reform project Ministry of Justice Canada, Ottawa, 1983. Consultant British Columbia Law Foundation, 1982, United States Senate Select Committee on Small Business, 1973-1974.

Member working group Australian Criminal Sciences Committee, 1979.

Chairman National Committee on Violence, Australia, 1989.

Career

Senior lecturer Faculty Law University Sydney, Australia, 1966—1970. Associate professor School Criminal Justice State University of New York, Albany, 1971—1973. Director Law and Justice Study Center Battelle Memorial Institute, Seattle, 1973—1977.

Visiting professor legal studies La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, 1977—1978. Member Australian Law Reform Commission, Sydney, 1978—1979. Professor School Criminology Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada, 1980—1990, adjunct professor, since 1991, chairman department, 1982—1984.

Director Australian Institute Criminology, Canberra, Australia, since 1987. Advisory criminal procedure project Law Reform Commission, Canada. Consultant British Columbia Law Foundation, 1982, United States Senate Select Committee on Small Business, 1973—1974.

Member working group Australian Criminal Sciences Committee, 1979. Chairman National Committee on Violence, Australia, 1989.

Achievements

• Duncan Chappell has been listed as a noteworthy criminology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Australian Violence: Contemporary Perspectives
  • The police and the public in Australia and New Zealand / by D. Chappell and P. R. Wilson

Membership

Member rape education committee Premier's Department, Melbourne, 1978. Board management Northern Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 1983—1984. Member of Australian Association Cultural Freedom, Australian Academy Forensic Science, American Society Criminology (executive committee 1976-1978, 1983-1984).

Connections

Married Susan Fenn Parsons, April 29, 1962 (divorced September 1976). Children: Hamish, Kirstin. Married Rhonda Dorothea Moore, April 9, 1982.

Father:

Francis Roy Chappell

Mother:

Dorothy M. (Lardner) Chappell

Spouse:

Rhonda Dorothea Moore

Spouse:

Susan Fenn Parsons

child:

Kirstin Chappell

child:

Hamish Chappell