Background
Hawkins, Keith Owen was born on September 8, 1941 in Chinnor, Oxford, England. Son of Lewis Cyril and Lilian Grace (Baldwin) Hawkins.
Hawkins, Keith Owen was born on September 8, 1941 in Chinnor, Oxford, England. Son of Lewis Cyril and Lilian Grace (Baldwin) Hawkins.
Bachelor of Laws, University Birmingham, England, 1964. Diploma in criminology, Cambridge University, England, 1965. Master of Arts, Cambridge University, England, 1970.
Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, England, 1971.
Research fellow Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, 1970-1973, Center for Socio-Legal Studies, University Oxford, 1972-1975, senior research fellow, since 1975, deputy director, 1985-1993, university reader in law and society, since 1993. Fellow Wolfson College Oxford, 1972-1993, Oriel College, Oxford, since 1993. Visiting fellow Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, 1987-1988.
Member Parole Board for England and Wales, 1977-1979, 83-86. Visiting professor University Texas, Austin, 1985, Ohio State University, 1989.
Member Law & Society Association (trustee 1981-1984), International Sociological Association, Research Committee on Sociology of Law.
Married Susan Jillian Lock, July 1, 1978. Children: Alexander James Owen, Nicholas Guy Lewis, Edmund Charles Stuart.