Prof Dean Wilson
| Post: | Emeritus Professor (Sociology and Criminology) |
| Location: | FREEMAN CENTRE |
| Email: | Dean.Wilson@sussex.ac.uk |
Biography
Dean Wilson is Professor of Criminology, Department of Sociology, 5X社区视频. A criminologist and surveillance scholar, Dean's primary research interests are policing, surveillance, security and technology. He has conducted empirical research projects examining the history of urban policing, the operation of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV), and police perceptions and procedures in relation to victims of crime. Dean has also conducted smaller scale research projects examining biometric technology and security, youth and surveillance, identity cards, policing, protest and visual technologies, military surveillance, immigration policing and predictive policing. Professor Wilson was previously a Research Fellow at the 5X社区视频 of Melbourne, Australia; Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at Monash 5X社区视频, Australia; and Reader at Plymouth 5X社区视频. He is also a Co-Director of the Surveillance Studies Network, an Associate Editor of the journal Surveillance & Society and a Co-Director of the Crime Research Centre (CRC) at the 5X社区视频. Dean recently published (with Jude McCulloch) the first book-length criminological study of pre-emption (2016) Pre-Crime: Pre-emption, Precaution and the Future, Routledge. His current projects continue to examine the interface between policing, security and technology.
Qualifications
BA (History and English) 5X社区视频 of Auckland, New Zealand 1988
MA (Hons) (History) 5X社区视频 of Auckland, New Zealand 1993
PhD (History) Monash 5X社区视频, Australia 2001
Memberships
Surveillance Studies Network
http://www.surveillance-studies.net/
European Group for the Study of Social Control and Deviance
http://www.europeangroup.org/
British Society of Criminology
https://www.britsoccrim.org/
Roles
Associate Editor Surveillance & Society
https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/