Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology, University of Sussex
Mark Walters is a Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology at the University of Sussex. His research interests are focused primarily on hate crime studies, as well as criminal law and criminal justice reform with a special emphasis on restorative justice practice and theory.
Mark has advised (advises) on hate crime to the Home Office, Law Commission, Metropolitan Police Service, and the London Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, as well as numerous NGOs and civil society organisations. Mark has also presented research evidence in the House of Commons (UK), the European Parliament (Brussels), and the Oireachtas (Dublin). Most recently he has delivered lectures and training for the United Nations' Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders in Tokyo.
In 2013 Mark co-founded the International Network for Hate Studies which aims to connect researchers, policy markers and practitioners in addressing the causes and consequences of hate crime and hate speech. The Network now has over 1,000 members worldwide.
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