Paul Wilson
Professor Paul Wilson OAM is Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences and Chair of Criminology at Bond University.
He holds a BA Hons (Canterbury), MA Hons (Canterbury) and PhD (Qld).
His previous academic positions include Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Bond University 1993-2001,Foundation Dean of Arts, QUT 1991-1993 and Acting Director, Australian Institute of Criminology 1986-1991 and Director of Research. Professor Wilson was recently on the
Advisory Board for the NRMA.
Currently he is a consultant to a private security organisation, was a regular columnist
for the Courier-Mail for 6 years and is a media commentator on crime and social issues. He is the
recipient, with a team of public university colleagues, of a major ARC Collaborative
Research Grant for The Sibling Study which is a longitudinal research project examining
the determinants of juvenile offending.
In 2003 he was awarded the Medal of The order of Australia for Services to Education
particularly as a writer and lecturer in the field of criminology.
Articles by Paul Wilson
Devils, bikers and the National Press Club
What a sin! The National Press Club actually had the temerity to invite bikers and, an even worse devil, an…... Read more
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