Paul Wilson (criminologist)
Paul Richard Wilson (born 9 March 1941) OAM is a New Zealand-born Australian author, sociologist and criminologist.
Biography
Paul Wilson was born in New Zealand.[1] He has held academic appointments at the University of Queensland, Bond University and several American Universities. He also was a Fulbright Scholar.
He has authored 24 books on crime and related social issues and he is an occasional columnist for several Australian newspapers.
He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the Australia Day Honours of 26 January 2003.[2]
In November 2012, Wilson was accused of sex abuse alleged to have happened in the early 1970s. He is fighting the charge.[3]
On 16 May 2014, Wilson was committed to stand trial on six charges of indecent treatment of girls under the age of 17. Wilson pleaded not guilty to the charges. [4]
Bibliography
- The Police and the Public in Australia and New Zealand (with D. Chappell), University of Queensland Press, Brisbane (1969)
- The Sexual Dilemma: Abortion, Homosexuality, Prostitution and the Criminal Threshold, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane (1971)
- The Policeman’s Position Today and Tomorrow: An Examination of the Police Force (with J. Western), University of Queensland Press, Brisbane (1972)
- The Australian Criminal Justice System (with D. Chappell), Butterworths, Sydney (1972)
- Australian Social Issues: Perspectives for Social Action, Butterworths, Sydney (1972)
- Immigrants and Politics, Australian National University Press, Canberra (1973)
- Crime and the Community (with J. Brown,) University of Queensland Press, Brisbane (1973)
- Deviance in Australia (with A. Hiller), Cheshire, Melbourne (1975)
- The Helping Professions: A Critical Appraisal (with A. Pemberton and P. Boreham), University of Queensland Press, Brisbane (1976)
- Public Housing for Australia, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane (1976)
- Delinquency in Australia: A Critical Appraisal, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane (1977)
- Of Public Concern, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane (1977)
- The Australian Criminal Justice System (with D. Chappell), revised, Butterworths, Sydney, (1977)
- Planning for Turbulent Environments (with J. Western), University of Queensland Press, Brisbane (1977)
- The Other Side of Rape, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane (1978) ISBN 0-7022-1167-2
- Mental Disorder or Madness (with E. Bates), University of Queensland Press, Brisbane (1979)
- The Two Faces of Deviance (with J. Braithwaite), University of Queensland Press, Brisbane (1979)
- Intimacy, Cassell Collier-Macmillan, Sydney (1979)
- The Man They Called a Monster: Sexual Experiences Between Men and Boys, Cassell, Sydney (1981)
- Black Death, White Hands, Allen and Unwin, Sydney 1982 (revised editions 1985, 1988).
- Murder of the Innocents: Child Killers and Their Victims, Rigby, Adelaide (1985)
- Street Kids (with J. Arnold), Dove, Melbourn (1986)
