Allison Margaret Morris FRSNZ (born 1945)^[1] is a retired New Zealand criminologist, specialising in youth justice, restorative justice and women in crime. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2000.

Education

Morris earned a PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1976.^[2]

Career

Morris was appointed as lecturer in criminology at Cambridge University in 1976, and promoted to Reader in Criminal Justice in 1995. She left the university in 1998.^[3] Morris was a full professor at Victoria University of Wellington before her retirement in 2001.^[4][2] She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2000.^[2] The Society said Morris has "been recognised internationally as an outstanding criminologist whose evidence-led work, characterised by meticulous data collection, has had global influence. In her special field of the area of youth justice she has made New Zealand a virtual world laboratory for youth justice and her work is currently influencing policy in Australia and Britain as well as in New Zealand."^[2]

Selected publications

• Allison Morris (1 June 2002). "Critiquing the Critics: A Brief Response to Critics of Restorative Justice". The British Journal of Criminology. 42 (3): 596–615. doi:10.1093/BJC/42.3.596. ISSN 0007-0955. Wikidata Q56169839.
• Allison Morris (1987), Women, crime, and criminal justice, Blackwell Publishing, Wikidata Q109902087
• Allison Morris; Gabrielle Maxwell, eds. (1 August 2003), Restorative justice for juveniles: conferencing, mediation and circles, Hart Publishing, Wikidata Q109902088
• Loraine Gelsthorpe; Allison Morris, eds. (1990), Feminist perspectives in criminology, Open University Press, Wikidata Q109902089
• Allison Morris; Henri Giller (1987), Understanding juvenile justice, Croom Helm, Wikidata Q109902090
• Allison Morris (1983). Providing criminal justice for children. Edward Arnold. ISBN 978-0-7131-6397-1. OL 2992453M. Wikidata Q109902091.
• Allison Morris; M. W. McIsaac (1978). Juvenile justice? ; the practice of social welfare. Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-435-82601-7. OL 22021118M. Wikidata Q109902092.
• Allison Morris (1997). Women's safety survey, 1996. ISBN 978-0-478-20128-4. OL 121691M. Wikidata Q109902093.
• Allison Morris (1980), Justice for children, Macmillan Publishers, Wikidata Q109902094
• Gabrielle Maxwell; Allison Morris (1993). Families, Victims and Culture: Youth Justice in New Zealand (PDF). Wellington: Social Policy Agency. ISBN 0-475-11017-X. Wikidata Q109902576.