Profile
Gerry Johnstone’s recent books are Restorative Justice:
Ideas, Values, Debates (2nd edition published by Routledge in
2011) and (with Tony Ward) Law and Crime (Sage, 2010). He
is co-editor (with Joel Quirk) of a special edition of Social
& Legal Studies on ‘Repairing Historical Wrongs’ (June,
2012).
His current research projects include an ESRC funded Knowledge
Transfer Partnership with providers of restorative services in Hull
and a study of historical controversies surrounding criminal laws
which compel people to do things they do not wish to do. Teaching
areas include Criminal Law and Restorative Justice. PhD supervision
areas include Restorative Justice, Transitional Justice, Punishment
and Criminalisation.
Professor Johnstone is the founding director of the University
of Hull’s online MA in Restorative
Justice.
Research Interests
Gerry Johnstone's current research interests are in the fields
of restorative justice, transitional justice and criminalisation.
He is: the academic lead of an ESRC funded Knowledge Transfer
Partnership which is creating a restorative services development
tool; exploring the role of the concept of healing in discourses of
transitional justice; and undertaking a study of historical
controversies surrounding the criminalisation of omissions.
More generally, his research interests lie in the fields of
justice, punishment and social control