Oxford Dictionary of National Biography publishes biography of Professor Roger Hood (1936-2020)

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB) has published a biography of the late Professor Roger Hood (1936-2020), authored by Director of the Death Penalty Research Unit (DPRU) Professor Carolyn Hoyle.

The biography covers Roger’s younger life and education, his early criminological research, his research into sentencing and treatment of minorities in the UK, his role in the development of the Oxford Centre for Criminology, his pioneering international work on the death penalty, his family life, and his ongoing legacy. 

The ODNB has generously made the biography available on an open access basis, and can be read on the ODNB website here.