David Faulkner

David Faulkner worked for over 30 years at the Home Office, where his later appointments included Director of Operational Policy in the Prison Service (1980-1982), and a period of eight years as Deputy Secretary in charge of the Criminal, Research and Statistics Departments (1982-1990). Other positions included previous postings to the Prison Department (1963-1966 and 1970-1974) and to the Police Department (1976-1977), and responsibilities for parliamentary and constitutional reform, and the management of the Government's legislative programme (on secondment to the Cabinet Office), and for the internal management of the Home Office. He came to Oxford in 1992, where he was a fellow of St John’s College until 1999.

David has been a member of the United Nations Committee on Crime Prevention and Control, and of the Helsinki Institute for Crime Prevention and Control during the 1980s. He led the United Kingdom's delegation to the United Nations Congresses on Crime and Criminal Justice in 1985 and 1990. He has been a trustee, member of council or adviser to several voluntary organisations concerned with law reform, community safety and opportunities for young people including JUSTICE, the Mental Health Foundation, the Howard League for Penal Reform, and the Thames Valley Partnership.