Lucia Zedner is a prominent British legal scholar and Professor of Criminal Justice at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford. She is also a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College and actively affiliated with the Centre for Criminology at Oxford. Her academic contributions span research, teaching, and editorial leadership within the field of criminal justice.
Born on February 20, 1961, Lucia Zedner began her academic career at the University of Oxford, where she completed her doctoral studies. She was subsequently appointed a Prize Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. Following this, she held a long-standing lecturing position at the London School of Economics, further establishing her reputation in legal scholarship and criminology.
In recognition of her scholarly contributions, Zedner was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2012. She was further honored in 2015 as an Overseas Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. These accolades reflect her significant impact in the fields of criminal justice and legal theory.
Zedner's research engages deeply with penal theory, comparative criminology, and counter-terrorism policy. Her work critically examines the balance between security and liberty, particularly in the context of modern state strategies for crime prevention and risk management.
Zedner is the author and editor of several influential publications. Her works include Women, Crime and Custody in Victorian England (1991), Child Victims in the Criminal Justice System (co-authored with Jane Morgan, 1992), The Criminological Foundations of Penal Policy (co-edited with Andrew Ashworth, 2003), Criminal Justice (2004), and Security (2009). These titles are considered key texts in criminology and legal theory, routinely cited in both academic and policy-making circles.
Zedner has served as General Editor of the Oxford University Press Clarendon Series in Criminology, where she played a central role in shaping contemporary criminological discourse. She has also contributed to academic discussions beyond the UK; for instance, in a lecture delivered at the University of Toronto, she raised critical concerns under the title “Counterterrorism on Campus: A Threat to Academic Freedoms?”
According to the academic networking platform ResearchGate, over thirty-five scholarly publications are attributed to Lucia Zedner. Her collaborative efforts and wide-ranging contributions continue to influence the development of criminal justice theory and practice internationally.
| Birth Date: | 1 Jan, 2000 |
| Age: | 20 yrs |
| Occupations: | Legal scholar |
| Citizenship: | United Kingdom |
| Education: | Nuffield College |
| Gender: | Female |
| Description: | British legal scholar |
