Dr. Carolyn Hoyle

Biography

Professor Carolyn Hoyle has been associated with the University of Oxford's Centre for Criminology since 1991, serving as the Centre Director from 2012 to 2017. She is the Director of the Death Penalty Research Unit and has published both empirical and theoretical research across various criminological topics including domestic violence, policing, restorative justice, the death penalty, and wrongful convictions. Professor Hoyle's notable publication is "Reasons for Doubt: Wrongful Convictions and the Criminal Cases Review Commission", published by Oxford University Press in January 2019. She is currently engaged in diverse research studies with her team at the Death Penalty Research Unit, including exploring deterrence related to the death penalty in Indonesia and mapping drug offenses on death row throughout Southeast Asia. Her research also extends to abolitionist movements in de facto states in Africa and the Caribbean, with ongoing collaborations with the Death Penalty Project in Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Taiwan. In her teaching role, she offers courses on the MSc Criminology & Criminal Justice program, focusing on topics such as 'Victims and Restorative Justice', 'The Death Penalty', and 'Academic Communication Skills', while supervising DPhil, MPhil, and MSc students, particularly those concentrating on the death penalty.

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