-effectiveness of developmental programs over the life-course. His evidence-based work has been influential for criminologists around the world, and has been used to guide government policies. He has authored hundreds of scientific articles on delinquent development and early crime prevention and published books such as Saving Children from a Life of Crime and Understanding and Controlling Crime: Toward a New Research Strategy (Research in Criminology).
David P. Farrington, O.B.E., is Emeritus Professor of Psychological Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University, UK.
The Stockholm Prize in Criminology has been established under the auspices of the Swedish Ministry of Justice. The prize is awarded annually for outstanding achievements in criminological research or for the application of research results by practitioners for the reduction of crime and the advancement of human rights.
Professor Farrington was also awarded The Robert Boruch Award this year at The Campbell Collaboration Colloquium in Copenhagen, Denmark.