Rick Brown Author

Rick Brown is the Deputy Director of the Australian Institute of Criminology and lives in Canberra, Australia. He has been a criminologist for over 30 years and has worked extensively on issues associated with crime prevention, community safety and policing in Australia, the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Rick has published over 70 government reports, book chapters and journal articles on a wide range of crime issues and most recently has focused on online child sexual abuse. He holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Master of Arts degree from the University of Westminster and a Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) degree from Hatfield Polytechnic in the UK. Rick is also a Visiting Fellow of Policing and Criminal Justice at the University of Derby and on the editorial boards of numerous journals.