Dennis Howitt is a British

United Kingdom

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 psychologist

Psychologist

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. He is a reader in Applied Psychology

Applied psychology

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 at Loughborough University

Loughborough University

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 and the author of numerous psychology textbook

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s. He is a chartered forensic psychologist and a Fellow of the British Psychological Society

British Psychological Society

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. His publications also include books on statistics

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, computing

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 and methodology

Methodology

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Life and career

Howitt completed a first class honours degree in psychology at Brunel University

Brunel University

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 in 1967 and earned his D.Phil at the University of Sussex

University of Sussex

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. In 1970 he became Research Officer at Leicester University's Centre for Mass Communication Research. His research career began with the study of mass communications, especially with reference to crime, violence and pornography, but he has since broadened his research to the application of psychology to social issues.

He has also written on racism

Racism

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 in the field of psychology, as well as forensic psychology

Forensic psychology

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, specifically paedophiles, sex offenders, and child abuse

Child abuse

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External links

• Dennis Howitt via Loughborough University
  Loughborough University
  Loughborough University is a research based campus university located in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England...