Donald James "Don" Weatherburn PSM

Public Service Medal (Australia)

The Public Service Medal is a civil decoration awarded to Australian public servants for outstanding service. The PSM was introduced in 1991 and replaced the Imperial awards discontinued in 1975, supplementing the Order of Australia introduced that same year...

 (born 14 May 1951) has been Director of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research

NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research

The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research is a statistical and research agency within the New South Wales Attorney General's Department, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1969.The director of the bureau is Dr...

 in Sydney

Sydney

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 since 1988 and is an Adjunct Professor with the School of Social Science and Policy at the University of New South Wales

University of New South Wales

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Early life

Weatherburn attended Newington College

Newington College

Newington College is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for boys, located in Stanmore, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....

 (1964-1969) and the University of Sydney

University of Sydney

The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...

 where in 1974 he received his BA

Bachelor of Arts

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 with first class honours. He completed a Ph.D in 1979 and lectured in the School of Justice Administration at Charles Sturt University

Charles Sturt University

Charles Sturt University is an Australian multi-campus university located in New South Wales, Victoria, and the Australian Capital Territory. It has campuses at Bathurst, Canberra, Albury-Wodonga, Dubbo, Goulburn, Orange, Wagga Wagga and Burlington, Ontario...

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Career

In 1983 Weatherburn was appointed Senior Research Officer at the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research and four years later he was appointed Foundation Director of Research at the NSW Judicial Commission. He has held his current position since 1988.

For his long and dedicated service, he was award the Public Service Medal

Public Service Medal (Australia)

The Public Service Medal is a civil decoration awarded to Australian public servants for outstanding service. The PSM was introduced in 1991 and replaced the Imperial awards discontinued in 1975, supplementing the Order of Australia introduced that same year...

 in January 1998.

Publications

• Delinquent-prone Communities (Cambridge University Press
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  , 2001)
• Law and Order in Australia: Rhetoric and Reality (Federation Press, 2004)

External links

• Biography at the University of Sydney