Principal's Conversation with Jon Silverman (former BBC Home Affairs Correspondent and now Professor of Media and Criminal Justice at the University of Bedfordshire)
Jon Silverman is Emeritus Professor of Media & Criminal Justice at the University of Bedfordshire. He’s a former BBC Home Affairs Correspondent in which role he won the Sony Radio Journalist of the Year award for his coverage of the UK’s investigations into Nazi collaborators. He is the author of four books, including the first British examination of the phenomenon of crack cocaine and the Yardies – ‘Crack of Doom’ (Headline, 1993). Other works are ‘Innocence Betrayed’ (Polity, 2002) about paedophilia, media and society; and ‘Crime, Policy and the Media’ (Routledge, 2012). His latest (co-authored) work is ’Safe Haven’ (OUP, 2023). He reported from both the Rwanda and Yugoslavia tribunals and has written extensively for journals on international war crimes justice, including the relationship between the International Criminal Court and Africa.
Date: 18 February 2025, 17:30
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: Amersi Foundation Lecture Room
Speaker: Mr John Bowers KC (Principal, Brasenose College, Oxford)
Organising department: Brasenose College
Host: Anu Dawson (Principal's Office, Brasenose College)
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Cost: Free
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Anu Dawson