Don Weatherburn

Don Weatherburn graduated with first class honours in Psychology from the University of Sydney in 1974 and obtained a PhD from the same university in 1979. He has been in his current position as director of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research in Sydney since 1988.

He has published on a wide range of topics, including public perceptions of crime, criminal justice administration, child neglect and juvenile delinquency, unemployment and crime, drug law enforcement policy and crime prevention. His last book Delinquent-Prone Communities (co-authored by Bronwyn Lind) was published in 2000. His current research interests include performance measurement in drug law enforcement, the impact of mandatory minimum penalties on judicial sentencing decisions, and the influence of cannabis use on driver performance.