Katalin Gönczöl#
Foto: Czirják Pál
| Membership Number: | 4573 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SPACE |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | HUNGARY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.ajk.elte.hu/en/dynpage6.exe?f=ajk_en&p1=m:Fomenu,EntryF1&p3=x:Almenu1,Entry-398&p4=p:8201&id=CMORG-11 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2014 - present Professor Emeritus of Criminology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
- 1990 - 2014 Professor of Criminology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
- 2002 - 2008 State Secretary for Criminal Policy, Ministry of Justice, Hungary
- 1995 - 2001 Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman), Hungary
- 1968 - 1990 Associate Professor of Criminology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
- 2000 President, Hungarian Society of Criminology
- 1997 - 2000 Secretary General, Hungarian Society of Criminology
- 1999 - 2001 European Director, International Ombudsman Association
- 1995 - 2014 Vice President, International Society of Criminology
- 1992 - 2001 Member, Editorial Board, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research
Fields of Scholarship
- Populism in Hungarian Criminal Policy
- Social Exclusion and Crime
- Social Crime Prevention for Hungary
- After-Care Activity among Juvenile Prisoners
- Violent Crime in Hungary
- Social Typology of Recidivists
- Alternative to Imprisonment (Reform of the Probation Service in Hungary)
- Social Reproduction of Crime
- Limits of Punitative Power
- Equal Opportunity for Urban Poor
- Crime Control and Criminal Policy
- Restorative Justice in Crime Prevention
- Human Rights in Hungary
Honours and Awards
- 2006 Imre Nagy Order (President of the Republic)
- 2004 Honorary Citizen of Budapest (Mayor of Budapest)
- 2004 Justice for the Citizens (British Probation Service)
- 2003 Order of Cross of the Republic of Hungary (President of the Republic)
- 2000 Person of the Year (Magyar Hírlap)
- 1999 Refugee’s Prize (Hungarian Office, UN High Commissioner for Refugees)
- 1998 St. George Prize (Police Caritas Foundation)
- 1977, 1981, 1995 Distinguished Fellow Award (Minister of Education)
