Dr Jarrod Gilbert

Director of Criminal Justice and Senior Lecturer, University of Canterbury

Dr Jarrod Gilbert is a New Zealand sociologist and the Director of Criminal Justice at the University of Canterbury. He is the author of Patched: The History of Gangs in New Zealand, an award winning and bestselling book, and the co-editor of Criminal Justice: A New Zealand Introduction, and the author of A Rebel in Exile. He advises a number of government agencies on policy matters and was a member of Te Uepū, the Justice Advisory Group that investigated changes to the criminal justice system in New Zealand.