| Allison Morris | |
| Occupation: | Criminologist |
| Awards: | FRSNZ |
| Alma Mater: | University of Cambridge |
Allison Margaret Morris (born 1945)[1] is a retired New Zealand criminologist, specialising in youth justice, restorative justice and women in crime. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2000.
Morris earned a PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1976.[2]
Morris was appointed as lecturer in criminology at Cambridge University in 1976, and promoted to Reader in Criminal Justice in 1995. She left the university in 1998.[3] Morris was a full professor at Victoria University of Wellington before her retirement in 2001.[4] She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2000. The Society said Morris has "been recognised internationally as an outstanding criminologist whose evidence-led work, characterised by meticulous data collection, has had global influence. In her special field of the area of youth justice she has made New Zealand a virtual world laboratory for youth justice and her work is currently influencing policy in Australia and Britain as well as in New Zealand."