| Friedrich Lösel | |
| Birth Date: | 28 July 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Neuendettelsau, Germany |
| Nationality: | German |
| Fields: | Criminology |
| Workplaces: | Cambridge Institute of Criminology University of Erlangen-Nuremberg |
| Alma Mater: | University of Erlangen-Nuremberg |
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| Known For: | Life-course criminology |
| Awards: | 2006 Stockholm Prize in Criminology |
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Friedrich Lösel (born July 28, 1945)[1] is a German forensic psychologist, criminologist and emeritus professor at the Cambridge Institute of Criminology. He was the director of the Institute from 2005 to 2012; as director, he pursued a focus on studying crime committed across the life-course.[2] He is also a professor of psychology at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, where he was the director of the Institute of Psychology from 1987 to 2011. He was formerly the director of the Social Sciences Research Center at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg from 2002 to 2005.[3] [4] He is the past president of the European Association of Psychology and Law and the current president of the Academy of Experimental Criminology.[4] [5] In 2006, he was one of two recipients of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology, with John Braithwaite.[6]