Joanna Mary Shapland (born 17 February 1950) is a British criminologist, forensic psychologist, and academic, specialising in restorative justice and victimology.
Before joining Sheffield in 1988, she was a research fellow at King's College, London and the University of Oxford.
[1] She moved to Wolfson College, Oxford to do her Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree.
[1] Her doctoral thesis was titled "Behaviour and personality in delinquent children" and was submitted in 1976.
[4] From 1975 to 1978, Shapland was a Home Office research fellow in criminology at King's College, London.