Director of the Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town

Director of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, Geneva

Senior visiting fellow, LSE IDEAS International Drug Policy Project

Experience

  • 2014–present
    Chair professor, University of Cape Town
  • 2013–present
    Director , Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
  • 2011–2014
    Director, Communities, Crime and Conflicts, STATT Consulting
  • 2010–2011
    Acting Deputy Director of Operations, Integrated Programme and Oversight Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
  • 2008–2010
    Chief, Integrated Programming Unit, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
  • 2006–2008
    Inter-regional Advisor, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
  • 2005–2006
    Chief, Criminal Justice Reform Unit, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
  • 2002–2005
    Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer, Anti-Trafficking and Organised Crime Unit, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
  • 2000–2002
    Research fellow, South African Institute of International Affairs
  • 1998–2000
    Director: Monitoring and Analysis, Secretariat for Safety and Security of South Africa
  • 1995–1998
    Head, Police and Criminal Justice Reform Programme, Institute for Security Studies, South Africa
  • 1993–1995
    Research officer, Centre for Policy Studies, South Africa

Education

  • 1997 
    University of the Witwatersrand, PhD: Political Studies and Conflict Analysis
  • 1991 
    University of the Witwatersrand, BA (Hons): African Political Studies

Grants and Contracts

  • 2014
    Role:
    Director of the Centre of Criminology
    Funding Source:
    National Research Foundation

Contact Mark for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision