Keron King

Keron King is a Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice at the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago. His research interests include community oriented policing, democratic policing, police legitimacy, procedural justice, crime prevention, police reform, restorative justice and the reintegration of formerly incarcerated men and women. As an educator he has taught the entire breadth of the criminal justice spectrum from introductory courses in criminal justice to seminal level courses in penal abolition. His teaching philosophy is best capsuled by the words of Paulo Freire: “…education is about dialogue…”. Dr. King adopts a post-colonial theoretical framework to examine the issues of crime and justice where the philosophy of Peacemaking Criminology is often prominent. His doctoral dissertation explored how residents of an urban community in Trinidad and Tobago constructed their experiences with the police.