George Hosking
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George Hosking | |
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| Born | George Dunne Cameron Hosking 1944 (age 79–80) |
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| Alma mater | Birmingham University |
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| Institutions | WAVE Trust (founder) |
| Main interests | Economist, accountant, psychologist, and clinical criminologist |
George Dunne Cameron Hosking OBE (born c. 1944)[1] is a British Quaker, economist, accountant, psychologist, and clinical criminologist[1] who founded WAVE Trust in 1996.
Education
He graduated with a PG Diploma in Psychology from Birmingham University in 1998.
Career
Hosking has been successful in taking WAVE Trust from a small organization chatting about how to tackle the root causes of violence[2] in internet chat rooms, to being WAVE adviser to the UK Home Office[citation needed], Prime Minister's Strategy Unit[citation needed], Metropolitan Police[citation needed], Centre for Social Justice[citation needed] and Scottish Violence Reduction Unit[citation needed] on violence reduction. The World Health Organisation have commended WAVE’s groundbreaking work[citation needed] and WAVE has become part of WHO’s global Violence Prevention Alliance[citation needed].
Hosking has looked at how to tackle violence at it roots by identifying and understanding root causes, rather than operating on symptoms. His consultancy has helped transform profitability for well-known international companies.[citation needed]
Hosking has been doing therapeutic work with violent criminals both in prison and after release. To date none of his clients have re-offended with violence[citation needed], in or out of prison.
Hosking was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to reducing violence, particularly child abuse.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Leading Questions: George Hosking, chief executive, WAVE". The Observer. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ Townsend, Mark (16 October 2005). "Violence blamed on teenage mums". The Observer. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ "No. 60895". The London Gazette (invalid
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