Craig Pinkney is a Criminologist, Urban Youth Specialist and Director at Solve: The Centre
for Youth Violence and Conflict CIC (UK). Craig is an experienced Youth Worker and
academically holds a BA (Hons) in Youth & Community Development (JNC), Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning, Post Graduate Certificate in Research, Masters in Criminology and is currently a PhD Researcher in Social Sciences at Birmingham City University.
Craig has over 16 years of experience as an outreach worker, transformational speaker,
international gang exit strategist, mediator, mentor and filmmaker. He is well known for
working with some of the countries most challenging young people, potentially high-risk
offenders, victims of gang violence and youth who are deemed most hard to reach.
Craig is also the UK lead for the EU Gangs Project, an advisor for the Ministry of Justice in
Jamaica, and a visiting lecturer, specialising in Youth Violence, Urban Street Gangs, Social
Media, Trauma-Informed Practice, Race and Crime and Black men’s desistance.
Social Media Handles:
Twitter: @RealActionUK
Website: www.solvecyvc.com
Linkedin: Craig Pinkney