John Braithwaite stands out as an academic whose ideas not only have shaped criminology and sociology but also have had a much larger impact on influencing the social movement towards restorative justice, both in policy and practice terms. He has been a highly productive and influential academic throughout his entire career so it is important to understand not only the scale of his scholarship's impact but also the key experiences and influences that have shaped him and his thinking over time. Here, Piquero and Mazerolle provide a sketch of the early influences on Braithwaite growing up in Australia, as well as the events and experiences that occurred later in his life, including those from the early stages of his professional career. They further explore some of the major events and circumstances that have influenced him professionally as well as various intellectual influences that have shaped his thinking and scholarship. Finally, they describe Braithwaite's perceptions of the future of restorative justice and the direction for criminology
