Fiona Hutton is an associate professor (reader) at the Institute of Criminology, Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University, Wellington, where she is also the director of the Institute of Criminology.

She has taught and researched in the areas of criminology, specifically criminological theory, youth crime and cultures, drug policy, harm reduction, alcohol and other drugs for the past 25 years.

She has published extensively in New Zealand and international journals on her research, and is the author of ‘Risky Pleasures? Club Cultures and Feminine Identities’ (Ashgate, 2006), and the edited collection ‘Cultures of Intoxication: Key Issues and Debates’ (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2020).

In 2020, she completed a report on drug checking at New Zealand festivals for the ministry of health, Aotearoa and is a keen advocate for evidence-based drug law reform and harm reduction.

Current research projects include patients’ experiences of the therapeutic use of cannabis, documenting the experiences of those with a drug-related conviction, critically exploring the concept of intoxication, and how the intoxication practices of diverse groups are experienced and responded to.