Amber Marks

Amber Mary Marks (born October 1977) is a British barrister and author.¹ After working as a lawyer in private practice and in the UK government legal service, she took up research on the increasing use of sniffer dogs and other olfactory surveillance methods.² She has written an account of her research for the popular market, Headspace (published 2008); in connection with this publication, articles by or about her were published by some of the major English newspapers.³ She also works in forensic science and criminal justice technologies. She is a trustee of Release.⁴

Marks has taught at the London School of Economics, Queen Mary, University of London and King's College London. She co-directs the Criminal Justice Centre at QMUL.²

Marks' father was former teacher, convicted drug smuggler, and author Howard Marks and her mother is author Judy Marks.

• Marks, A. (2006). Drug detection dogs and the growth of olfactory surveillance: Beyond the rule of law? Surveillance & Society, 4, 257–271.
• Marks, A. (2008). Headspace. London: Virgin Books. ISBN 978-0-7535-1364-4.
• Marks, A. et al. (2008). Crime Control Technologies: Towards an Analytical Framework and Research Agenda. Regulating Technologies, ed. R. Brownsword, K. Yeung. Oxford: Hart. ISBN 978-1-84113-788-9.
• Bladerunner and biometrics: Heathrow T5 unveiled. The Register, 26 March 2008.
• Smells Suspicious. The Guardian, 31 March 2008.
• Don't Kill Me: Can we trust new weapons that are supposed to be non-lethal?. Prospect, 4 July 2009.