Current Research Projects
Our lecturers all have their own subject specialities and research interests. Staff research topics include the development of criminal careers, sentencing, intermediate sanctions, mentally disordered offenders, the psychological effects of wrongful imprisonment, race and gender issues in criminal justice, the reintegration of ex-prisoners, youth justice systems, suicide in prisons, sex offenders, legal decision making, the effects of social and urban change on crime, and paternalism in criminal law. Full details can be found on members' individual pages.
Below is a list of externally funded research projects currently being undertaken for the Institute.
| Principal Invesigator | Research Project | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Ben Crewe | Experiencing very long term imprisonment from young adulthood: identity, adaptation and penal legitimacy. | ESRC |
| Professor Manuel Eisner | The Zurich Project on the social development of children and youth | The Jacob Foundation |
| Professor David Farrington | Cambridge study in delinquent development: Third generation follow-up | The Barrow Cadbury Trust and the Rayne Foundation |
| Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe | The Criminalisation of Migrant Women | ESRC |
| Reunite follow-up and analysis. | Commonweal Housing Trust | |
| Professor Alison Liebling | Prisons Research Centre | National Offender Management Service (NOMS) |
| Professor Friedrich Lösel | Risk and protective factors during the resettlement of imprisoned fathers, in collaboration with Ormiston Children and Families Trust. |  |
| Strengthening transnational approaches to reducing re-offending, in collaboration with the London Probation Service | The European Commission | |
| Dr. Joseph Murray | Effects of parental imprisonment on boy's delinquent development and mental health | The Nuffield Foundation |
| Dr. Justice Tankebe | Legitimacy and criminal justice: challenges within and across borders | The British Academy |
| Dr. Maria Ttofi | Why do children at risk not become offenders? | The Leverhulme Trust & The Isaac Newton trust |
| Criminal and health outcomes of children involved in school bullying | The British Academy | |
| Professor Per-Olof Wikström | Peterborough Adolescent and Young Adult Development Study (PADS+) | ESRC |
| Knowledge-based guideline for developing effective prevention policies and intervention. | The Home Office |