The Institute hosts six highly productive research centres: the Prisons Research Centre, the Centre for Analytic Criminology, the Centre for Penal Theory and Penal Ethics, the Violence Research Centre, the Jerry Lee Centre for Experimental Criminology, and the Centre for Community, Gender and Social Justice.
The Institute offers three MSt Courses: a MSt in Applied Criminology, Penology and Management; a MSt in Applied Criminology and Police Management (Degree Apprenticeship); and a MSt in Applied Criminology and Police Management.