Institute of Criminology |

Research at the Institute

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.

PhD Courses

The Institute of Criminology offers both full-time and part-time PhD degree courses.

MSt Courses

The Institute offers two MSt Courses: a MSt in Applied Criminology, Penology and Management and a MSt in Applied Criminology and Police Management.

MPhil Courses

The Institute offers two MPhil Courses: a one-year (10 month) M.Phil in Criminology, and a one-year (12 month) MPhil in Criminological Research.

Undergraduate Courses

The Institute offers several undergraduate courses for students in Sociology and Law including a new joint Sociology/Criminology degree

Latest news

Research undertaken by MSt in Applied Criminology and Police Management students demonstrates that just 15-minutes a day on foot patrol reduces serious violence in crime 'hot spots'.

21 September 2021

Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe receives a lifetime award from the European Society of Criminology

26 July 2021

A major gift to the Institute establishes a new professorship in Penal Theory and Ethics

15 July 2021

New research shows that urban crime fell by over a third around the world during COVID-19 shutdowns

3 June 2021

Fishmongers' Hall Inquests

26 May 2021

2021 Nigel Walker Prize - winner announced

10 May 2021

Research study finds that young people who experience bullying are more likely to fantasise about committing acts of violence

28 April 2021

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MESSAGES FROM THE INSTITUTE

The Institute building will remain closed to visitors during August.

The Radzinowicz Library - services available during August:

The Library will only be open for members of the Institute to use, and the Library desk booking system will be suspended for all other members of the University.
The Library 'Click and Collect' service (which is only available for current students and staff of Cambridge University) will continue to operate in the same way it has previously done.
Details of both services are available here.