Institute of Criminology

Research

The Institute is highly productive in terms of its academic research. It houses five active research centres: the Prisons Research Centre, the Centre for Analytic Criminology, the Centre for Penal Theory and Penal Ethics, the Violence Research Centre and the Centre for Community, gender and Social Justice.

Ph.D Courses

The Institute of Criminology offers both full-time and part-time Ph.D. programmes.

M.Phil Course

The one-year M.Phil. courses in Criminology and Criminological Research at the Institute are among the largest full-time graduate courses in Criminology in the United Kingdom.

M.St Courses

The Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge, UK has a worldwide reputation for excellence in both research and teaching. Information about our MSt courses can be found here.

Undergraduate Courses

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

Latest news

BBC report on research that police patrols at Underground stations in London helps reduce crime

Jan 17, 2020

Research presented in a paper co-authored by Dr Barak Ariel (Institute of Criminology), Professor Lawrence Sherman (Institute of Criminology), and Mark Newton suggests that four 15-minute patrols per day at crime hot spots on the London Underground created a "phantom effect" lowering crime throughout the day.

Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe particpates in a BBC Radio 4 Postive Thinking discussion

Jan 03, 2020

A Message from the Director of the Institute of Criminology

Dec 01, 2019

Statement from the Institute of Criminology following the incident at London Bridge on Friday 29 November 2019

Nov 30, 2019

The Reducing Crime podcast - Lawrence Sherman talks with Jerry Ratcliffe

Nov 19, 2019

Lawrence Sherman and Jerry Ratcliffe discuss the right questions to ask about algorithms in policing.

Beccaria Gold Medal awarded to Friedrich Lösel

Nov 04, 2019

The Institute at the University's Postgraduate Open Day - Friday 1 November