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Read more at: Festival of Ideas - 'Finding Shelter, Defining Shelter': Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement

Festival of Ideas - 'Finding Shelter, Defining Shelter': Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement

24 October 2019

The Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement hosted an event for the Festival of Ideas on Wednesday 16th October 2019 on the theme of Finding Shelter, Defining Shelter for displaced populations. This event was organised by Dr Mark Breeze for the Cambridge Emergency and Displacement Group (CEDG), a strand of the larger...


Read more at: Paolo Campana discusses the issue of people smuggling on BBC 5 Live

Paolo Campana discusses the issue of people smuggling on BBC 5 Live

24 October 2019

Paolo Campana (Violence Research Centre) discusses the issue of people smuggling in Europe and how criminals go about exploiting people. BBC 5 Live ( starts 1h 11m 20s )


Read more at: 2019 Criminology Day

2019 Criminology Day

23 October 2019

On 11 October 2019 the Institute hosted it's annual Criminology Day, to showcase the research going on in the Institute to current members, new students and other members of the University interested in the work of the Institute.


Read more at: 2019 Prisons Research Centre - Annual Research Conference

2019 Prisons Research Centre - Annual Research Conference

21 October 2019

On Thursday 17 - Friday 18 October the Prisons Research Centre held their annual research conference: 'Values, methods and quality in prisons research: developing deep structures of practice'.


Read more at: IoC Sunken Garden Mural

IoC Sunken Garden Mural

26 July 2019

The Mural was commissioned to mark the Institute Of Criminology’s 60th Anniversary since it was established by Professor Radzinowicz in 1959.


Read more at: UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty
UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty

UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty

11 July 2019

We were delighted to welcome Professor Ann Skelton to the Institute on Wednesday July 10th. Ann holds the UNESCO Chair in Education Law in Africa at the University of Pretoria and is a member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.


Read more at: 'Can Computer Files Cut Crime?'

'Can Computer Files Cut Crime?'

24 June 2019

David Edmonds examines how algorithms are used in our criminal justice system, from predicting future crime to helping decide who does and doesn’t go to prison.


Read more at: Merete Konnerup Awarded the 2019 Sir Robert Peel Medal

Merete Konnerup Awarded the 2019 Sir Robert Peel Medal

20 June 2019

The 2019 Sir Robert Peel Medal will be awarded by Cambridge University’s Police Executive Programme to Merete Konnerup of the University College of Copenhagen. The Sir Robert Peel Medal is awarded annually for Outstanding Leadership in Evidence-Based Policing.


Read more at: The Institute of Criminology Features In Research Horizons
The Institute of Criminology Features In Research Horizons

The Institute of Criminology Features In Research Horizons

11 March 2019

The latest issue of Research Horizons focuses on research linked with our local region, the East of England. It introduces many of outstanding research and outreach activities carried out by our very own Institute of Criminology’s academics. We hope you will particularly enjoy this edition of Research Horizons.


Read more at: Dr Heather Strang Appointed As AEC President

Dr Heather Strang Appointed As AEC President

7 March 2019

Dr Heather Strang has been chosen to serve in 2019-2021 as the President of the Academy of Experimental Criminology, the international learned society founded in 1998 that sponsors the JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CRIMINOLOGY as its official journal.