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zh_bild_3.jpg Zora Hauser, recipient of the Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellowship, has recently published her book ‘ Mafia Expansion: The ‘Ndrangheta in Established Democracies’ . In it, she explores how the Calabrian mafia has managed to establish itself in stable, well-governed democracies such as Germany – and...

pads_photo_resized.jpg The Centre for Analytic Criminology (CAC) commenced Phase 3 of the Peterborough Adolescent to Adult Development Study (PADS+), supported by a new grant from the UKRI Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). To kickstart this new phase, the team is setting up the project which will unfold over the...

jake_phillips.jpg New report reveals shortcomings in probation system and proposes hope-based reform A new report, co-authored by Dr Jake Phillips, Associate Professor at the Institute of Criminology, highlights how structural issues in the probation system in England and Wales prevent effective rehabilitation, and argues...

Obituary for Roy D. King, aged 85. Professor Roy King was Emeritus Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute of Criminology, which he had joined in 2003. He passed away on 3 June at the age of 85. Roy was a student on the Institute’s second Diploma in Criminology course in...