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We are delighted to announce the launch of our Newsletter. The first edition is available here . Read about what's been happening at the Institute, our Michaelmas Term seminars focusing on the crime and justice policies of the new British Government, interviews with alumni and the latest research.

A new research project funded by the Dawes Trust and led by Dr Caroline Lanskey, an Associate Professor at the Institute of Criminology, in collaboration with the charity Prisoners Abroad, begins in October 2024. Called ‘Desistance from crime after imprisonment overseas’, it will study the experiences of British citizens...

The first chapter of this book from the Centre for Analytic Criminology is available to read for free until 20 September 2024 . Character, Circumstances and Criminal Careers: Towards a Dynamic Developmental and Life-Course Criminology was written by Per-Olof H. Wikstrom, University of Cambridge, Kyle Treiber, University of...

Book now for the annual Nigel Walker Lecture with Keynote Speaker Professor Daniel S Nagin G uardianship, a key element of informal social control, is central to two influential theories in criminology and sociology: routine activity theory and collective efficacy. Two distinct forms of guardianship, reactive and...