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Korea Correctional Service delegation visits Institute

11 September 2018

On 23 April the Institute of Criminology was pleased to host members of the Korea Correctional Service. Bethany Schmidt, Research Associate in the Prisons Research Centre, and Professor Roy King, Honorary Research Fellow, were in dialogue with the delegation on a range of penal issues, including the role of the prison...

Professor Alison Liebling elected as a Fellow of the British Academy

10 September 2018

Professor Alison Liebling is to be elected to the fellowship in recognition of her work on studying prisons, specifically the internal social order of prisons. Six Cambridge academics elected to prestigious British Academy fellowship

Butler Trust Award Winners 2016-17

27 March 2018

AWARD WINNERS 2016-17: Ruth and Amy, from Cambridge University’s Institute of Criminology and Faculty of Law, respectively, win an Award for pioneering ‘Learning Together’, bringing together prisoners, university students and academics, to learn with and from one another. The initiative, which began with Cambridge and HMP Grendon, now includes a number of prisons and universities across the country.

European Criminology Award for Professor Manuel Eisner

24 March 2018

The European Society of Criminology has awarded Professor Manuel Eisner the 2017 ESC European Criminology Award in recognition of his lifetime contribution to European criminology. Download the conference slides The award committee - composed of former ESC presidents Michael Tonry (Chair, University of Minnesota, United...

20th Annual Nigel Walker Lecture

24 March 2018

Prof. Candace Kruttschnitt (Toronto University) gave this year's lecture, which is held in memory of Prof. Nigel Walker, Institute Director (1973-1981). The lecture can be viewed here .

Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Impact 2017

24 March 2018

The Jerry Lee Centre for Experimental Criminology won the 2017 Impact Award for the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, for its development of the Cambridge Crime Harm Index. The award recipients were Prof. Larry Sherman, Peter Neyroud, Eleanor Neyroud, Dr. Cristobal Weinborn and Dr. Barak Ariel. More information can...

Doctors Ruth Armstrong and Amy Ludlow have released the first of the bi-annual Learning Together Newsletter

24 March 2018

Download the newsletter here .

Counselling domestic abusers cuts offending by third

24 March 2018

The BBC have reported on some very successful research by the Institute, which was led by Prof. Heather Strang . Click here or here to learn more. UPDATE: This research has also been featured on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour .

Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe is to be the next Director of the Institute of Criminology

24 March 2018

The Institute of Criminology is pleased to announce that Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe is to be the next Director of the Institute of Criminology, beginning on 1st October, 2017. She takes over from Professor Lawrence Sherman .

Darrel Stephens to Receive Sir Robert Peel Medal for Evidence-Based Policing

24 March 2018

Korea Correctional Service delegation visits Institute

Professor Alison Liebling elected as a Fellow of the British Academy

Butler Trust Award Winners 2016-17

European Criminology Award for Professor Manuel Eisner

20th Annual Nigel Walker Lecture

Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Impact 2017

Doctors Ruth Armstrong and Amy Ludlow have released the first of the bi-annual Learning Together Newsletter

Counselling domestic abusers cuts offending by third

Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe is to be the next Director of the Institute of Criminology

Darrel Stephens to Receive Sir Robert Peel Medal for Evidence-Based Policing

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