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Current Research Projects

Inspiring Futures Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe and Dr Caroline Lanskey
'A good life in prison?’ Everyday ethics in a prison holding young men Dr Alice Ievins
Moral rules, social science and forms of order in prison Professor Alison Liebling
Prisoner Emotions at the Margins: Understanding the pathways to destruction and healing among prisoners in solitary confinement Dr Ben Laws
Deaths under community Supervision Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe With colleagues Jake Phillips (Reader, Sheffield Hallam University, and former PhD student at the Institute) and Professor Nicky Padfield (Faculty of Law), Loraine Gelsthorpe continues to investigate deaths under community supervision. Deaths in police custody and deaths in prison custody have received a lot of attention over the years, but deaths under community supervision much less so. Their publications include: ‘Reducing, not displacing risk’: Report from a seminar on working together to prevent non-natural deaths after custody Non-natural deaths following prison and police custody. Data and practice issues (Equality and Human Rights Commission Research report 106) Non-custodial deaths: Missing, ignored or unimportant? Criminology & Criminal Justice, 19, 2, pp160-178.
Life imprisonment from young adulthood: a longitudinal follow-up study Professor Ben Crewe Dr Susie Hulley
FAIR: The Families and Imprisonment Research Study Dr Caroline Lanskey Professor Friedrich Lösel
Zurich Project on the Social Development from Childhood to Adulthood Professor Manuel Eisner
The São Paulo Project on the Social Development of Children Professor Manuel Eisner (co-investigator)
Evidence for Better Lives Study (EBLS) Professor Manuel Eisner
Mental Health Challenges and Compromised Quality of Life among Offenders Dr Maria Ttofi Professor David Farrington
Covid-19 and the Psychological Wellbeing of Police Officers and Health Workers in Ghana Dr Justice Tankebe
The i-Gov Project: Illegal Governance of Markets and Communities Dr Paolo Campana (PI)
Crime & Networks Group Dr Paolo Campana
Legitimacy and Counter-terrorism Policing
Cyberaggression and Cybervictimisation in Canada Dr Maria Ttofi Professor David Farrington
Crime during the Covid-19 Crisis: A Global Analysis
Exploring the quality of prison life in Tunisia Dr Bethany Schmidt