By Maria Fotopoulou, Maggie Grant, Paul Rigby, Margaret Malloch and Keiran Taylor, University of Stirling “Where have you been wandering, and in what countries have you travelled? Tell us of the peoples themselves, and of their cities who were hostile, savage and uncivilised, and who on the other hand, hospitable and humane?  —” Homer- Odyssey In July 2021, the UK Government ..read more

We are delighted to be able to announce the winners of the 2022 Scottish Justice Fellowships. Six new Fellows have been selected after a competitive application process to turn their PhD research into publications that will engage and inform policy, practice and academic audiences. Congratulation to Konstantinos Kosmas Gaitis (University of Edinburgh), Katie Gambier-Ross (University of ..read more

This event is organised by the British Society of Criminology (BSC) The BSC Learning and Teaching Network is delighted to host this free online seminar, that explores the design, implementation and value of authentic assessment in criminology. The 90-minute seminar comprises two 30-minute presentations, followed by 30 minutes for questions and networking. Anna Matczak (The Hague University of ..read more

This event is organised by the University of Surrey  Professor Melissa Hamilton, University of Surrey The Surrey Inaugurals – The Future of AI in Predicting Crime Registration, Wed 23 Mar 2022 at 14:00 | Eventbrite In criminal justice, the practice of predicting who will commit a crime is a long-standing tradition. Historically, risk predictions were based on the instinct or whim of a ..read more

This event is organised by The Minerva LAW (Legal and Academic Women’s) Network. Federica Coppola is a Senior Researcher at the Department of Criminal Law at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security, and Law. Gender, Trauma & Criminal Justice: Why Orange Should Not Be the New Black Tickets, Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite In this talk, Federica Coppola ..read more

Marty Chamberlain is Professor of Criminology and Research Lead for the Centre for Social Innovation, Teesside University. He has a long-standing interest in criminal records and the professions, having published on this topic in the BJC, and is currently developing this research in the context of elite occupational groups and what happens when doctors, nurses and police officers obtain a ..read more

The research aimed to understand the translation of the rhetoric around the importance of families of prisoners and their role, their experiences, and the impact a member’s imprisonment can have on families, into policy and practice through the specific example of the SPS Family Strategy. It does so by firstly outlining the good practice that is taking place in relation to families of prisoners ..read more

The current Scottish Prison Service (SPS) Family Strategy was published in 2017 and runs until 2022. During the four years since its publication the policy landscape in Scotland around children, young people and families has changed significantly. There has also been a shift in familial imprisonment research towards a rights-based focus. In the context of these changes, as well as the current ..read more

Osasere carried out his PhD thesis on Human trafficking – a growing transnational crime. In it he highlighted how structural conditions can orchestrate criminal inclinations. Following this, he has written a paper reflecting on the backlashes inherent in the outright criminalisation of human and sex trafficking especially as it affects effective policy and practice. He has also written a ..read more

Working Title of PhD: Carving out space for queer* subjectivities beyond the fear/safety binary Year commenced PhD study: 2021 Institution/Organisation: University of Edinburgh Funding: College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Award (Law) PhD Scholarship Full or part-time: Full-time PhD Supervisors: Prof Richard Sparks and Dr Rae Rosenberg Synopsis of PhD The project constitutes ..read more