Criminology Research Group
Principal Investigator: Dr Pete Harris
About us
The Criminology Research Group is dedicated to supporting and producing distinctive critical research. Through a wide range of research paradigms, perspectives and methodologies, interdisciplinary scholarship, community collaboration and public engagement, we seek to:
- Interrogate the social, psychological, historical, political and economic forces shaping crime, justice and punishment
- Produce transformative knowledge that informs public policy and centres marginalized communities, fostering more equitable and emancipatory approaches to justice
Related research units
Related courses
- Criminology (BSc (Hons))
- Criminology and Education Studies (joint honours) (BA (Hons) / BSc (Hons))
- Criminology and Law (BSc (Hons))
- Criminology and Sociology (joint honours) (BA (Hons) / BSc (Hons))
- Criminology and Anthropology (joint honours) (BA (Hons) / BSc (Hons))
- Criminology and English Literature (joint honours) (BA (Hons))
- Criminology (with Foundation Year) (BSc (Hons))
- Criminology and History (joint honours) (BA (Hons))
- Criminology and International Relations (joint honours) (BA (Hons) / BSc (Hons))
- Criminology and Law (with Foundation Year) (BSc (Hons))
- Criminology and Politics (joint honours) (BA (Hons) / BSc (Hons))
- Foundation in Law (Foundation course)
- Law (LLB Law (Hons))
- Law (Final Year Entry) (LLB Law (Hons))
- Law (with Foundation Year) (LLB Law (Hons))
- Law with Criminology (with Foundation Year) (LLB Law (Hons))
Research impact
Our research group seeks to produce transformative knowledge that informs public policy, centres marginalized communities, fostering more equitable and emancipatory approaches to justice.
Group members are currently working in a range of areas relating to crime and social justice including:
Group members are currently working in a range of areas relating to crime and social justice including:
- Gender based violence in schools and universities (Pete Harris)
- Barriers to women’s desistance (Grace Low)
- Social movements (Ahalya Bala)
- Incidental sex work (Max Morris)
- Impact of historical policing practices (Eleanor Bland)
- Gendered harassment in public spaces (Ioanna Gouseti)
- Quality of life in immigration removal centres (Alice Gerlach)
- Aspects of football policing in England and Wales (Rich Hester)
- Women's involvement in violent and/or organised crime (Grace Di Meo)
- Policing reform and security strategy (Douglas Brand)