Grants
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Dr William Housley | 31 March 2013
This project aims to study the 'social media ecosystem' to better understand how the complex combination of user behaviours, global communication networks, and flows of information interact to promote hateful and socially disruptive content. The proj ...
Professor Tony Mcenery | 31 March 2013
Corpus linguistics uses computers to permit the analysis of millions, or even billions, of words of data to look for patterns of usage that are not necessarily observable otherwise. It was pioneered largely in the uk. It has revolutionised linguistic ...
Professor Kim Knott | Contemporary Religion | 01 February 2013
This global uncertainties leadership fellowship investigates how ideologies, beliefs and commitments are employed in decision-making and subsequent public actions, both violent and non-violent, in the face of risk and uncertainty.
what role d ...
Professor John Wolffe | Contemporary Religion | 01 February 2013
The leadership activities will seek to integrate key insights from other relevant gu projects, exploring both various understandings of religion and quasi-religion, and weighing their importance against other non-religious factors. Work will proceed ...
Miss Bryony Reich | Economics | 01 January 2013
This project seeks to better understand the causes of and motivation for ethnic violence and harassment, both in the uk and elsewhere. First by constructing an economic model in which individuals make decisions both about the local area in which to l ...
Professor Ronnie Lippens | 01 January 2013
Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in the visual dimensions of crime and justice. As images of crime, harm and punishment proliferate across new and old media there is a growing recognition that criminology needs to rethink its relations ...
Professor Susan Mcvie | 01 January 2013
The applied quantitative methods network (aqmen) phase ii is a research centre that aims to develop a dynamic and pioneering set of projects to improve our understanding of current social issues in the uk and provide policy makers and practitioners w ...
Dr David Gurnham | Socio Legal Studies | 03 December 2012
Should a person that passes on an infection such as hiv/aids or herpes or causes a child to inherit a genetic disease be treated as a criminal, in the same way as someone that injures another?
for many people the criminal law might appear to be an ap ...
Dr Monica Barry | Social Work | 01 December 2012
Over 40 per cent of people serving community punishments are subject to breach (not complying with a disposal because of further offending or failing to keep to conditions), yet the processes of compliance and breach are little understood or research ...
Professor Richard Sparks | Criminal Law & Criminology | 29 November 2012
These seminars bring together academics from a number of relevant fields (including criminology, politics and law), policy-makers, practitioners, and interested others to discuss the making of crime policy in the various parts of the united kingdom s ...
Outputs
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David Gadd | 18 May 2013 | Socio Legal Studies | Organised event
Second project event held at the university of manchester - presentation of research findings from phase 2 of the from boys to men project, other speakers from edinburgh napier university, keele university and university of linköping, sweden.
David Gadd | 18 May 2013 | Socio Legal Studies | Organised event
First project event held at keele university - presentation of research findings from phase 1 of the from boys to men project. Other speakers included representatives from: arch north staffs, tender, barnardos, nidas and respond.
David Gadd | 18 May 2013 | Socio Legal Studies | Interview schedule
In-depth interviews are a powerful means of generating data that better help us address ‘why’ questions about violence and were used in the from boys to men research project to explore young men’s accounts of violence: what had happened to them? what ...
David Gadd | 18 May 2013 | Socio Legal Studies | Interview schedule
The topics for focus group discussion were broadly centred around the causes of domestic abuse: the nature of abuse according to different couple types (as a result of age, ethnicity, sexual orientation); abuse in teenage relationships; domestic abus ...
Claire Fox | 18 May 2013 | Socio Legal Studies | Questionnaire
The attitudes towards domestic violence (adv) questionnaire was specifically designed to assess children’s attitudes to domestic abuse and was intended to evaluate the effectiveness of a six week educational prevention programme, called ‘relationship ...
Claire Fox | 18 May 2013 | Socio Legal Studies | Questionnaire
The attitudes towards domestic violence (adv) questionnaire was specifically designed to assess children’s attitudes to domestic abuse and was intended to evaluate the effectiveness of a six week educational prevention programme, called ‘relationship ...
Claire Fox | 18 May 2013 | Socio Legal Studies | Questionnaire
The attitudes towards domestic violence (adv) questionnaire was specifically designed to assess children’s attitudes to domestic abuse and was intended to evaluate the effectiveness of a six week educational prevention programme, called ‘relationship ...
Claire Fox | 18 May 2013 | Socio Legal Studies | Questionnaire
The attitudes towards domestic violence (adv) questionnaire was specifically designed to assess children’s attitudes to domestic abuse and was intended to evaluate the effectiveness of a six week educational prevention programme, called ‘relationship ...
S. Tait | 14 May 2013 | Sociology | Journal article
This article presents a typology of prison officer approaches to caring for prisoners, based
on qualitative fieldwork in one men’s and one women’s prison.
Sarah Tait | 14 May 2013 | Sociology | Book chapter
This chapter describes prisoners' perspectives on care by prison staff, using extensive quotations from qualitative interviews.
Case Studies
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Case Study | 26 January 2011 | Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
Less confrontational crowd control is achieved by police wearing normal uniforms, moving in pairs and interacting with the crowd.
Case Study | 26 January 2011 | Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
Findings from professor thomas scharf's research into older people and social exclusion has informed a charity campaign and encouraged co-operation between charity and community groups in manchester and liverpool.
Case Study | 26 January 2011 | Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
Research on biased jury decisions in rape trials informed home office legislation review and judicial assessments in new zealand.
Case Study | 26 January 2011 | Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
A collaborative case studentship between the university of plymouth and plymouth drug and alcohol action team has influenced new policy and practice.
Case Study | 26 January 2011 | Academic, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
Researchers pointed out flaws in the statistical evidence underpinning the dna retention policy, leading to a revision of the scientific work.
Features
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Feature | 05 February 2013 | General public, Press/media, Schools
The visualisation and other methods of expression (vome) project developed new methods to raise public awareness about internet security, an issue highlighted with today's celebration of safer internet day.
Feature | 25 July 2012 | Business, General public, Press/media, Schools
The visualisation and other methods of expression project, part of the esrc-supported ensuring privacy and consent programme, has designed a set of design principles to help online service providers respond to the privacy, consent and information nee ...
Feature | 14 February 2012 | Academic, General public, International, Press/media
People in nordic countries have a high level of trust in the police and courts, while people in eastern european countries tend to be the least trusting of justice institutions, according to recent findings from the esrc-supported european social sur ...
Feature | 19 January 2012 | General public, Press/media, Public sector, Schools
Sixty-five per cent of studied rape cases studied were lost at the earliest stage of the justice process, with police decision to take no further action a significant factor. Research shows that police assess a combination of features of the victim a ...
Feature | 29 November 2011 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
Were the august riots 'simply criminality' or a symptom of a wider malaise? looking at the key sectors of education, employment and family wellbeing, expert commentators explore whether society actually is 'broken' – and how it can be fixed.
Feature | 19 August 2011 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector
A new study from the centre for economic performance suggests that police patrols are a highly effective tool for cutting crime. "our research suggests that if the police are resourced properly, the effects can be powerful," says cep researcher mirko ...
Feature | 15 August 2011 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
Academics and the media have traditionally seen street crime as something carried out by career criminals, but researchers at the university of glamorgan suggest that survival is not a motive. Interviewed offenders instead point to reasons such as "e ...
Feature | 24 June 2011 | Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector
Research into prison reform and sentencing shows huge variations in the quality of private prisons, a lack of support regarding interrupted education and training, and the value of care-based interaction between staff and prisoners.
Feature | 26 January 2011 | Academic, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
Can the nation shake off its 'walk-on-by' attitude and actually stop to help?
Press Releases
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Press Release | 13 December 2012 | Academic, Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Voluntary sector
The government and police efforts to tackle financial crime - from business fraud to tax evasion - are hampered by a lack of accurate data about the nature and extent of offending, according to new research.
Press Release | 18 May 2011 | Academic, General public, Policymakers, Press/media
As public sector prisons move towards the thin staffing level model of profit-making institutions, with their high turnover of personnel who are less connected to their occupation, a study funded by the esrc warns of a potentially detrimental impact ...
Press Release | 01 September 2010 | Press/media
New research from the institute for criminal policy research at king's college, london, examines whether the police and the youth justice system treat young people from different ethnic groups in different ways.
Press Release | 09 March 2010 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector
What contributes to people's fear of crime in cities? how much do litter, graffiti, broken street lighting and dilapidated buildings play a role? or do people's social and cultural knowledge play a stronger role in shaping people's fears?
Press Release | 13 January 2010 | Press/media
Following recent media reports of racial strife and gangs in high security prisons in the uk, a new study funded by the economic and social research council (esrc) paints a more encouraging - if sometimes contradictory - picture of multicultural pris ...
Press Release | 21 December 2009 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector
The police service faces a host of new challenges but also opportunities in the wake of the 9/11 and 7/7 terrorism attacks and the global economic downturn.
