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Looking back at Easter term 2025

18 August 2025

The breadth of the Centre’s research interests are reflected in the variety of events that have taken place this term. These include a Roundtable marking the International Day Against Transphobia and Biphobia and the 2025 McWilliams Probation Lecture . The Research and Practice in Conversation (RaPiC) network continues to...

Criminology and Criminal Justice Through the Lens of Queer Theory

18 June 2025

On 16 th May 2025 the Justice and Society Research Centre (together with colleagues from the Faculty of Law) hosted a Roundtable Conversation ‘ Exploring Criminology and Criminal Justice through the Lens of Queer Theory and/or Queerness’. This event, held to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and...

Many Women, Many Feminisms: Varied Responses to Violence against Women

28 March 2024

On 8 March 2024, the Justice and Society Research Centre at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge organised a hybrid research seminar to mark International Women’s Day 2024. The seminar invited reflections from leading experts in the field of violence against women including Zeynep Kaya (University of...

Inequality in Youth Justice Decision-Making Research Symposium

12 February 2024

Earlier this month, Caroline Lanskey and Yannick van den Brink (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) organized an online symposium for over 100 youth justice practitioners on ‘Inequality in youth justice decision making: A comparative study of underlying mechanisms and possible solutions’. During the symposium, they presented...

Exciting things ahead!

15 August 2023

We are delighted to announce the launch of the Justice & Society Research Centre, an exciting new research centre at the Institute of Criminology. The Centre has its roots in the previous Centre for Community, Gender and Social Justice, which has been rebranded and relaunched to recognise the work and focus of the...

Looking back at Easter term 2025

Criminology and Criminal Justice Through the Lens of Queer Theory

Many Women, Many Feminisms: Varied Responses to Violence against Women

Inequality in Youth Justice Decision-Making Research Symposium

Exciting things ahead!

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