Current Research
The members of the Justice & Society Research Centre are involved in a number of research projects and initiatives. See below for completed projects; some of the specific projects our members are currently working on include:
Inspiring Futures
Led by Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe, Dr Caroline Lanskey & Dr Sarah Doxat-Pratt, and in partnership with the National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance, Inspiring Futures is an evaluation of the meaning and impact of arts programmes in criminal justice settings. Funded by the ESRC; more information can be found here.
Women Working to Support Women in the Welfare Sphere: Psychosocial Challenges
In partnership with the University of Glasgow, Prof. Loraine Gelsthorpe and Dr. Joana Ferreira are examining the impacts upon women workers in the third sector of working with isolated, marginalised and disadvantaged women (vicarious trauma included). Funded by the Nuffield Foundation, more information can be found here.
Deaths Under Community Supervision
The House Project
Dr. Caroline Lanskey, Dr. Hannah Marshall and Dr. Joel Harvey are working on an evaluation of the House Project's work supporting young careleavers.
A Space for Love?
Dr. Ali Wigzell's Leverhulme post-doctoral fellowship applies the lens of care ethics to youth justice.
Child Criminal Exploitation and County Lines
Dr. Hannah Marshall's Lumley Junior Research Fellowship in Criminology focuses on the issue of child criminal exploitation (CCE) in the context of county lines drug markets in the UK.
Understanding Probation Regions: Accountability, Devolution and Power in Transition
Dr. Lucy Willmott and Dr. Jane Dominey, supported by a British Academy Small Grant.
Sexual Agency and Victimisation: A Postcolonial Feminist Analysis of Rape Trials
Dr. Arushi Garg is producing the first book-length academic study of the extensive rape law reform that was introduced in India from 2013 onwards. On contract with the Oxford University Press Clarendon Studies in Criminology.
Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantage: Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of Inequality in Youth Justice
Dr. Caroline Lanskey and Dr. Jannick van den Brink (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam). A comparative study of youth justice decision making in England & Wales and the Netherlands.