Criminal Justice, Deviance and Victimology PGRs

Members of the Criminal Justice, Deviance & Victimology theme are interested in supervising suitable PhD candidates across a wide range of topics related to crime, criminal justice, victimisation, institutions (policing, courts, prisons), theories, policies and practice. We represent a multi-disciplinary team, and our expertise includes criminology, law, sociology, social work, social policy, psychology and health.

The following are examples of current and recent PhD topics supervised by theme members:

‘Women’s experiences of violence in rural Pakistan’

‘Looked-after children and custody’

‘Youth justice in Nigeria’

‘Conversational analysis of restorative justice meetings’

‘Living Law for Muslim women in the UK’

‘British Muslim Women’s identity’

‘Body-worn Cameras and Policing in the United Arab Emirates’

‘Racism in Policing in the Netherlands’

‘Police Occupational Culture & Autism’

‘An ethnography of police clothing’

‘The Lived Experience of Motherhood After Prison’