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Borders of Punishment Conference
On April 19 – 20, an international conference took place in the Manor Road Building drawing together a range of scholars working on the intersections between migration, criminology, and criminal justice.
ESRC-funded seminar series on immigration detention
Mary Bosworth is part of an interdisciplinary team from the Universities of Oxford, York, Birmingham, Lancaster and Exeter who have been granted funds from the ESRC to hold a seminar series entitled 'Exploring Everyday Practice and Resistance in Immigration Detention'.
Seminar on Preventive Justice
On 5-6th January 2012 an international inter-disciplinary workshop on Preventive Justice took place at All Souls College.
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Preventive Justice Project hosts Oxford-UNSW postgraduate workshop
On Monday 5th December 2011, Andrew Ashworth, Lucia Zedner and Patrick Tomlin hosted a Postgraduate Workshop at the Centre for Criminology on ‘Anti-Terror Laws and Preventive Justice’ jointly with colleagues George Williams, Andrew Lynch and Fergal Davis from the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of New South Wales.
Ian Loader joins Commission into the future of Policing
Ian Loader has been appointed as a member of the Independent Commission on the Future of Policing in England and Wales to be chaired by former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lord Stevens.
Hans Sigrist Prize 2011 awarded to Nicola Lacey
We are delighted to announce that Nicola Lacey has been awarded the Hans Sigrist Prize 2011 by the University of Bern.
Can a trust-based criminal policy lead to fewer crimes?
Oxford Sociology has joined a major research project funded by the European Commission. In November 2011, €2.7M were awarded by the European Commission for research into criminal policy and the promotion of trust in justice.
Book launch of Where Next for Criminal Justice?
On 2nd November the Centre for Criminology held a seminar to launch Where next for Criminal Justice? by David Faulkner and Ros Burnett, who are both long-standing members and currently Research Associates of the Centre.
A-RCSL Podgorecki Prize 2011
We are delighted to announce that David Nelken, Visiting Professor in the Centre for Criminology, has been awarded the ISA-RCSL PODGORECKI PRIZE 2011by the International Sociological Association-Research Committee of Sociology of Law.
Magistrates and the Big Society
During a debate on Magistracy in the Big Society in the House of Lords on 2 November 2011, Lord Thomas referred to Jane Donoghue's recent research article in the British Journal of Criminology about community engagement and the judicial role in England and Wales.
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