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Find out what's been happening in the Criminology department.
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Government ‘misleading public’ about modern slavery, new research claims
22 Nov 2022
Experts from The University of Manchester have claimed that the Government is misleading the public by claiming that modern slavery can be eradicated ...
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Manchester expert recognised for pioneering domestic abuse research
25 Oct 2022
Professor David Gadd of The University of Manchester’s School of Social Sciences is among the finalists for the prestigious Celebrating Impact Prize...
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The Department of Criminology (University of Manchester) Review of the Academic Year 2021-22
18 Aug 2022
A growing department We were very lucky to have grown as a department, and this year were pleased to welcome a number of new staff: Dr Eon Kim Dr ...
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Manchester criminologists to lead new research on policing modern slavery
17 Dec 2021
The Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centre, led by the universities of York and Leeds, is the first of its kind to study how ...
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Criminology lecturer receives ONS Early Career Researcher Award
18 Oct 2021
A Lecturer from the Department of Criminology was recognised on 13 October at Research Capability 2021, an event held by the Office for National ...
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Academic contributes to UN Library Author Series
19 Jul 2021
British Academy Global Professor in Criminology, Julia Buxton, discussed her recent co-edited collection at the UN Library author talks series. With ...
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Simon Industrial Fellowship awarded to Duncan Craig, OBE
25 Jun 2021
Since 2009, the charity Survivors Manchester has worked in five prisons in the North West to break the silence of the sexual abuse, rape and sexual ...
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Criminology lecturer publishes book on Life Imprisonment without Parole
18 Jun 2021
Marion Vannier’s new book, Normalizing Extreme Imprisonment: the case of life without parole in California, has just been published in the ...
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‘Re-Counting Crime’ project investigates accuracy and precision of crime estimates
18 May 2021
Two researchers from the University of Manchester (David Buil-Gil from Criminology and Alexandru Cernat from Social Statistics), alongside Ian ...
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Criminology lecturer contributes to new ‘ground-breaking’ anthology
7 Apr 2021
Laura's piece, ‘Good Morning, Vietnam’, explores the enduring and sometimes ridiculed interest in spirits and ghosts. It draws from her time in ...
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Campion grant awarded to Dr Tomáš Diviák
12 Mar 2021
Dr Tomáš Diviák from the Department of Criminology and the Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis received the Campion grant from ...
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Criminology professor discusses domestic abuse on Radio 4
5 Mar 2021
According to Professor David Gadd, domestic abuse needs to be reframed as an issue that men need to tackle. The UK needs to begin a national ...
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