New book from ICPR: Achieving accessible justice through effective participation in courts and tribunals
Birkbeck’s Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research (ICPR) has published a new book which examines the meanings and importance of 'effective participation' in judicial proceedings.
The World Prison Brief is 20! Roy Walmsley, its Founder and Director, reflects on the journey so far, in conversation with Catherine Heard.
Since its launch in September 2000, the World Prison Brief (hosted and published by the Institute for Crime & Justice ...
On its 20th anniversary, ICPR’s World Prison Brief adds new historic data for over 30 countries
It’s 20 years today since the World Prison Brief (WPB) website was launched.
Mike Hough, Founding Director of ICPR, receives European Society of Criminology award for lifetime contribution to Criminology
The 2020 European Criminology Award of the European Society of Criminology for lifetime contribution to criminology has been awarded to Professor Mike Hough, Founding Director of ICPR and Emeritus Professor at the School of Law, Birkbeck, for his significant contribution to European criminology.
Birkbeck Inspires event 25 August: World prison populations in a time of pandemic
At a Birkbeck Inspires event on 25 August, Catherine Heard, Director of the World Prison Research Programme at Birkbeck’s Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR), will present research on the extent of prison overcrowding worldwide, and the many factors that combine to create today’s unsustainable levels of incarceration.
Summer Research Series: Decision-Making In The Court Of Protection 'Needs A Human Element': Provisional Empirical Findings From The Judging Values Project
On Wednesday 20 August ICPR's Rebecca Stickler will explore the role of values in decision-making about persons who lack capacity (“P”) in Court of Protection cases and the impact on the effective participation of P in decisions that affect her life.
A short prison sentence, a fine, or life imprisonment – all for the same offence: Exploring sentence disparities in ten countries
Sentencing people who are convicted of a criminal offence is complex business. The sentencing policy and practice of any given ...
Re-imagining the Youth Court
Gillian Hunter from the Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research shares findings from research conducted in collaboration with The Centre for Justice Innovation (CJI) on developing problem-solving practice in the Youth Court.