Projects (38)

Our Criminal Past: Our Criminal Ancestors May 11, 2017 - Jun 30, 2018

Police Initiated Diversion for Youth to Prevent Future Delinquent Behaviour: A Systematic Review Jul 1, 2016 - Dec 31, 2018

Giving voice' to victims: a strengths-based investigation into victim identites Mar 1, 2017 - Sep 30, 2019
This study asks: what role does criminal victimisation play in shaping identity? To answer this question it will depart from the conventional victimological focus on the crime event and instead utilise the narrative methods of desistance research com... Read More about Giving voice' to victims: a strengths-based investigation into victim identites.

Mothers – the silent supporters Apr 1, 2016 - Dec 31, 2018
Restorative justice enables a more flexible approach of meeting the different needs and coping strategies of victims and offenders (Gall, 2011). As Sullivan and Tift (2013: 214) maintain, one way in which restorative justice can be achieved is throug... Read More about Mothers – the silent supporters.

'Invalids', Disability and the Modern Prison May 1, 2018 - Jan 31, 2021
The contemporary prison system has been forced to respond in a more systematic manner to the needs of disabled prisoners due the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and the subsequent Equalities Act 2010, as a group with 'protected characteristics'. T... Read More about 'Invalids', Disability and the Modern Prison.

Prison Culture & Creative Writing Sep 1, 2018 - Jan 31, 2020

Seed Funding: UK-US Collaborative Workshop On Violence Apr 1, 2018 - Nov 30, 2018
Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games are a huge international industry and form of entertainment in the lives of millions of players in the United States, United Kingdom and the wider international context. Players interact in a virtual spac... Read More about Seed Funding: UK-US Collaborative Workshop On Violence.

Prison, Pop-Culture, and Transatlantic Perspectives: How UK (ex) Prisoners Interpret American (Penal) Culture Sep 1, 2018 - Aug 31, 2019
The project involves weekly study and creative writing groups for 24 weeks with 30 ex-prisoners (and those at risk of offending) which will result in a published pamphlet of writings and culminating in two key events – a launch event and a film scree... Read More about Prison, Pop-Culture, and Transatlantic Perspectives: How UK (ex) Prisoners Interpret American (Penal) Culture.

Cultures Of Victimology: understanding processes of victimization across Europe Sep 1, 2019 - Feb 28, 2025
Victimology as an academic endeavour has shown a remarkable growth in the past decades, and although victims are no longer the ‘forgotten party’ of the criminal justice system, the increased attention has been both topically and geographically lopsid... Read More about Cultures Of Victimology: understanding processes of victimization across Europe.

English Prisons at War: Imprisonment during national crisis Sep 1, 2019 - Apr 30, 2023
This research will focus on a neglected period of penal history within existing research; the English prison system during the two World Wars 1914-1918 and 1939-1945. The aim is to explore in detail via a wide range of archival and documentary source... Read More about English Prisons at War: Imprisonment during national crisis.

The Pound in the Pocket Feb 1, 2019 - Jan 31, 2020
The £ in the Pocket is a student-focused and student-led research project which aims to explore the impact of the pound in the pocket (or lack thereof) on everyday student life at the University of Hull.

The aim of The £ in the Pocket... Read More about The Pound in the Pocket.

The impact of childhood adversity on violent crime in adolescence and early adulthood Jan 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2023
The overarching aim of this project is to understand the pathways between childhood adversity (including trauma, and adversities beyond the ACE framework) and serious violence during adolescence and early adulthood. It will link a combination of rou... Read More about The impact of childhood adversity on violent crime in adolescence and early adulthood.

Evaluation of Violence Reduction Units Sep 1, 2019 - Aug 31, 2020
A Home Office-funded evaluation of Violence Reduction Units in England

HO/ADR UK Feasibility Study May 1, 2020 - Aug 31, 2020
ADR UK and the Home Office are looking to appoint an academic or a group of academics to conduct a feasibility study into using the new Ministry of Justice-Department for Education (MoJ-DfE) linked dataset for evaluation of early interventions for vi... Read More about HO/ADR UK Feasibility Study.

Tackling the Developing World of OCG’s through a multiagency strategy May 1, 2020 - Apr 25, 2022
Increasingly organised gangs and criminal networks are treating prisons as a place for potential lucrative activities, like to recruit new members, to create joint venture with other organisations and to expand their activities towards new markets. A... Read More about Tackling the Developing World of OCG’s through a multiagency strategy.

Heroin and Crack Action Evaluation Nov 1, 2020 - Dec 30, 2021
Complete an evaluation framework for Humberside Police in line with the Heroin and Crack Action Team.

Evaluation of Humberside Serious & Organised Crime Community Coordinator (SOC CC) Nov 23, 2020 - Apr 30, 2022
The aim of the evaluation is to provide an assessment of the SOC CC project in Grimsby and Hull considering its mains objectives of reducing the impact of SOC on communities and protecting the most vulnerable members of society from criminal exploita... Read More about Evaluation of Humberside Serious & Organised Crime Community Coordinator (SOC CC).

Improving Victim & Police Communication and Confidence May 1, 2021 - Oct 1, 2024
This proposal contains three packages of work aimed at improving the victim’s experience and Police performance in relation to victims. Each package is outlined below before providing a schedule of work and costs.
Work package 1: Production o... Read More about Improving Victim & Police Communication and Confidence.

Hull Community Church Dec 1, 2021 - Oct 31, 2022

AREDAA feasibility study Aug 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2024
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