Projects (76)

Treatied States of America: Interior Diplomacy and the Contest for (Native) American Resources Sep 1, 2024 - Aug 31, 2027
Between them, Britain and the United States concluded nearly 1000 agreements with Native American nations. Historians have dismissed treaties as instruments of colonial and then national domination,  and in doing that have obscured their internationa... Read More about Treatied States of America: Interior Diplomacy and the Contest for (Native) American Resources.

From Criminal Justice to Public Health Nov 1, 2024 - Oct 31, 2025
Suicide was not official decriminalised until 1961. Nonetheless, social views began to change before the twentieth century. This project explores early nineteenth-century responses to suicide through looking at coroners’ inquests. The key research qu... Read More about From Criminal Justice to Public Health.

Triangulating the relationship between school exclusion and serious violence Aug 1, 2023 - Sep 30, 2024
EoI deadline is Friday 24th June; Full submission deadline is likely to be late July.

Modelling the causal influence of school exclusion on conviction for serious violence and homicide Dec 1, 2021 - Jul 31, 2025
Academic performance and experience are strongly linked to criminal outcomes in adulthood. Strong performance is a protective factor against violent behaviour (Losel & Farrington, 2012) while individual academic underperformance (Katsiyannis et al.,... Read More about Modelling the causal influence of school exclusion on conviction for serious violence and homicide.

Evaluation of the Violence Reduction Units 3 Sep 1, 2021 - Aug 31, 2022
This project will evaluate the effectiveness of the national Violence Reduction Unit programme.

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

Violence Reduction Units – Impact and processes evaluation No4 Nov 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2023

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.

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 of trau... Read More about Improving Victim & Police Communication and Confidence.

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.

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).

Identifying pathways to support British victims of modern slavery towards safety and recovery: A scoping study Sep 1, 2021 - Aug 31, 2022

Regimes of Accumulation and the Carceral State in England and Wales Aug 1, 2023 - Aug 31, 2025

Our Criminal Past: Our Criminal Ancestors May 11, 2017 - Jun 30, 2018
This project encourages and supports people and communities to explore the criminal past of their own families, towns and regions. In this project we interpret 'criminal' broadly to mean people who have (historically) encountered the criminal justice... Read More about Our Criminal Past: Our Criminal Ancestors.

AREDAA feasibility study Aug 1, 2021 - Jul 31, 2025

ARRIVAL: Mental Health of Migrants May 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2017
Migrations is known to lead to mental health problems due to the stressors of leaving ones’ home and the trauma that might have preceded migration, but also because it might be difficult to adapt in a new country. This project explores the mental hea... Read More about ARRIVAL: Mental Health of Migrants.

Culture and Language Exchange Project Dec 1, 2022 - Nov 30, 2023

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

HEIF: HMP Wolds 1992 - 2013 Jun 1, 2024 - Jul 31, 2024
HMP Wolds opened in 1992 as the UK's first ever private prison under the management of Group 4. Situated locally between North and South Cave, it ran for just over 20 years before merging with neighbouring HMP Everthorpe and moving to state control.... Read More about HEIF: HMP Wolds 1992 - 2013.

Levelling Up Hull: Assessing and Addressing the Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities for Hull Programme Scope and Outline for Delivery Jun 14, 2021 - Jun 13, 2022
Production of a high-level report outlining the key issues for ‘levelling up’ in Hull, in order to set out the case for foci and investment in Hull by national and local bodies. Producing an initial assessment of the issues, challenges, and opportuni... Read More about Levelling Up Hull: Assessing and Addressing the Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities for Hull Programme Scope and Outline for Delivery.