Crime, its causes and consequences, directly impact on all public and private sector institutions and on every member of society. The discipline of criminology interprets, analyses and evaluates critical aspects of crime, social control and the criminal justice process.
People interested in pursuing research into the criminal justice system and related criminological issues are invited to apply. All relevant research topics will be considered, subject to the availability of supervision. Joint interdisciplinary supervision can be arranged.
Current academic strengths relevant to the criminology discipline include:
- border policing and sovereignty
- causes of crime
- crime and human rights
- gender and the criminal justice system
- histories of policing
- people trafficking
- policing
- punishment and incarceration
- restorative justice
- state crime
- surveillance
- terrorism and counter-terrorism
- transnational crime.
