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Read more at: Euro MQPL +: Alison Liebling, Deborah Kant and Katherine Auty hosted a two-day symposium at Trinity Hall
Euro MQPL +: Alison Liebling, Deborah Kant and Katherine Auty hosted a two-day symposium

Euro MQPL +: Alison Liebling, Deborah Kant and Katherine Auty hosted a two-day symposium at Trinity Hall

10 November 2023

Euro MQPL +: Alison Liebling, Deborah Kant and Katherine Auty hosted a two-day symposium at Trinity Hall, Cambridge in November 2023, to support teams from five countries (Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and the US) to adapt and use MQPL surveys to help steer reform efforts in their prison systems. The teams all...


Read more at: Dr Bethany Schmidt awarded the 2022 Nigel Walker Prize

Dr Bethany Schmidt awarded the 2022 Nigel Walker Prize

6 May 2022

The members of the selection committee for the Institute of Criminology's annual Nigel Walker Prize , have awarded this year’s prize to Dr Bethany Schmidt , a member of the Prisons Research Centre for her PhD: ‘ Democratising Democracy: Reimagining Prisoners as Active Citizens Through Participatory Governance ’. The Nigel...


Read more at: New edition of the book 'Power and Pain in the Modern Prison: The Society of Captives Revisited'

New edition of the book 'Power and Pain in the Modern Prison: The Society of Captives Revisited'

6 May 2022

A new edition of Power and Pain in the Modern Prison: The Society of Captives Revisited (2022) Oxford: Clarendon , edited by Professor Ben Crewe , Andrew Goldsmith and Mark Halsey has recently been published. This edition contains highly engaging discussion of challenges faced in prison life, such as staff-prisoner...


Read more at: Dr Bethany Schmidt awarded a Cambridge University Public Engagement Starter Fund

Dr Bethany Schmidt awarded a Cambridge University Public Engagement Starter Fund

23 November 2021

Bethany Schmidt has been awarded a Cambridge University Public Engagement Starter Fund . Bethany, in collaboration with Healthier Democracies , will facilitate three workshops with prisoners to reflect on and document the democratic innovations they have developed whilst incarcerated. Mixed media creative expressions...


Read more at: Dr Susie Hulley talks at a CLiNKS event on 'Working with Life Prisoners: What the evidence tells us'

Dr Susie Hulley talks at a CLiNKS event on 'Working with Life Prisoners: What the evidence tells us'

10 November 2021

Dr Susie Hulley and Dr Serena Wright (Royal Holloway) had participated in the first CLiNKS event series : 'Working with Life Prisoners: What the evidence tells us' , where they discussed their research on men and women serving life sentences in prison from an early age. You can watch a recording of this event here: https...


Read more at: Professor Ben Crewe and Dr Susie Hulley participate in the 'The Secret Life of Prisons' podcast series

Professor Ben Crewe and Dr Susie Hulley participate in the 'The Secret Life of Prisons' podcast series

10 November 2021

Professor Ben Crewe , and Dr Susie Hulley have both recently participated in the Prison Radio Association 's podcast series: ' The Secret Life of Prisons '. The Secret Life of Lifers: Part 1: What is it like to receive a life sentence ? (1 November 2021) In this podcast the hosts we're joined by two people who have had...


Read more at: Professor Ben Crewe interviewed for BBC Radio 4 programme Thinking Allowed

Professor Ben Crewe interviewed for BBC Radio 4 programme Thinking Allowed

20 April 2021

Professor Ben Crewe has been interviewed for the BBC Radio 4 programme Thinking Allowed about the book he co-wrote with Dr Susie Hulley and Dr Serena Wright, on life imprisonment from young adulthood. The programme will be broadcast on Wednesday 21 April at 4.00pm, and after that will be available to listen to on BBC...


Read more at: Virtual Book Launch: Sensory Penalities: Exploring the Senses in Spaces of Punishment and Social Control (Friday 12 February)
Virtual Book Launch: Sensory Penalities: Exploring the Senses in Spaces of Punishment and Social Control (Friday 12 February)

Virtual Book Launch: Sensory Penalities: Exploring the Senses in Spaces of Punishment and Social Control (Friday 12 February)

8 February 2021

Friday 12 February, 7.00pm - 8.00pm (GMT) This virtual book launch is being held to celebrate the publication (on Monday 8 February) of the new book: Sensory Penalities: Exploring the Senses in Spaces of Punishment and Social Control , edited by Kate Herrity, Bethany E. Schmidt , and Jason Warr. This is a free ticketed...


Read more at: Ben Crewe, Alice Ievins and Alison Liebling give papers at the inaugural conference of the Centre for Criminological Research, University of Alberta

Ben Crewe, Alice Ievins and Alison Liebling give papers at the inaugural conference of the Centre for Criminological Research, University of Alberta

17 December 2020

In November, Ben Crewe and Alice Ievins, and Alison Liebling, gave papers at the inaugural conference of the Centre for Criminological Research at the University of Alberta (Twitter @CCR_UofA) , titled: ' Tightness, misrecognition and penal power ' and ' Does trust matter in prisons ?', respectively. Video recordings of...


Read more at: Justice Focus - A podcast featuring Professor Ben Crewe

Justice Focus - A podcast featuring Professor Ben Crewe

11 December 2020

Understanding Life Imprisonment