18 Feb 2020
Oral History of Criminology - Professor Alison Liebling
Published on 7 Feb 2020: Alison Liebling - Oral History of Criminology: The Prison Officer and the use of authority Interviewed by Diego Zysman Quiros Buenos Aires, Argentina (2018)
17 Oct 2019
PRC Annual Report 2019
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9 Jan 2019
Are Hope and Possibility Achievable in Prison
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27 Nov 2018
Evaluation of Shared Reading Groups in Psychologically Informed Planned Environments.
Funded by NHS England and HMPPS, this 20-month research project is an evaluation of Shared Reading, a distinct model of reading groups run by The Reader Organisation in Psychologically Informed Planned Environments (PIPEs). PIPEs have been developed jointly by the NHS and HMPPS as part of the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway. They are designed…
23 Oct 2018
Sykes Conference 2018
Day 1 - Introduction (Professor Bruce Western) and Plenary 1 (Professor Jonathan Simon)Listen online: https://sms.cam.ac.uk/media/2849751?format=mp3&quality=highDownload: https://downloads.sms.cam.ac.uk/2849751/2849757.mp3Click here for Jonathan Simon's slidesDay 1 - Panel Session (Dr Alice Ievins, Dr Alexandra Cox and Dr Catarina Frios)Listen onli…
22 Oct 2018
PRC Annual Report 2018
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20 Jul 2018
Prof. Alison Liebling is made Fellow of the prestigious British Academy for the humanities and social sciences
Professor Alison Liebling is to be elected to the fellowship in recognition of her work on studying prisons, specifically the internal social order of prisons.Read the full article here. http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/six-cambridge-academics-elected-to-prestigious-british-academy-fellowship
28 Mar 2018
PRC Newsletter March 2018
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13 Apr 2017
Conceptualising and Measuring Moral Performance
Materials from a lecture given to M.St. students by Prof. Alison LieblingProf. Alison Liebling delivered a lecture to M.St. students in the Institute of Criminology outlining the approach to measuring the moral performance of prisons.You can download the powerpoint slides from this lecture here.
6 Apr 2017
Latest PRC newsletter
The latest edition of our newsletter, with updates of new research and activities from the Prisons Research Centre.You can read the latest issue of our newsletter here.
19 Jan 2017
Prof. Alison Liebling presents evidence to Justice Committee
Prof. Alison Liebling presented evidence to the Justice Committee inquiry into prison reform.
The Justice Committee held its first evidence session on its sub-inquiry into governor empowerment and prison performance, as part of its ongoing inquiry into prison reform on 18th January, 2017.The video of this committee is available at: http://www.pa…
1 Nov 2016
Prof Alison Liebling’s interview with BBC Radio 4 on trust in prison
Prof Alison Liebling talked about trust in prison on the programme ‘Analysis: Trusting Inmates’ aired on BBC Radio 4. Prof Alison Liebling talked about trust in prison on the programme ‘Analysis: Trusting Inmates’ aired on BBC Radio 4. The programme was on air on BBC Radio 4 on 31 October 2016 and is now available on BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.…
15 Jun 2016
Turkey's Center for Prison Studies visited Prisons Research Centre
Turkey's Center for Prison Studies visited Prisons Research Centre on 25 May.Turkey's Center for Prison Studies (TCPS) visited Prisons Research Centre and met with Prof Alison Liebling, Dr Ben Crewe, Bethany Schmidt and Ezgi Taboglu on 25 May 2016 as part of their study visit to the United Kingdom. TCPS works together with universities, academics a…
2 Jun 2016
Suicide Prevention Conference
Dr Amy Ludlow hosted a suicide prevention conference in HMP Altcourse.Dr Amy Ludlow hosted a suicide prevention conference in HMP Altcourse on 18 May 2016 (in collaboration with Dr Philippa Tomczak, Criminology Research Fellow / Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow from University of Sheffield) that was attended by approximately 50 criminal justice…
2 Jun 2016
Learning Together Conference
On 12 and 13 May 2016, Amy Ludlow and Ruth Armstrong hosted a two day conference on Learning Together.On 12 and 13 May 2016, Amy Ludlow and Ruth Armstrong hosted a two day conference that brought together 120 criminal justice practitioners, academics and policy stakeholders to explore how universities and criminal justice organisations can work in …