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Current Research Projects overview Life imprisonment from young adulthood: a longitudinal follow-up study Measuring the Quality of Prison Life - MQPL+ Measuring the Quality of Prison Life in Germany and Switzerland Moral rules, social science and forms of order in prison

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Recent Research Projects overview 'A good life in prison?' Ethics in a prison with young men Comparative Penology Exploring the quality of prison life in Tunisia

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PRC Annual Reports

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Every year the Prisons Research Centre produces an annual report, with updates on ongoing research, upcoming projects and recent publications. The reports capture the essence of the Centre's work, and are presented at the yearly conference.

Prisons Research Centre 2023 Annual Report

Prisons Research Centre 2020 Annual Report

Prisons Research Centre 2019 Annual Report

Prisons Research Centre 2018 Annual Report

Prisons Research Centre 2017 Annual Report

Prisons Research Centre 2016 Annual Report

Prisons Research Centre 2015 Annual Report

Prisons Research Centre 2014 Annual Report

Prisons Research Centre 2013 Annual Report

Prisons Research Centre 2012 Annual Report

Prisons Research Centre 2011 Annual Report

Prisons Research Centre 2010 Annual Report

Prisons Research Centre 2009 Annual Report

Prisons Research at Cambridge University

The Prisons Research Centre (PRC) was founded in 2000, under the Directorship of Professor Alison Liebling. The Centre has received funding from a wide range of sources, including the Prison Service/NOMS, the Nuffield Foundation, the Leverhulme Trust, the ESRC, KPMG, the Home Office and UKDS (now Kalyx).

The Cambridge Institute of Criminology Prisons Research Centre aims to provide a stimulating research environment in which a coherent strategy of high quality research can be pursued, and integration between funded and non-funded, and applied and theoretical projects can be facilitated. We investigate how prisons operate, socially, morally and operationally, how they are experienced, and the relationship between these moral and social qualities, and their effects.

Members of the PRC team carry out, individually and collectively, methodologically rigorous and theoretically relevant field-based studies addressing problems of human and social values, punishment practices, and the organisation and effects of aspects of prison life. We strive to forge links with other prisons researchers, scholars in the broader fields of criminology and sociology, and with practitioners. Our vision is to develop a rigorous and person-centred model of social inquiry.

You can read more about the latest projects in our Annual Reports.

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