Cambridge Institute of Criminology

History

Research centres

• Centre for Analytic Criminology
• Centre for Community, Gender and Social Justice
• Centre for Penal Theory and Penal Ethics
• Jerry Lee Centre for Experimental Criminology
• Prisons Research Centre
• Violence Research Centre
• Learning Together

  Academic courses

• a nine-month taught M.Phil. Degree in Criminology;
• a twelve-month M.Phil. Degree in Criminological Research;
• a 2-year M.St Degree in Applied Criminology and Police Management open to potential chief police officers and personnel working in senior positions within police forces and other parts of the criminal justice system;
• a 2-year M.St Degree in Applied Criminology, Penology and Management ] open to senior prison officers and others who work, or have interest in criminal justice systems, including lawyers and judicial officers;
• a Ph.D programme in Criminology;
• and various undergraduate courses.

  Notable people

• Sir Anthony Bottoms: Emeritus Wolfson Professor of Criminology, Director of the Centre for Penal Theory and Penal Ethics.
• Ben Crewe: Professor of Penology and Criminal Justice, Prison Research Centre.
• Manuel Eisner: Wolfson Professor of Criminology and Professor of Comparative and Developmental Criminology, Director of the Violence Research Centre.
• David Farrington: Emeritus Professor of Psychological Criminology
• Loraine Gelsthorpe: Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Director of the Institute, Director of the Centre for Community, Gender and Social Justice.
• Alison Liebling: Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Director of the Prisons Research Centre.
• Lawrence Sherman: Director of the Cambridge Police Executive Programme.
• Heather Strang: Director of the Lee Centre of Experimental Criminology.
• Per-Olof Wikström: Professor of Ecological and Developmental Criminology.