University of Manchester - Archive (criminology)
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2020
04
August
2020
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10:27
Europe/London
The ACMD is an independent body which makes recommendations to government on the control of dangerous or otherwise harmful drugs, including classification and scheduling under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and its regulations.
Judith's research foc...
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2019
30
April
2019
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14:48
Europe/London
‘Reflections on air quality challenges: governance and good health’ was an interdisciplinary piece co-authored by a third-year atmospheric science PhD student, Jessica Slater.
The article was a summary of presentations and discussions at the UKELA...
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28
March
2019
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12:05
Europe/London
A University of Manchester School of Law reader in Criminology has brought his leading knowledge to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Bribery Act 2010.
Dr Nicholas Lord was the principal investigator on a project established in 2016 to de...
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22
March
2019
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14:07
Europe/London
Surviving Death Row, a special event presenting the stories of two people whose wrongful convictions cost them a combined 32 years in prison, has proved popular with students and brought home the seriousness of miscarriages of justice.
Organised b...
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21
March
2019
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10:37
Europe/London
Leading research into modern slavery has won two University of Manchester academics the prestigious Radzinowicz Prize for their contribution to the field of criminology.
Two of the University of Manchester School of Law’s leading Criminology acade...
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2018
27
April
2018
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15:38
Europe/London
The rise in violent incidents on the streets of London has prompted a wave of discussion about what causes crime among young people. The closure of children’s services, cuts to police budgets, social media and drill music have all been blamed.
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27
March
2018
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09:40
Europe/London
In the context of drugs, legalisation is a meaningless word. It is also a word which provokes a fearful response that should be reserved for reality. The reality is that we should genuinely be fearful of how far the status quo in drug policy will tak...
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2017
09
November
2017
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10:26
Europe/London
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Nicholas Lord, University of Manchester
Remember, remember, the 5th of November. Not, this time, for gunpowder, treason and plot. But for the news break by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) of th...
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21
July
2017
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12:47
Europe/London
A new study by The University of Manchester and RAND Europe has found that 60% of weapons on sale on the ‘dark web’ are from the USA. The research is the first to explore the size and scope of the illicit trade of firearms, explosives and ammunition ...
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2015
10
November
2015
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09:00
Europe/London
The Crown Prosecution Service, local courts and prisons should be part of the Greater Manchester devolution deal, says the former head of one of Britain’s largest police forces, who is speaking at The University of Manchester tomorrow (Wednesday).
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15
October
2015
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08:00
Europe/London
Leading scholars, lawyers and expert witnesses will gather at The University of Manchester later this week to discuss the growing use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal trials.
A cultural historian at the University warns that miscarriages of j...
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09
July
2015
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09:00
Europe/London
The most in-depth and comprehensive study of murder in Britain has been completed by a husband and wife team and is the subject of a new book.
Professors Rebecca and Russell Dobash, both criminologists at The University of Manchester, painstakingl...
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12
March
2015
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14:04
Europe/London
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) has today (12 March) published a major report on powdered cocaine and its impact on British society which was authored by a group led by a University of Manchester academic.
The report, that draws...
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24
February
2015
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08:00
Europe/London
A new programme of research and knowledge sharing, involving The University of Manchester, is to play a key role in informing future policing policy, following funding for a major new research collaboration in the North of England.
A £3m grant fro...
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27
January
2015
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08:30
Europe/London
Older users of opioids such as heroin are 27 times more likely to become a victim of homicide than the general population, a University of Manchester study of almost 200,000 users has found.
In the largest study of opioids users ever undertaken, t...
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2014
23
October
2014
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01:00
Europe/London
A review of sentencing following the 2011 English riots has shown that sentences were much harsher than realised at first.
And just as people got caught up in the riots and acted out of character the study, carried out by The University of Manches...
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07
July
2014
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01:00
Europe/London
Counsellors need more support to ensure they feel able to give victims of sexual abuse pre-trial counselling, experts will say at an event at The University of Manchester on July 8.
Peter Jenkins, a Senior Lecturer in Counselling at The University...
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15
January
2014
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00:00
Europe/London
People who regularly visit a place of worship are less likely to be involved in low level crime and delinquency, according to new research by a University of Manchester researcher.
The project, led by PhD student Mark Littler, involved the analysi...
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2013
26
July
2013
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01:00
Europe/London
Two of literature’s most famous detectives had a major influence on the development of the modern crime scene investigation, according to a historian from The University of Manchester.
Dr Ian Burney’s research into the history of “CSI” has reveale...
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01
May
2013
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01:00
Europe/London
Who young people hang out with, and what they have done in the past, is consistently more important than their recent offending in explaining why the police stop-and-search them.
Dr Juanjo Medina, a criminologist from The University of Manchester,...
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05
April
2013
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01:00
Europe/London
Experts from The University of Manchester have revealed their findings from the most in-depth study ever to take place in the UK into the tragic instances of child killing by parents, known as filicide.
The research, published in journal PLOS ONE,...
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24
January
2013
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00:00
Europe/London
A team of researchers has shown that domestic abuse prevention programmes are able to have a positive impact on secondary school children’s attitudes to violence.
Principle investigator Professor David Gadd, from The University of Manchester, ...
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