New report on findings of ICPR's Voicing Loss study, co-published with Gambling with Lives
ICPR today published a new report based on findings of the Voicing Loss research on the coroner service.
ICPR's World Prison Brief data cited by leading news outlets
Journalists here and abroad have been using our prison populations data to make sense of the current crisis facing UK prisons.
Working prisoners in the USA: laws, policies, and practical realities
ICPR has today published a comprehensive new briefing paper exploring the law, policy, and practice of prison work in the United States, with a particular focus on Arizona, California, and Texas.
Birkbeck announces new Director of the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research
Dr Mai Sato has been appointed as the new Professor and Director of Birkbeck’s Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR) and is due to take up the position in February 2025. As ICPR Director, Mai will lead and oversee ICPR’s programme of academically grounded, policy-oriented research on crime and justice.
New briefing from ICPR on prison work in the UK
The law and practice of prison work provision in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland are explained in a new publication from the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research
ICPR publishes new report on the collection of global prison data
ICPR’s latest publication Prison data collection: A Guidance Note makes the case for the systematic collection and regular publication of the most important facts and figures about prison populations.
New research reveals the psychological toll for bereaved families involved in coroners’ inquests
Today (18th June) the largest ever study of bereaved people’s experiences of the inquest process in England and Wales will be published by Birkbeck, University of London and the University of Bath.