Communities, crime and victims of crime

ICPR has conducted a range of studies on the public’s attitudes towards and experiences of crime; the ways in which crime impacts local communities; community involvement in addressing crime and disorder; and the effects of, and approaches to tackling, anti-social behaviour. Restorative justice is a particular focus of ICPR research; this work has included evaluations of RJ initiatives in a range of settings.

Completed projects include:

Language Barriers in the Criminal Justice System

Publications

Hunter, Gillian., Bhardwa, Bina., Dinisman, Tamar., Moroz, Ania., Anastassiou, Andrea., and Lynall, Anna. (2022) Language barriers in the criminal justice system (Summary). London, ICPR

Hunter, Gillian., Bhardwa, Bina., Dinisman, Tamar., Moroz, Ania., Anastassiou, Andrea., and Lynall, Anna. (2022) Language barriers in the criminal justice system (Full report). London, ICPR

Jacobson, Jessica (2015) 'Community' knows best? Community involvement in criminal justice. In: Wasik, M. and Santatzoglou, S.(eds.) The Management of Change in Criminal Justice: Who Knows Best? Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 80-97.

Kirby, Amy and Jacobson, Jessica (2015) Evaluation of the pre-sentence RJ pathfinder: February 2014 to May 2015. Project Report. Restorative Solutions, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica, Skrine, Oonagh, Kirby, Amy and Hunter, Gillian (2014) Crime and ‘Community’: exploring the scope for community involvement in criminal justice. Institute for Criminal Policy Research, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK.

Hough, Mike and Roberts, J.V. (2012) Public knowledge and opinion, crime, and criminal justice. In: Morgan, R. and Maguire, M. and Reiner, R. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Criminology. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.