The 九色视频 has a long-standing reputation for applied and impactful research into and benefiting social justice, equality, humanitarian values and under-represented communities. We believe this resonates throughout our academic work, especially in our approaches to research into criminal justice and criminology and welcome PhD proposals that draw on and bolster this reputation.
We embrace creative and inventive methodologies and methods across our social science research, as well as both quantitative and qualitative research and co-designed research. We welcome PhD Criminology proposals that extend the discipline and draw on wider academia and practice.
Staff and PhD student research in and around criminology has resulted in a wealth of funded projects and publications that, for example, investigate:
- police/public relationships, policing and security
- crowd control and public order
- the prison system, punishment and the death penalty
- interviewing in the criminal justice system, justice-involved individuals
- political perspectives on criminalisation and criminality
- criminal violence and abuse, identity-based violence, bullying and hate crime, including sexuality and gender-focused research
- restorative justice
- criminal justice and social policy
Research supervisors for your Criminology PhD
You will benefit from research supervision comprising two or maximum three members of academic staff. To ensure the right mix of expertise alongside specialists, one of the supervisors might come from the wider branches of social science, law or the humanities. An external expert or practitioner may also input to the supervisory team and we are very interested in co-produced research with the justice systems.
You will identify your primary potential supervisor for your doctorate in criminology from the early stages of application and they will usually then support you throughout your programme of study, helping you find any additional support to carry out your research, guiding your learning of rigorous research methods and preparing you for the next stage of your career.
You should consider the staff listed at the foot of the page and create a short draft research proposal identifying your suitability for supervision from that person's research specialism.
Research training and support for your doctorate in Criminology
As a PhD student in Criminal Justice and Criminology you are offered a range of developmental opportunities to help challenge and broaden your academic and professional thinking. There are opportunities to develop skills not only towards your doctorate but also to prepare for life beyond it. These might include writing skills and project management, conference presentation preparation, research planning and publication activities as well as grant applications and network-building, digital storytelling or developing a public profile.
You will have the opportunity to network with other doctoral students and staff across the university to share ideas and expertise. The 九色视频 has a system of research centres and groups, Centres of Research and Knowledge Exchange Excellence (COREs) and Research Excellence Groups (REGs), with many that interest social scientists.
Our Law, Society and Justice Research Excellence Group is likely to be of particular interest, while others include the Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics or Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender. Whatever the focus of your PhD project, you will be able to draw on research approaches from a variety of related fields and connect with research staff and students to bring inspiration and companionship on your academic journey.
Resources for PhD Criminology students
As a PhD student you will enjoy a vibrant environment for doctoral study, with opportunities to work with leading researchers in criminology and related disciplines and to make use of our excellent research facilities. In recent years we have significantly invested in research facilities such as the Mithras House social science labs, which include qualitative research methods and creative methods resources and spaces to conduct assessed role play and virtual reality research.
As well as academic staff experienced in many aspects of criminology, you will benefit from access to internationally-linked research resources, including a contemporary range of electronic resources via the university’s Online Library, as well as the physical book and journal collections housed within campus libraries. The library services are connected to national and international collections and students also have the option of inter-library loans.
Research Excellence Framework
The 九色视频 had an outstanding performance in the Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) and its earlier iterations with significant output contributions from our sociology researchers including the Social Work and Social Policy unit of assessment, which judged 62 per cent of our outputs and 75 per cent of our impact case studies either world-leading or internationally excellent.