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PhD in Criminology UK | PhD in Criminal Justice

In studying for a PhD in Criminology at the 九色视频, you will enter an academic community that addresses challenges within the criminal justice system and beyond, considering social, health, psychological, spatial, and environmental injustice, seeking to transform policy and practice on global and more local scales.

We supervise critical approaches to the traditional concerns of criminology and criminal justice with research interests in the justice system, social control, surveillance and security, violence and abuse, politicised criminalisation as well as forms of deviance, protest and resistance.

The 九色视频’s strengths in co-productive research methods, applied and impactful research and its cross-disciplinary frameworks allow for Criminology PhD students to make academic contacts from researchers across a wide range of methodologies, for example through membership of our Law, Society and Justice Research Excellence Group. 

Career opportunities for Criminology PhD graduates include the justice system, central and local government, non-governmental organisations, social research, teaching, journalism and the media. Our students have also stayed in academia and research at the 九色视频 and elsewhere.

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Successful applicants have invariably had support with their application from one of our academics. We suggest you approach a suitable academic staff member with relevant research interests before progressing with your application.

Details of our PhD in Criminology/ Criminal Justice

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.

 

Supervisors for PhD in Criminology 

We strongly recommend that you apply with the support of one of our academics. By establishing your supervisor from the early stages of application, you will be supported through the application process and can make the best start to your programme of study.

You should consider the staff listed below and create a short draft research proposal identifying your suitability for supervision from that person's research specialism and your place in the wider context of the department's research ambitions. Their contact details are available on their full profile.

Our primary staff supervising in the discipline are listed. For further information on university supervisory staff, including cross-disciplinary options, please visit 

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I am interested in supervising people with an interest in social psychology, crowd behaviour, or collective action. For example I am currently researching the protests calling for a ceasefire in the Middle East conflict & would welcome PG research projects into these and other topical collective action protests.聽I am also interested in public intervention in emergencies/mass casualty incidents (a concept known as 'zero-responders') and public behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic, and its implications for emergency planning and response. Therefore, I would be especially interested in supervising emergency responders and other public health professionals who wish to do PG research.聽

I am also interested in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and the broader area of collective resilience in response to general adversity. I would be keen to work with health professionals interested in postgraduate research in any of these areas.聽聽

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I would be very interested in supervising postgraduate students conducting projects on:

  • Vulnerability and forensic investigative interviewing;
  • Evidence-based child forensic interviewing techniques;
  • Working with police (nationally and internationally) to overcome barriers to prosecuting cases involving children and adolescents;
  • Understanding factors that promote decisions to disclose and designing strategies to promote honesty.
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Deanna has supervised PhD, MA and Bachelor students on topics related to border violence, urban resistance and housing struggles.

She is available for supervision on PhD projects related to the criminalisation of resistance and mutual aid, on border violence and urban spaces. She also welcomes proposals informed by feminist and decolonial methodologies.聽

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I'm happy to supervise PhD students on a range of topics broadly relating to Forensic Psychology and Cyberpsychology. I am especially interested in supervising students adopting an Eye Tracking methodology. Current PhD projects I聽am supervising address the following:

  • Terror Management Theory approaches to climate change communication (Joe Rennie-Taylor)
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I will be delighted to supervise PhD students interested in gender-based violence, especially where it involves violence against women and girls (in particular domestic violence and abuse, sexual violence, and so-called 'honour' crime), the criminal justice response to such violence, and the impact on survivor-victim journeys. Linked to this, I also welcome PhD students with an interest in justice-involved individuals, particularly women and their families.聽

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My most recent doctoral student successfully passed her viva in January 2019. Her doctorate assesses the impact of cuts to Legal Aid on the administration of immigration law and asylum cases.

I am now supervising a student examining issues around anonymity for both complainants and defendants in rape trials.

I would be interested in supervising other doctoral students with interests in Legal Aid, or in research areas covering crime, criminal justice, restorative justice, or youth offending.

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James is interested in receiving postgraduate research proposals in and around his areas of expertise. These include:

  • violence against minority/minoritised groups
  • youth victimisation
  • young people's access to justice
  • hate crime
  • trauma and healing
  • identity-based violence within an intersectional framework (gender, sexuality age, class, disability, race)
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Raphael is interested in receiving proposals for doctoral studies across politics, sociology and criminology. His areas of expertise include critical approaches to protest and social movements; criminal justice and social policy; migration and citizenship; policing and security; nationalism and the far right; critical and democratic theory; and public inquiries.

For current funding opportunities see: http://www.southcoastdtp.ac.uk/apply/

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My research areas are law, criminology, and gender studies. I am particularly interested in supervising students looking at any of the following: hate crime and hate crime victimisation, domestic and sexual violence, gender and criminal law, gender and the family, online interpersonal crime, online misogyny, online hate crime, feminist theory and methods, LGBTQI+ experiences. I am also interested in the use of innovative research methods.

I am willing to consider cross-disciplinary PhD supervision, and internal or external cross-department supervision.

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I have experience of supervising undergraduate, masters and PhD students. The projects these students have undertaken have been very varied, and have included topics such as: the importance of good food and nutrition to people in prison; parental strategies to reduce the risk of online bullying; narrative construction of political speeches about gun crime in America; reasons for abolition of the death penalty in specific US states; the Scandinavian prison system; the experience of offenders families and the Old Police Cells Museum in Brighton. The majority of my students have used qualitative methods which have included focus groups, interviews (both in-person and online) and ethnographic observation. In addition, many of my students have undertaken analyses of cultural products such as films, documentaries, news reports and exhibitions.

With regards to future projects, I would be happy to consider any application or idea although my own research interests include punishment and prison; narrative; the death penalty; museums and exhibitions; cultural memories and cultural forgetting and cultural comparisons. 聽

 

Making an  application

Once you have prepared a first-rate application you can apply to the 九色视频 through our . When you do, you will require a research proposal, references, a personal statement and a record of your education.

You will be asked whether you have discussed your research proposal and your suitability for doctoral study with a member of the 九色视频 staff. We strongly recommend that all applications are made with the collaboration of at least one potential supervisor. Approaches to potential supervisors can be made directly through the details available online. If you are unsure, please do contact the Doctoral College for advice.

Please visit our How to apply for a PhD page for detailed information.

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Fees and funding

 Funding

Undertaking research study will require university fees as well as support for your research activities and plans for subsistence during full or part-time study.

Funding sources include self-funding, funding by an employer or industrial partners; there are competitive funding opportunities available in most disciplines through, for example, our own university studentships or national (UK) research councils. International students may have options from either their home-based research funding organisations or may be eligible for some UK funds.

Learn more about the funding opportunities available to you.

Tuition fees academic year 2025–26

Standard fees are listed below, but may vary depending on subject area. Some subject areas may charge bench fees/consumables; this will be decided as part of any offer made. Fees for UK and international/EU students on full-time and part-time courses are likely to incur a small inflation rise each year of a research programme.

MPhil/PhD
StudentFull-time feesPart-time fees

UK

£5,006 

£2,503

International (including EU)

£16,390

N/A

International students registered in the School of Humanities and Social Science or in the School of Business and Law

£14,950

N/A

PhD by Publication
Study methodFees
Full-time  N/A
Part-time £2,503

Contact Brighton Doctoral College

To contact the Doctoral College at the 九色视频 we request an email in the first instance. Please visit our contact the Brighton Doctoral College page.

For supervisory contact, please see individual profile pages.

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