Professor Sir Martin Narey’s inaugural lecture published
In his inaugural lecture in March, PERU’s Visiting Professor Sir Martin Narey reflected on the links between care, custody, alcohol and child neglect, and argued that the “…children’s…
Crime & Criminal Justice
The policy agenda on crime and criminal justice is moving fast. PERU undertakes research and evaluation that strengthens the evidence-base about what works.
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Kirstine Szifris talks at Columbia University, New York about researching philosophy education in prisons
Kirstine Szifris will today give a talk at the Heyman Centre for Humanities, Columbia University, New York. Her talk will focus on her work researching philosophy education in prisons discussing how educational…
PERU launch Reducing Reoffending website
PERU will today launch the Reducing Reoffending website, at a Ministry of Justice 'Insights 19' seminar being hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University. The website is a repository of evidence…
Manchester CRIME and JUSTICE Film Festival - PERU’s Kevin Wong on BBC Radio Manchester
PERU’s Kevin Wong will appear on BBC Radio Manchester today to talk about The Manchester CRIME and JUSTICE Film Festival. This month-long FREE festival brings together crime fiction to illuminate…
The Manchester Crime and Justice Film Festival - May 2019
As human beings, we tend to be drawn to simple ideas and simple solutions, something which Nobel prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman describes as ‘cognitive ease’. We prefer ideas and…
PERU’s review of technology in probation supervision published by HM Inspectorate of Probation.
PERU has completed a review of technology in probation supervision that is published today by HM Inspectorate of Probation. The full report is now available and the accompanying news release by the Inspectorate…
Kirstine Szifris leads seminar on Philosophy Education in Prisons at Prison Research Centre, Cambridge
PERU’s Kirstine Szifris has been invited back to the Prison Research Centre, Cambridge University to lead a seminar today on Philosophy Education in Prisons. She previously completed her PhD at the…
The British Journal of Community Justice website is now live
The British Journal of Community Justice website is going live to our readers today. It’s a special issue on women offenders. This re-launch of the journal under ManMet stewardship…
PERU’s Dr. Peter Traynor addresses Vietnamese National Police Academy
During a private visit to Vietnam over the Christmas period PERU's Dr Peter Traynor was invited to address the Vietnamese National Police Academy in Hanoi. The academy is formally a university…
Developing a voluntary sector model for engaging people with convictions
PERU’s Kevin Wong is proposing a distinctive model for the voluntary sector to engage with people with convictions built on: reciprocity, reliability, consistency and emotional pleasure. He has elaborated…
New article by PERU’s Kirstine Szifris - When Boredom Becomes Stagnation: The Importance of Occupying the Mind
PERU’s Kirstine Szifris has had an article on boredom published by a leading philosophy magazine, How the Light Gets In. She discusses the importance of occupying the mind, drawing on prison sociology…
Manchester event, 6th Nov: Academy for Social Justice Evening Seminar
Complex commissioning for complex needs using partnerships, individuals assets and lived experience to build fulfilling lives. This free seminar will examine what makes a good hate crime reporting service…
Manchester event, 16th Oct: Academy for Social Justice Evening Seminar
Fulfilling the legacy of the Stephen Lawrence inquiry report – twenty years on This free seminar will examine what makes a good hate crime reporting service and introduces the first 'third-party…
Supporting women offenders in Greater Manchester
PERU’s Rachel Kinsella and Kevin Wong along with other MMU colleagues have now completed their three year evaluation of the Whole System Approach to Women Offenders in Greater Manchester. The…
PERU’s Kirstine Szifris invited as keynote speaker at the Tutor’s Association Conference 2018
PERU’s Kirstine Szifris has been invited to give the closing keynote to the Tutor’s Association conference at the Barbican centre in London on October 16th 2018. Having read her work on the…