The policy agenda on crime and criminal justice is moving fast. PERU undertakes research and evaluation that strengthens the evidence-base about what works.
In the new paper published today by the British Journal of Community Justice author Sarah Page examines the United Kingdom pupil experience of racism and race-hate-related extremism through research conducted…
This year’s festival, orgainsed by Kevin Wong and Gavin Bailey of PERU and Lucy Simpson from RAH! starts on the 18th March with a screening of i Believe in You introduced by Her Majesty's…
The Policy Evaluation and Research Unit and Criminal Justice Alliance are holding a Crime and Justice Networking and Learning Fair on Wednesday 18th March at Manchester Metropolitan University.…
In their insightful new paper, published today by the British Journal of Community Justice, Stevie-Jade Hardy, Neil Chakraborti and Ilda Cuko identify how police training can be improved to address the…
HM Inspectorate of Probation today publish a report by Professors Chris Fox and Kevin Albertson, exploring the concept of innovation and its application to the delivery of probation services. As shown…
The new free issue of the British Journal of Community Justice has been published today. It includes papers that span criminal justice activity, from policing through to prisons, drawing on experiences…
Last week PERU were pleased to host the second in a series of seminars for the Prisoner Learning Academic Network. PERU’s Dr Kirstine Szifris (vice-Chair) is collaborating with Dr Morwenna Bennallick,…
Dave Nicholson who is a PhD student with PERU has written a chapter on the potential for co-operatives to re-shape community payback in a book published yesterday. Crime and Consequence: What…
In a new paper published by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation, PERU’s Kevin Wong argues that probation provision is complex, delivered by a wide range of providers dealing with diverse…
Rachel Horan PERU Associate Researcher and Director of the Averment Group along with PERU’s Kevin Wong and Kirstine Szifris set out the case for operationalising risk needs and responsivity (RNR)…
PERU’s Kevin Wong will make the case for adopting market stewardship principles in contracting with voluntary sector agencies at a conference on “The power of collaboration: Working…
Congratulations to Charlotte Gislam and Rebecca Wynne-Walsh, the joint winners of the Festival’s student choice competition. PERU’s Kevin Wong who lead the judging panel commented: “We…
PERU is pleased to announce that it is working with the Youth Endowment Fund to evaluate 3 of the twenty two projects for which funding is announced today. PERU’s Kevin Wong and Steve Morris working…
At a national conference today PERU’s Kevin Wong will argue that the Government’s Hate Crime Reporting Policy is fundamentally flawed, reliant on good intentions but inadequately resourced.…
Over the next three years PERU will evaluate the implementation and impact of the RESCALED programme. RESCALED is a prison reform movement advocating for small scale detention that aims at fundamentally…
