The policy agenda on crime and criminal justice is moving fast. PERU undertake evaluations that strengthen the evidence-base about what works.
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
MMU is proud to be hosting the Prison Learning Alliance (PLA) Conference 2018. The PLA is an alliance of organisations and individuals who have an interest in prison education. Their aim is to provide…
A submission authored by PERU's Gavin Bailey, Phil Edwards and Kevin Wong has been published by the Defence Committee inquiry into Global Islamist Terrorism. Their paper argued that Islamist terrorism…
PERU Associate Dr. Phil Edwards has published a paper arguing that contemporary British counter-terrorist legislation is dominated by ‘counter-law’ - the idea of using law against law. He is…
Earlier this year PERU’s Kevin Wong and Gavin Bailey contributed to the recording of a film aimed at raising awareness of Hate Crime amongst children and young people. Produced by Remedi with support…
PERU's Peter Traynor has had a piece on knife crime published in The Conversation. Based on research Peter undertook for his PhD Peter argues that a new government crackdown launched in the wake of…
PERU is delighted to announce that the Prison Learning Alliance conference is coming to Manchester Metropolitan University in the Autumn. With support and funding from the Department of Sociology…
Dr Kirstine Szifris of PERU today presented the findings from her PhD work at the British Sociological Association conference at Northumbria University. She articulated how philosophy encouraged prisoners…
A new report published yesterday is advocating a distinct approach to the way that young adults are treated at court. The model proposed by the Centre for Justice Innovation and the Transition to Adulthood…
PERU's Kirstine Szifris is an expert in prison education and writes about her experiences of teaching philosophy to long-term prisoners in the UK. Read in full at The Conversation.
PERU, partnership with Interserve today launched a new Reducing Reoffending website. It provides an on-line and open access repository of evidence relating to interventions which are designed to reduce…
