Criminology, Prisons & Policing

This new 6-institution pathway focuses on the significant expertise in both research and applied work in the field of criminology and associated work with prisons and on policing across NINE.

At Northumbria, the Criminology, Prisons and Policing pathway at Northumbria is located in the Department of Social Sciences, which was recently rated 3^rd in the UK for research power. The Department is home to a large and diverse team of criminologists working at the cutting-edge of the discipline. Academic staff and research students collaborate across institutions, disciplines and sectors, co-producing knowledge with a range of external partners and policymakers. Colleagues have been instrumental in significant and pioneering work on social harm, green criminology, policing, drugs, social disorder, and criminological theory. This includes the work of the Centre for Crime and Policing, which provides world-leading research on key 21^st century challenges including online and digital crime, terrorism, environmental crime, organised crime, gender-based violence, and the impact of crime and harm on vulnerable communities. Much of this is cross-national and extends beyond the remit of police services and the criminal justice sector.  We welcome ambitious and imaginative PhD proposals on all aspects of crime, harm and justice. Proposals that are interdisciplinary and collaborative in nature are particularly encouraged.

The pathway offers funding for 4.5 (MA + PhD), 4 (PhD with additional research training, or required language training) and 3.5 (PhD). Students will be based in one institution but may have supervisors based in more than one of the subject areas or institutions that make up this pathway. Please contact the pathway leader at the university you are thinking of joining, listed below.