Research centre

Institute of Criminal Justice Research

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We are an interdisciplinary research hub that explores and develops the relationships between criminal justice scholarship, research, policy, and practice.

About

The Institute of Criminal Justice is hosted by the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology and led by Professor Jenny Fleming.

It was originally hosted by Southampton Law School, founded in 1986 by Andrew Rutherford (now Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Policy in the Law School), an active penal reformer as well as an academic. The Foundation Lecture on The Limits of Law Enforcement was presented by Norval Morris on 18 June 1986.

The Institute maintains an interest in exploring and developing the relationship between criminal justice research and scholarship and policy and practice. Fostering these connections remains a central aim of the Institute which is a genuinely inter-disciplinary research hub that seeks to reach out to colleagues of all disciplines (and indeed across all institutions) who feel that their research interests might include or complement criminal justice studies. 

Scholars who feel that their research interests might include or complement criminal justice studies are invited to join as members and to attend our lively seminar series. 

People, projects and publications

People

Dr Keith Spiller

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Surveillance
  • Monitoring
  • Regulation

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Michelle Newberry BSc Hons, MSc, PGCHE, FHEA, PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Motivations for criminal behaviour
  • Violent offending (murder, intimate partner violence and animal cruelty)
  • Poaching and the illegal wildlife trade 

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Nina Jorgensen LLB (Hons) (Bristol), D.Phil. (Oxon), Barrister

Professor of Public International Law

Research interests

  • Public International Law
  • International Criminal Law and Procedure
  • International Human Rights Law

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Pamela Ugwudike LLB (Hons), MA, PhD, FHEA

Professor

Research interests

  • AI Ethics 
  • Algorithms in Justice Systems
  • Trustworthy and Responsible AI

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Rose Tempowski LLB, PGCE, LLM, PG Cert (Research), PhD, FHEA

Senior Teaching Fellow

Research interests

  • Criminal Justice
  • Juvenile Justice
  • Intersection of Law and Science
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The Institute of Criminal Justice is a genuinely interdisciplinary research hub open to everyone interested in criminal justice and related issues.
Director, Institute of Criminal Justice Research

Connect with us

Connect with us

Professor Jenny Fleming (Director)
Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology
University of Southampton
SO17 1BJ