Events

The Criminal Justice Research Centre (CJRC) is proud to host a variety of events which are of interest to academics, students, legal practitioners, industry experts, civil society and government personnel. As the home of the Criminal Justice Discussion Group and The Forum, the CJRC is a hub for criminal justice activities.

2024

There are currently no events to display.

2023

Current Issues in Criminal Justice – manuscript development workshop with Dr Justin Ellis

Date: 05 October 2023 (13:00-15:00)
Location:: B55 Law & Social Sciences Building, University Park
Description: The workshop provides an opportunity to share research ideas, develop arguments ,and consider research methods on research into criminology, criminal law and criminal justice.

'Digiqueer Criminology and Addressing the Rise of Anti-LGBTQ+Hate'

Date: 06 October 2023 (12:00-13:00)
Location:: B55 Law & Social Sciences Building, University Park
Description: This session will explore on analysis of case law, parliamentary debates, social and mainstream media, and LGBTQ+ tech advocacy to consider the effects of networked digital organising and surveillance technologies on LGBTQ+ personal and political expression.

2022

Covid and Imprisonment: BSC and CJRC Event

Date: 24 February 2022 (15:30-17:30)
Location:: Hybrid Mode: Streamed online and speaker on campus
Description: BSC and CJRC Event

Probation Journal Launch: Criminalisation, criminal records and rehabilitation: from supervision to citizenship?

Date: 26 October 2022 (15:30-17:30)
Location:: B63 Law and Social Sciences

CJRC Seminar - Hosting an author, Christopher Seeds

Date: 07 November 2022 (13:00-14:00)
Location:: hybrid event - online and in person, LASS B55, MS Teams
Description: Christopher Seeds will discuss his new book which has just been published. Christopher will then give a presentation and share findings from the book, followed by Q/A with the audience.

CJRC Seminar - all welcome

Date: 07 November 2022 (13:00-14:00)
Location:: B55 Law & Social Sciences Building
Description: CJRC Seminar hosting author, Christopher Seeds, to discuss his new book which has just been published.

Criminal Justice Forum - 9 November, 1pm

Date: 09 November 2022 (13:00-14:00)
Location:: A2, Law and Social Sciences Building

Criminal Justice Forum - 7 December, 1pm

Date: 07 December 2022 (13:00-14:00)
Location:: A3 Law and Social Building

2021

There are no events for 2021.

2020

Thirty years on: Revisiting the criminal code

Date: 26 February 2020 (18:00-19:00)
Location:: B63, Law and Social Sciences, University Park
Description: Criminal Justice Research Centre presents the Sir John Smith Lecture.

Confronting Penal Excess: Retribution and the Politics of Penal Minimalism

Date: 16 December 2020 (14:00-16:00)
Location:: MS Teams
Description: Seminar

2019

Rethinking the competing discourses on uncorroborated allegations of child sexual abuse

Date: 21 March 2019 (17:15-19:00)
Description: A talk by Dr Michael Naughton, from SPAIS and Bristol Law School, University of Bristol.

Conceptualising vulnerability in police custody

Date: 22 May 2019 (11:30-13:00)
Location:: A39, Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park
Description: Dr Roxanna Dehaghani, Lecturer in Law, Cardiff School of Law and Politics, will be examining what 'vulnerability' can and should mean in the context of the criminal investigation, with reference to how it is defined for the purposes of the appropriate adult safeguard.

PACE in a Digital Age: Can an App help to enhance legal safeguards?

Date: 06 November 2019 (14:30-17:00)
Location:: Freeths LLP Cumberland Court 80 Mount Street Nottingham
Description: The seminar will also feature a contribution from Lord Bach, Chair of the East Midlands Criminal Justice Board.

Beyond Punishment: A Normative Account of the Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions

Date: 21 November 2019 (16:00-18:30)
Location:: A21 (Council Room), Trent Building, University Park
Description: With Professor Antony Duff (University of Stirling), Dr Shona Minson (University of Oxford) and Dr Andrew Henley.

Criminal Conduct: Acts, Omissions, Red Herring

Date: 28 November 2019 (18:00-19:30)
Location:: B55, Law and Social Sciences Buiding, University Park
Description: Dr Mark Dsouza, Lecturer in Law, Faculty of Laws, UCL will be giving a presentation.