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Research reveals legal practitioners receive limited or no professional training on preparing witness statements

The report offers lessons for reform to tackle the relentless rise in prisoner numbers seen throughout the world.

A ground-breaking research programme, Understanding Conversion to Islam in Prison (UCIP), investigating the mobilisation and effects of Islamic religious change in European prisons, has joined the Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research at Birkbeck.

‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in ten countries’ is an international research and policy project being conducted under the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research’s World Prison Research Programme.

Research reflects on UK drug policy, its impact on marginalised communities and considers ways to empower those most affected by drug criminalisation.

The charitable organisation that is dedicated to publishing world-leading open access humanities scholarship with no author-facing article processing charges turned five this week.

Birkbeck’s Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research (ICPR) has published a new book which examines the meaning and importance of 'effective participation' in judicial proceedings.

European Society of Criminology recognises Professor Hough for significant contribution to European criminology

The webinars are part of a free, online series available to the public to hear about Birkbeck's research and topical subjects relating to the Law and Criminology.

We will welcome all students who meet the conditions of their original offer to Birkbeck, alongside those who we have already offered places to over the last few days.