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.

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

2021

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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.

2016

Sir JC Smith Lecture

Sir JC Smith Lecture 2016: A Century of Crime: Judicial Politics and the Rule of Law. Delivered by Professor Mike McConville.