231 datasets found

Eyewitness identification evidence is less reliable than it could be. This project investigates one potential source of eyewitness error - a witness' spontaneous tendency to...

In the last decade, around 300 dedicated clubs have opened in England and Wales where the live display of nudity is regularly offered. Such venues have been accused of offering...

The 1922 Prison System Enquiry Committee Report said that: 'In order to judge our Prison system rightly it is necessary to know what kind of people become prisoners... How many...

In England and Wales, adult rape complainants appearing in court may be afforded special measures protection in the form of screens, live links and the use of video recorded...

Witnesses to and victims of serious crime are often asked by the police to create a visual likeness of an offender using a computerised composite system. The witness provides a...

Internationally, incarcerated offenders are known to have higher rates of problem gambling with studies finding that up to one third of prisoners may be medium or high risk...

This research explores the relationship between war crimes courts and victim communities. This will be achieved through an examination of the public outreach strategies of the...

This study will investigate the growing phenomenon of the use of agreements that resemble contracts as a technique for governing the conduct of drug users in treatment. Such...

No longer are British interests at home and abroad considered to be under threat from one particular state, but rather from a complex web of threats. Yet, despite a tripling of...

This project aims to provide a sociologically informed analysis of professional practice, public policy, law, and public understandings in relation to risks in the supply of...

This project will investigate Olympic-related policing and crime in the London borough of Newham, where the Olympic village and stadium are being built. We have obtained...

Scots family law provides detailed legislation which regulates the sharing of property and finances on the breakdown of marriage, civil partnership and, to a limited extent,...

People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be over-represented in the Criminal Justice System, as a victim, witness, or even perpetrator of a crime. They have...

This research investigates adolescent violence towards parents. It maps the contours of the problem of adolescent-to-parent violence, exploring how it is defined, experienced...

The programme of research centres on how the various institutions responsible for the production of security and the management of conflict in Sub-Saharan African societies do,...

Public concern about the capacity of social workers and other professionals to protect children from abuse and death has never been higher. The aim of this research is to deepen...

This is a socio-economic household survey dataset which was collected in urban centres in the state of Maharashtra, India. The dataset covers information about social capital...

Strategic Scripts for the Twenty-First Century involves three linked strands, each geared to developing the idea of 'strategic scripts' as a means of addressing a broad range of...

This collection comprises mixed-methods data from a study exploring the use of abusive behaviours by partners in same-sex, bisexual and/or transgender relationships and...

Data collected in a series of laboratory experiments examining context effects on judgment and decision-making. Experiments tested the idea that people's answers to everyday...