DisCrim - Vulnerability and Criminal Justice Network

The Vulnerability and Criminal Justice Research Network aims to bring together academics from across the University of Sunderland who have an interest in the study of children and adults that are/have been in contact with the criminal justice system and have been identified as having a significant ‘vulnerability’.

Aims

The network has six broad aims:

To engage with stakeholders in the development of policy, practices and procedures to ensure that vulnerable victims, witnesses and suspects are adequately supported within the criminal justice system.
To expand interdisciplinary links across the university amongst those academics who have an interest in vulnerabilities and criminal justice research.
To promote an active research culture amongst academics in the areas of vulnerabilities and criminal justice research.
To encourage debates and offer a space in which an exchange of ideas can take place to support and improve the quality of research conducted at the University in this area.
To create a collaborative space in order to increase research funding to raise our international profile of research being conducted at the University concerning vulnerabilities and criminal justice research.
To inform the design and development of effective learning and development products that support national and international criminal justice agencies to effectively deal with vulnerable victims, witnesses and suspects.