Crime victims and social justice
Colleagues work in and across different disciplines on a range of issues covered by this theme.
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Colleagues work in and across different disciplines on a range of issues covered by this theme.
From contemporary criminological, sociological and social policy studies of community policing, sex work, domestic violence, and abuse and its impacts on victim/survivors as well as evaluating responses to them and developing an understanding of perpetrators of domestic violence and abuse (DVA).
There is also a long tradition at the university concerning sociological research of crime and punishment.
Research methodologies include qualitative and quantitative work using interviews, surveys, and document analysis. Research has been explorative, sometimes pioneering in its scope and impact, and it has also been evaluative, developing recommendations for the development of best practice and/or policy and/or in law.
Colleagues’ contributions have often been theoretical, creating models and/or new ways of understanding social problems; but in addition, there is a growing awareness of how and the extent to which research carried out under this theme can be applied to improve understanding and responses in society to achieve social justice.
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Dr Faye Cosgrove (Visiting Research Fellow)