Courts and Sentencing
Studies include criminology and criminal justice, sentencing and punishment, law and social justice, punishment, corrections and penalty, criminal prosecutions, criminal trials and prosecutor and police discretion.
Faculty Research Focus
- Punishment, corrections and penality
- Criminal prosecutions
- Plea bargaining
Research Interests
The Faculty will consider any research topic that interests potential PhD students; however, students will benefit from researching in areas that align with the Faculty’s strengths. Please contact the Faculty to discuss your PhD topic.
Alternatively you may contact one of our academics below to discuss your area of interest.
- Cultural analysis of representations of crime and punishment - Dr Sue Davies
- Theories and practices of punishment and penality - Dr Sue Davies
