About the Centre for the Study of Crime, Criminalisation and Social Exclusion

The research conducted by CCSE is critical and wide-ranging and includes:

  • prisons
  • deaths in custody
  • sentencing
  • drugs policy
  • social divisions
  • social policy and austerity
  • youth justice
  • environmental politics
  • sexual violence
  • child sexual abuse
  • third sector and voluntary organisations
  • counter-terrorism strategies
  • victims and victimisation
  • policing and public order
  • military identities
  • masculinity and social policy
  • desistance
  • health care
  • critical perspectives on alternatives to custody

This research is designed to impact on the policy, political and popular debates in their respective areas of expertise.

Collaborations and partnerships

The CCSE is committed to working collaboratively with outside organisations and activist groups at local, national and international levels.

These include but are not restricted to:

  • INQUEST
  • the National Association for Youth Justice
  • the Howard League for Penal Reform
  • The Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (RASA)
  • Merseyside
  • News from Nowhere
  • The Homeless Period
  • Veterans in Practice

Furthermore, the Centre’s international links include:

  • the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control
  • the European Union
  • the Anti-Security Collective
  • Tribhuvan University
  • Nepal
  • the Angola 3 Campaign
  • the International Indigenous Youth Council