Criminology
Criminology at Queen’s is internationally recognised for its research contributions and teaching excellence.
Criminology asks difficult questions about the criminal law and its enforcement. What is crime? Who is a criminal? Does punishment deter crime or create more harm? There are few more interesting places to study these dynamics of crime and justice than Northern Ireland, and Queen’s University Belfast has a long history of outstanding research and teaching on the subject with particular expertise on the lives of young people in conflict with the law. In all of our work, we seek to better understand the behaviours of the criminal justice system and other state actors and their role in combatting or exacerbating this offending. With an overarching social justice perspective, our research situates these questions in the wider socio-political contexts in which they occur.
What is Criminology?
Dr John Topping, Queen's University Belfast, asks the question 'What is Criminology?'
KEY THEMES
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Academic Staff
Name | Area of Expertise | Telephone | |
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Dr Michelle Butler | Prisons; Psychology of Crime; Penal Reform | michelle.butler@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 3956 |
Dr Mary-Louise Corr | Young People in Conflict with the Law; Youth Justice; Domestic Violence; Homelessness; Marginalised youth; Biographical Research. | m.corr@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 5370 |
Dr Teresa Degenhardt | Criminology of War; Policing/Military Continuum; Social Control | t.degenhardt@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 1244 |
Dr Sarah Jankowitz | Peacebuilding, Reconciliation and Transitional Justice; Victims of Harm; Gender and social justice | sarah.jankowitz@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 3196 |
Professor Shadd Maruna | Prisons & Penal Reform; Psychology of Crime; Penal Reform; Desistance from Crime | s.maruna@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 5986 |
Dr Siobhan McAlister | Young People in Conflict with the Law; Youth Marginalisation; Sensitive Research; Children’s Rights. | s.mcalister@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 5918 |
Dr Andrew Percy | Quantitative Criminology; Adolescent Development; Longitudinal Research; and Alcohol and Drug Use. | a.percy@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 5261 |
Dr John Topping | Police Practice; Police Reform; Security Governance and Stop/Search. | j.topping@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 3630 |
Research Staff |
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Dr Brendan Marsh | Marie Curie Research Fellow | b.marsh@qub.ac.uk | email only |
Dr Gillian McNaull | gillian.mcnaull@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 5910 | |
Dr Colm Walsh |
Youth violence; psychological trauma; masculinity; evidence based practice; service design and evaluation. |
colm.walsh@qub.ac.uk |