This project examines the impact of the Covid lockdown on the well-being of prisoners in England and Wales. Prisoners have faced considerable health risks during the pandemic and have had their visits, education, and opportunities for meaningful activity highly constricted during the pandemic. A co-production with the User Voice organisation, this user-led participatory action research project aims to allow prisoners to tell their own story of this lockdown experience.

This project examines the legacies of the Conflict, and their impacts, on children and young people in Northern Ireland and the border regions of Ireland. The research engages with children and young people, parents, community and departmental representatives, regional and statutory bodies. A young person’s advisory group works alongside the QUB team.

Funded by the European Commission and led by Siobhan McAlister, this project involved working with partners in six European countries to devise training materials to enhance child-informed responses to victims of violence. Data was collected from over 1300 children, and resources co-designed with advisory groups of children and young people.

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Police stop and search powers remain as one of the most contested aspects of policing practice.  No less in Northern Ireland, the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s (PSNI) use of the powers remain at one of the highest levels in U.K policing with fewest outcomes.  Particularly focused on children and young people, this research continues highlight the problematic nature of stop and search within the post-conflict setting of Northern Ireland.

Police Stop & Search Powers: Understanding Nature & Extent of Adversarial Contact Between PSNI and the Public (Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series (KESS))

The ‘usual suspects’? Young people’s experiences of police stop and search powers in Northern Ireland (Ark Research Update)

The Criminology team in the SSESW continue to lead research and public policy debate both locally and internationally as part of their world-class research profile. They work with external bodies and agencies on a regular basis as part of their research and advisory roles. This includes active engagement with criminal justice agencies across the U.K and beyond, as well as with voluntary and community sector bodies, including Niacro, Committee on the Administration of Justice, Community Restorative Justice Ireland, and dozens more.