VRC Research Projects

Current Research Projects 

Our activities are structured around five main research clusters (RCs). Each comprises a number of research projects as listed below.

RC1: Violence across the Life Course  (Manuel Eisner)

• Zurich Project on the Social Development of Children (z-proso)
• São Paulo Project on the Social Development of Children (sp-proso)
• Evidence for Better Lives (EBLS)  

RC2: Violence, Non-violent Offending and Mental Health (Justice Tankebe)

• Covid-19 and the Psychological Wellbeing of Police Officers and Health Workers

RC3: Institutional violence, Terrorism and Criminal Networks 

• Organised Crime, Illegal Governance and Communities (i-Gov, Paolo Campana)
• Crime & Networks Group (Paolo Campana)
• Ethical Failures in Policing (Justice Tankebe)

RC4: Violence Prevention Programme and Evaluation

• Addressing online and offline bullying - effective intervention strategies (Maria Ttofi)

RC5: Cross-cultural and Historical Analysis  (Manuel Eisner)

• Crime during the Covid-19 crisis: A Global Analysis
• The London Medieval Murder Map

For individual researchers' bios and publications, visit this page and click their University and ResearchGate links.

Past Research Projects 

• Mental Health Challenges and Compromised Quality of Life among Offenders
• Legitimacy and Counter-terrorism Policing
• Cyberaggression and cybervictimisation in Canada
• London Education and Inclusion Project (LEIP)
• School-based Interventions for Reducing Disciplinary School Exclusion: A systematic review
• The Historical Dynamics of Homicide in Europe, 1000-2013 AD
• Uruguay Youth Violence Prevention Project
• Violence Beliefs among Adolescents in Amman
• Risk Factors for Child and Adolescent Conduct Problems and Youth Crime and Violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries