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Read more at: Criminology Day 2018

Criminology Day 2018

11 October 2018

On Friday 5 October we welcomed prospective PhD and Mphil students as part of induction week. We displayed research posters visualising the studies carried out at the Institute. The Violence Research Centre (VRC) had three posters. You can find out more about our research by visiting this page . After the event, the...

Read more at: VRC lecturer Dr Campana on child trafficking

VRC lecturer Dr Campana on child trafficking

3 October 2018

Dr Paolo Campana, a criminology expert part of the Violence Research Centre (VRC), focuses on child trafficking in a paper published in Nature Sustainability , entitled Unravelling Child Trafficking Routes . "The sixteenth Sustainable Development Goal points at the need to reduce human trafficking victims. [...] What we...

Read more at: VCR lecturer publishes paper on corruption among elites

VCR lecturer publishes paper on corruption among elites

26 September 2018

VRC lecturer Dr Tankebe co-authored a paper entitled CORRUPTION INTENTIONS AMONG PROSPECTIVE ELITES IN GHANA: AN ECONOMY OF ESTEEM , published in the International Criminal Justice Review . Co-authors were Susanne Karstedt and Sarah Adu-Poku. The paper focuses on corruption in the police and among elites in Ghana using...

Read more at: Are you considering a PhD in Criminology? Mind the deadline!

Are you considering a PhD in Criminology? Mind the deadline!

20 September 2018

The Graduate Admissions website publishes deadlines for all types of postgraduate degrees at the University of Cambridge. The deadline for Michaelmas 2019 for the full-time PhD course in Criminology (October 2019 start) is 31/5/2019. However, if you require funding, there are earlier deadlines to consider. You can get the...

Read more at: VRC members research student behaviour

VRC members research student behaviour

13 September 2018

Disaggregating Between- and Within-Classroom Variation in Student Behavior: A Multilevel Factor Analysis of Teacher Ratings of Student Prosociality and Aggression is a new paper by VRC members Aja Louise Murray, Ingrid Obsuth, Manuel Eisner and Denis Ribeaud. The paper analyses data from Switzerland and takes account of...

Read more at: VRC members publish paper on perceptions of child problem behaviour

VRC members publish paper on perceptions of child problem behaviour

6 September 2018

Nora L. Eisner, Aja L. Murray, Manuel Eisner and Denis Ribeaud published a paper called A Practical Guide to the Analysis of Non-Response and Attrition in Longitudinal Research Using a Real Data Example in the International Journal of Behavioral Development . The data used in this study relates to school children in...

Read more at: Professor Ward, an expert in violence prevention, visits the VRC

Professor Ward, an expert in violence prevention, visits the VRC

5 September 2018

Professor Catherine L. Ward - from the Department of Psychology, University of Cape Town, South Africa - is visiting the Violence Research Centre this month. She is part of the Evidence for Better Lives Study ( EBLS) Consortium , which runs the project. EBLS has at its core an eight-site longitudinal cohort study of child...

Read more at: VRC affiliated member Yulia Shenderovich co-authors paper on parenting programmes in South Africa

VRC affiliated member Yulia Shenderovich co-authors paper on parenting programmes in South Africa

5 September 2018

The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals include ending all forms of violence against children. Good parenting practices have been identified as a protective factor that promotes children’s health and development in low-income countries, where child maltreatment is common. Yulia Shenderovich, Manuel Eisner, Lucie...

Read more at: Prof Eisner reviews book on historical dynamics of interpersonal violence in Cambodia

Prof Eisner reviews book on historical dynamics of interpersonal violence in Cambodia

15 August 2018

" Over the past 20 years, a substantial amount of research has shed light on the historical dynamics of interpersonal violence in Europe and the USA. However, there is a continuing massive gap of good research on the historical dynamics of interpersonal violence in other societies. The present book by three experts on...

Read more at: Researching the gender profile of ADHD

Researching the gender profile of ADHD

8 August 2018

The NHS defines Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD ) as a behavioural disorder that includes symptoms such as inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsiveness. Doctors believe that symptoms of ADHD tend to be noticed at an early age and may become more noticeable when a child's circumstances change, such as...

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