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Read more at: Prof Eisner presents EBLS at INSPIRE Jamboree in Uganda

Prof Eisner presents EBLS at INSPIRE Jamboree in Uganda

4 July 2019

Prof Manuel Eisner attended the 1st INSPIRE Implementation Jamboree - Advancing evidence-based action to end violence against children - in Kampala, Uganda, on 24-25 June 2019, where he presented the Evidence for Better Lives (EBLS) study to an international audience. EBLS is an innovative global birth-cohort study in...

Read more at: Dr Justice Tankebe publishes paper on police cooperation against corruption

Dr Justice Tankebe publishes paper on police cooperation against corruption

23 May 2019

Dr Justice Tankebe has published a paper entitled Cooperation with the Police Against Corruption: Exploring the Roles of Legitimacy, Deterrence and Collective Action Theories in The British Journal of Criminology . Corruption is a global problem. The United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) identified it as a key...

Read more at: Strong bonds with parents improve adolescent self-control

Strong bonds with parents improve adolescent self-control

3 May 2019

A recent study carried out by researchers at the VU University in Amsterdam, Utrecht University, the University of Cambridge and the University of Zurich suggests that healthy bonds with parents support the development of self-control in mid- and late adolescence. Lacking self-control, in turn, was found to predict...

Read more at: 14 May Symposium open to all: Measuring Counterfactual Worlds That Matter Most to Policy

14 May Symposium open to all: Measuring Counterfactual Worlds That Matter Most to Policy

26 April 2019

The Real Gold Standard: Measuring Counterfactual Worlds That Matter Most to Policy . What research evidence do we need to inform policy about what works? Are experiments the ‘Gold Standard’ for establishing causal effects that matter for important policy goals in education, welfare, prevention and policing? Programme...

Read more at: Prof M. Fernanda Peres, University of São Paulo, visits the VRC

Prof M. Fernanda Peres, University of São Paulo, visits the VRC

17 April 2019

Professor Maria Fernanda Peres from the Department of Preventive Medicine, University of São Paulo Medical School in Brazil, is visiting the VRC this month. She is the Principal Investigator, alongside Professor Manuel Eisner, of The São Paulo Project on the Social Development of Children (sp-proso) . This project uses the...

Read more at: A great start to 2019 with papers in leading journals

A great start to 2019 with papers in leading journals

13 March 2019

The VRC and its affiliated international researchers published several papers in the first months of 2019. Here is a selection on different topics. Child victimisation Childhood Predictors of Violent Victimization at Age 17 Years: The Role of Early Social Behavioral Tendencies by Margit Averdijk, Denis Ribeaud and Manuel...

Read more at: Missed out on the cybercrime event? Here's the recording

Missed out on the cybercrime event? Here's the recording

28 February 2019

Dr Jonathan Lusthaus - Director of The Human Cybercriminal Project in the Department of Sociology and a Research Fellow at Nuffield College, University of Oxford - presented the research behind his latest book, Industry of Anonymity: Inside the Business of Cybercrime to an audience of academics, students, IT professionals...

Read more at: The latest VRC report is available for download

The latest VRC report is available for download

20 February 2019

The VRC, who is going to be five years old in September, has issued its latest activity report, covering two academic years, 2016-17 and 2017-8. This follows the previous report, covering the academic year 2015-16. Both reports are available for download on this page (click here ). Our director, Prof Manuel Eisner, writes...

Read more at: PhD student V. Harinam facilitates VRC seminar on cybercrime

PhD student V. Harinam facilitates VRC seminar on cybercrime

1 February 2019

Cybercrime: an invisible threat On 27 February, the VRC is hosting Industry of Anonymity: Inside the Business of Cybercrime , a talk by Dr Jonathan Lusthaus, director of the Human Cybercriminal Project at the University of Oxford. It is based on the homonymous book , published by Harvard University Press in October 2018...

Read more at: Goodbye to 2018 and welcome 2019!

Goodbye to 2018 and welcome 2019!

11 January 2019

We have started 2019 with great enthusiasm, buoyed by our website’s analytics report. In 2018 our website was visited by 63,443 people, a 679% increase from 2017. Our London Medieval Murder Map has caught the attention of both the general public and the academic world. We have received interesting emails and achieved...

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