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Is prison a solution or a problem? How does it feel to have your freedom taken away. Find out at the Festival of Ideas

Does prison work? / How to stay out of prison - Festival of Ideas

15 Oct 2011

Jason Hill was a persistent young offender who the courts and Youth Offending Services had given up on.

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Johann Koehler

Criminal rehabilitation: a spotlight on Europe

12 Sep 2011

With recent reports stating that almost three quarters of those charged with offences during the London riots had prior convictions, attention has...

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Challenging crime: Institute of Criminology

01 May 2010

Criminologists in Cambridge are investigating the origins, prevention and control of crime in a fast-changing world.

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Dublin Prison

A measure of prison performance

01 Jan 2010

Pioneering research by Cambridge criminologists is helping prison managers to understand what makes a good prison.

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Sphinx of Giza (2005-05-290)

Egyptology in prisons

08 Feb 2008

The project Accessing Virtual Egypt is breaking new ground in knowledge transfer between museums and prisons, with empowering results

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