The Manchester International Crime and Justice Film Festival 2024
Welcome to the 2024 festival sponsored by the Department of Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University and curated by staff from the university’s Policy Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU).
2 April 2024
The Manchester International Crime and Justice Film Festival 2023
Welcome to the 2023 festival sponsored by the Department of Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University and curated by staff from the university’s Policy Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU).
4 April 2023
UK Evaluation Society Webinar ‘Learning the Art of Evaluation’ featuring PERU’s Prof Chris Fox
Professor Chris Fox will be presenting at the webinar about the PERU-offered MSc in Evaluation and Policy Analysis, as part of the drive to spotlight HE opportunities in evaluation.
21 October 2022
Idleness: book launch with authors Katy Jones and Ashwin Kumar
Idleness: book launch with authors Katy Jones and Ashwin Kumar
6 October 2022
PERU events at Insights ’22
The PERU team are supporting this year’s Insights ’22 Festival co-ordinated by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (online, 11-20 May 2022)
18 March 2022
The gig economy: entrepreneurialism, solidarity and the myth of flexibility
Venue: On-line
26th of November, 09.00 to 10.30 GMT
24 November 2021
Ethnicity and the Criminal Justice System
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
26th November 12 - 4
17 November 2021
Cycling Societies: Innovations, Inequalities and Governance – book launch
Venue: On-line
8th of November, 17.30 - 19.00 GMT
3 November 2021
The Future of Probation: Post-Unification
Venue: On-line
Wednesday 3rd November from 13.00 to 16.30
13 October 2021
College Behind Bars – Educating for Change
Venue: On-line
Wednesday 20th October from 17.00 to 18.30
8 October 2021
Gun fingers: “It’s not a game” with film-maker Simon Melbourne
Venue: On-line
Wednesday 26th May from 17.00 to 18.00
10 May 2021
Crime and the Camera with Rex Bloomstein
Venue: On-line
Tuesday 18th May from 17.00 to 18.00
20 April 2021
Making a restorative criminal justice system a reality
Venue: On-line
Wednesday 28th April 13.00 to 16.30
31 March 2021
FAKE NEWS: health, wellbeing, information and digital literacy
Venue: On-line
Fri 30 October 2020
29 October 2020
Where next for co-creating public services? Policy Seminar
Venue: On-line
Wed 7 October 2020
3 October 2020
Going virtual: The Manchester Crime and Justice Mini-Film Festival
Venue: On-line Tue 14 July 2020
10 July 2020
In-work poverty: low pay, productivity and gender – Professor Ashwin Kumar’s Inaugral Lecture
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University | Mon 15 June 2020
29 June 2020
Kids Rule OK! Webinar: Tips and Pitfalls of engaging with children in evaluations
Venue: Zoom organised by the UK Evaluation Society | 9 July 2020
16 June 2020
“Probation – in crisis or on the road to recovery?”
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Tue 19 May 2020
18 May 2020
Manchester Crime and Justice Film Festival: Shoplifters
Venue: 70 Oxford Street
Wed 1 April 2020
29 March 2020
Manchester Crime and Justice Film Festival: American Psycho
Venue: 70 Oxford Street
Wed 25 March 2020
24 March 2020
Manchester Crime and Justice Film Festival: I Believe in You (introduced by Justin Russell)
Venue: 70 Oxford St
Wed 18 March 2020
17 March 2020
Crime and Justice Networking and Learning Fair
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Wed 18 March 2020
10 March 2020
Radical Home Care: How self-managing teams could save social care
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Tue 10 March 2020
9 March 2020
Working towards social inclusion: Supporting offenders and marginalised groups into sustainable employment
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Tue 11 February 2020
11 February 2020
“Prevention Is Better Than Court” Strategic and Academic perspectives on Diversion, Participation and ‘unmet need’ in the Youth Justice System
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Wed 15 January 2020
10 January 2020
Putting pedagogy into practice (Prisoner Learning Academic Network)
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Wed 6 November 2019
5 November 2019
Are Social Impact Bonds an Innovation in Finance or Do They Help Finance Social Innovation?
Venue: University of Southern California
Tue 1 October 2019
29 September 2019
In-work poverty: low pay, productivity and gender
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Mon 9 September 2019
8 September 2019
The Manchester Crime and Justice Film Festival – Do The Right Thing
Venue: Number 70 Oxford Road
Thu 30 May 2019
29 May 2019
The Manchester Crime and Justice Film Festival – The Harder They Come
Venue: Number 70 Oxford Road
Thu 23 May 2019
20 May 2019
The Manchester Crime and Justice Film Festival – The Purge
Venue: Number 70 Oxford Road
Thu 16 May 2019
15 May 2019
What Works in Reducing Reoffending: Evidence and Evaluation
Venue: All Saints Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Thu 16 May 2019
14 May 2019
Identity psychology in probation: Implications for working with personality disorder
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Tue 14 May 2019
5 May 2019
Power dynamics in “service provision”
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Wed 8 May 2019
3 May 2019
The Manchester Crime and Justice Film Festival: Mona Lisa
Venue: Number 70 Oxford Road
Thu 9 May 201
2 May 2019
County Lines – the inside story
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Tue 9 April 2019
5 April 2019
Professor Susan Baines Inaugural Lecture: Reinventing the past – investing in the future
Venue: LT1 Geoffrey Manton, Manchester Metropolitan University
Mon 25 March 2019
24 March 2019
The truth about the children’s care system, the links between care and custody and the role of alcohol in child neglect
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Tue 19 March 2019
18 March 2019
Offender to Entrepreneur: Sharing best practice from the USA in enabling individuals to develop a crime free future
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
Wed 9 January 2019
8 January 2019
Homelessness and the private rented sector
Venue: Manchester School of Art (Benzie Building), Manchester Metropolitan University
Mon 26 November 2018
25 November 2018
Complex commissioning for complex needs using partnerships, individuals assets and lived experience
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
Tue 6 November 2018
3 November 2018
Randomised controlled trials: past, present and prospects for the future – a personal perspective
Venue: Hilton Deansgate, 303 Deansgate, Manchester M3 4LQ
Wed 24 October 2018
20 October 2018
Fulfilling the legacy of the Stephen Lawrence inquiry report – twenty years on
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
Tue 16 October 2018
15 October 2018
Engaging Offenders – exploring alternative approaches to commissioning voluntary sector services
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
Thu 13 September 2018
14 September 2018
Book Launch of Payment by Results and Social Impact Bonds: Outcome-based Payment Systems
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Tue 12 June 2018
10 June 2018
Increasing the use of Community Sentence Treatment Requirements
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
Thu 26 April 2018
20 April 2018
Outcomes-based Commissioning: Learning from Payment by Results and Social Impact Bonds
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
Tue 27 March 2018
20 March 2018
Reflections on the delivery of probation services and the commissioning of probation services
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
Tue 27 February 2018
19 February 2018
Coaching’s Impact on Social Exclusion: Measuring Hearts and Minds
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
Tue 9 January 2018
1 January 2018
Cooperating Out of Crime? What can cooperatives bring to prisoner rehabilitation?
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
Tue 21 November 2017
20 November 2017
Coaching’s Impact on Social Exclusion: Measuring Hearts and Minds
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
Thu 9 November 2017
4 November 2017
Innovative Social Investment: Finding New Routes to Make Social Rights Real
Venue: Louvain (Brussels)
Fri 13 October 2017
12 October 2017
Justice Devolution: delivering better justice through Justice Reinvestment
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Wed 13 September 2017
12 September 2017
Innovative technology to deliver outcomes for people with disabilities & long-term health conditions
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
Tue 11 July 2017
6 July 2017
Innovative Social Investment: Reforming public services
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
Thu 22 June 2017 — Fri 23 June 2017
20 June 2017
Can small changes make a big difference? Applying behavioural insights to public services
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Thu 6 April 2017
1 April 2017
Next Steps for the Devolution of Criminal Justice: Westminster Legal Policy Forum Keynote Seminar
Venue: Central Manchester
Tue 21 March 2017
22 March 2017
Stephen Morris Inaugural Lecture
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Mon 12 March 2018 — Mon 19 March 2018
8 March 2017
Academy for Justice Commissioning: Developing Integrated Place Based Services in Greater Manchester
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
Tue 31 January 2017
28 January 2017
Justice devolution: what next?
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
Wed 14 December 2016
14 December 2016
PERU is recruiting a Senior Research Assistant – closing date 21st November
We are recruiting a Senior Research Assistant on a 2 year contract.
21 October 2016
Offender Management – Devolution and Local Commissioning
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Mon 3 October 2016
1 October 2016
Professor Chris Fox is a member of the new Probation Inspectorate Advisory Board
Professor Chris Fox is one of 7 members of the newly formed HM Inspectorate of Probation Advisory Board.
25 July 2016
Hello . . . is it me you’re commissioning for?
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University | Thu 16 June 2016
15 June 2016
Personalisation, Innovation and Transforming Rehabilitation
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University | Thu 19 May 2016
18 May 2016
Extremism and Counter-Extremism: Changing Images, Emerging Realities
Venue: Manchester | Thu 5 May 2016
1 May 2016
Impact Measurement in the justice sector and beyond: Approaches and latest developments
Venue: London, UK | Wed 13 April 2016
10 April 2016
Commissioning better public services through user engagement
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University | Tue 15 March 2016
20 March 2016
Policing in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University | Tue 26 January 2016
20 January 2016
Approaches to measuring impact – what can be done when circumstances are far from ideal
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University | Tue 1 December 2015
28 November 2015
Evaluation Workshop – International Year of Evaluation
Venue: Geoffrey Manton, Location: Room 104 | Wed 25 November 2015
20 November 2015
Effective de-commissioning: the flip-side of effective commissioning
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University Location: Manchester, Uk | Wed 21 October 2015
18 October 2015
Rethinking the Economics of Crime and Justice
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University | Thu 24 September 2015
20 September 2015
Devolution and Whole System Commissioning
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University. Location: Manchester, UK
Mon 14 September 2015
3 September 2015
European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference 2015 (EISIC)
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University Location: MMU Business School, All Saints Campus, Oxford Road, Manchester, M15 6BH
Mon 7 September 2015 - Wed 9 September 2015
28 August 2015
The next five years of criminal justice for England and Wales
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University. Location: Geoffrey Manton Building, Rosamund Street West, Manchester M15 6LL. | Mon 20 July 2015
28 June 2015
Through the Gate Services – an Academy for Justice Commissioning evening seminar
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University, Geoffrey Manton Building, Rosamund Street West, Manchester M15 6LL | Tue 9 June 2015
28 May 2015
MYPLACE Final Conference
Venue: Importanne Hotels and Resort Dubrovnik, Croatia. | Thu 5 March 2015 - Sat 7 March 2015
28 April 2015
Webinar 2: Process Evaluation
Venue: Webinar. Location: Manchester Metropolitan University | Mon 27 April 2015
19 April 2015
How to Run the Country Manual – Election Special Discussion
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University Business School | Tue 21 April 2015
25 March 2015
Webinar 1: Getting Started and Theory of Change
Venue: Webinar. Location Manchester Metropolitan University | Mon 30 March 2015
Contact: Chris Fox Email: c.fox@mmu.ac.uk
28 February 2015
Alcohol Interventions in Prison – Brief Interventions, Screening, Recovery
Venue: Manchester Evening Seminar | Thu 5 February 2015
28 January 2015