Reforming the State After Covid: PERU’s Chris O’Leary speaking at Adam Smith Institute webinar
Chris O'Leary joins The Rt Hon David Davis MP, Douglas Carswell who is a former MP and the co-director of the Good Governance Project and Matthew Lesh who is the Head of Research at the Adam Smith Institute for a panel discussing reforming the State after Covid.
7 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
Art scheme can help prisoners to develop and feel positive about their futures
Sally Taylor, Chief Executive of Koestler Arts is “delighted” with the PERU research into the impact of the Koestler Arts Awards on prisoners and prisons.
25 June 2020
COVID-19 Reflections
New blogs reflecting on COVID-19 have been published today by the British Journal of Community Justice, hosted and managed by PERU
25 June 2020
Hate Crime and racist prejudice in the criminal justice system.
The British Journal of Community Justice (BJCJ) hosted and managed by PERU, has published the first of a two-part special issue on Hate Crime and racist prejudice in the criminal justice system.
9 June 2020
New Issue – The MacPherson Report: Current Relections
The new free issue of the British Journal of Community Justice has been published today.
4 June 2020
Covid-19 in prisons in England and Wales
Responding to the Covid-19 pandemic, the British Journal of Community Justice has published it first commentary on institutional responses to the crisis.
21 May 2020
Top authors
PERU’s Kevin Wong and Rachel Kinsella along with their co-author Linda Meadows have been awarded a certificate of achievement by the Howard Journal of Crime and Justice.
1 May 2020
‘People get killed cause of there [their] skin. It cannot be stopped’ …
Sarah Page examines the United Kingdom pupil experience of racism and race-hate-related extremism through research
6 March 2020
The Manchester CRIME and JUSTICE Film Festival 2020
This year’s festival, orgainsed by Kevin Wong and Gavin Bailey of PERU and Lucy Simpson from RAH! starts on the 18th March with a screening of i Believe in You introduced by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Probation, Justin Russell.
19 February 2020
Crime and Justice Networking and Learning Fair
The Policy Evaluation and Research Unit and Criminal Justice Alliance are holding a Crime and Justice Networking and Learning Fair on Wednesday 18th March at Manchester Metropolitan University.
10 February 2020
More than a tick-box? the role of training in improving police responses to hate crime
Stevie-Jade Hardy, Neil Chakraborti and Ilda Cuko identify how police training can be improved to address the under-reporting and inconsistent recording of hate crime
7 February 2020
HM Probation Inspectorate publish paper on innovation in probation
HM Inspectorate of Probation today publishes a report by Professors Chris Fox and Kevin Albertson, exploring the concept of innovation and its application to the delivery of probation services.
10 January 2020
New free issue of the British Journal of Community Justice
The new free issue of the British Journal of Community Justice has been published today.
21 November 2019
PERU hosts successful Prisoner Learning Academic Network seminar
Last week PERU were pleased to host the second in a series of seminars for the Prisoner Learning Academic Network.
12 November 2019
Putting the community back into payback
Dave Nicholson who is a PhD student with PERU has written a chapter on the potential for co-operatives to re-shape community payback in a book published yesterday.
6 November 2019
Needs assessment for people with convictions: Integrating risk needs and responsivity with desistance principles
Rachel Horan PERU Associate Researcher and Director of the Averment Group along with PERU’s Kevin Wong and Kirstine Szifris set out the case for operationalising risk needs and responsivity (RNR) and desistance principles in their newly published paper on the Enablers of Change needs assessment tool.
5 November 2019
Student winners for Manchester Crime and Justice Film Festival
Congratulations to Charlotte Gislam and Rebecca Wynne-Walsh, the joint winners of the Festival’s student choice competition.
25 October 2019
PERU to evaluate three Youth Endowment Fund projects
PERU is pleased to announce that it is working with the Youth Endowment Fund to evaluate 3 of the twenty two projects for which funding is announced today.
10 October 2019
Hate Crime Reporting Policy is fundamentally flawed
At a national conference today PERU’s Kevin Wong will argue that the Government’s Hate Crime Reporting Policy is fundamentally flawed, reliant on good intentions but inadequately resourced
3 October 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
Increasing the use of Community Sentence Treatment Requirements
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
Thu 26 April 2018
20 April 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
Coaching’s Impact on Social Exclusion: Measuring Hearts and Minds
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
Thu 9 November 2017
4 November 2017
Justice Devolution: delivering better justice through Justice Reinvestment
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Wed 13 September 2017
12 September 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
Justice devolution: what next?
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
Wed 14 December 2016
14 December 2016
Offender Management – Devolution and Local Commissioning
Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Mon 3 October 2016
1 October 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
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
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
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