Criminalisation

Examining how and why certain behaviours and communities become subject to criminal law, this group investigates the processes and consequences of criminalisation. Our research spans criminal law, criminology, counter-terrorism, policing, and transitional justice, drawing on doctrinal, theoretical, and empirical approaches.

We explore key themes including vulnerability, mental health, terrorism, and the regulation of public space. Our research draws on doctrinal, theoretical, and empirical approaches to examine how justice is delivered, and denied, to different groups in various contexts.

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Criminalisation centres around criminal law, criminology, terrorism, transitional justice, international criminal law, and responses to conflict, violence, urban insecurity, and the criminalisation of vulnerable groups.

Below are some of our projects and outputs.

O’Loughlin, A, 2024. Defendants as victims: a scoping review of vulnerability, victimhood and safeguards from charge to conviction.
Matravers, M. (2025). Nuance and Morality in the Criminal Law. Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, 80-91.
Gilmore, J. (2024). “They really did us proud”: Legal Solidarity and the 1984-1985 Miners’ Strike. Oral History, 59-72.
Dinesson, K. E. (2024). A terrorist mindset: findings from an empirical enquiry into prosecutions, evidence, and mindset material. Legal Studies, 44(4), 703-719.

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