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Law professor advises Parliament on the regulation of police and security informants
Covert Human Intelligence Sources (informants) are the subject of highly controversial legislation before Parliament. An important review quotes advice from Professor Emeritus Clive Walker.
Professor Katja Franko discusses criminological research and the value of lives, security and inequality at Centre for Criminal Justice Studies Annual Lecture
On Tuesday 27 October 2020, Professor Franko delivered the talk entitled "Lives that matter: Doing criminology in an unequal and divided world".
"Plural Policing in Crisis: Reflecting on Inclusive Security Provision in the Global South" webinar
The webinar was held on 21 October 2020 and participants heard from speaker Dr Julie Berg, University of Glasgow, along with commentary from Professor Adam Crawford, University of Leeds.
'A Jurisprudence of the Body' - a new collection edited by academics from the Centre for Law and Social Justice published
A Jurisprudence of the Body is an exciting new collection that considers the place of the body in healthcare law. It has been published through Palgrave’s Socio-Legal Studies Series.
Read about our members’ new publication: ‘Private Security’s Accountabilities within Polycentric Assemblages’ by Julie Berg and Clifford Shearing
This article reflects on the ways which private security can be, and is, held responsible and accountable to the public (and other security providers) in formalised, polycentric, or nodal assemblages.