Centre for Education and Criminal Justice

We are a teaching hub for undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in education within the criminal justice system.

For undergraduate students we offer a module introduction to Criminal Journeys, exploring views on what constitutes crime, how people become involved in the criminal justice system and what that involvement looks like.

• Lenoir, R., & Wong, K. K. Y. (2023). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people from black and mixed ethnic groups’ mental health in West London: a qualitative study. BMJ open, 13(5), e071903
• Maguire, D. 2021. Male, Failed, Jailed. Palgrave McMillan.  
• Wong, K. K. Y., Francesconi, M., & Flouri, E. (2021). Internalizing and externalizing problems across childhood and psychotic-like experiences in young-adulthood: The role of developmental period. Schizophrenia Research, 231, 108-114. 
• Portnoy, J., Bedoya, A., & Wong, K. K. Y. (2021). Child Externalizing and Internalizing Behavior and Parental Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic. UCL Open: Environment Preprint. 
• Wong, K. K. Y. (2020). Schizophrenia and Crime. Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences, 4575-4580. 
• Vorhaus, J. (2021). Bringing People Down: Degrading Treatment and Punishment. New Criminal Law Review. 24.3: 433-466.   
• Intensive English and maths provision in prisons: pilot evaluation in 6 prisons, with NIACE, for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) 
• Hurry, J., Lawrence, P., Wilson, A., & Plant, J. (2013). Evaluation of 'Write to be Heard", a project on writing in prison, commissioned by National Offender management Service (NOMS), led by the Arts Alliance 
• Rogers, L., Simonot, M., & Nartey, A. (2014). Prison Educators: Professionalism Against the Odds (PDF). London: UCU. 
• Analysis of youth offenders' occupational identities and its relationship to subsequent offending patterns 
• An assessment of the English and maths skills levels of prisoners in England 
• Martin Luther King "Now is the time" - His Dream to Influence Education Today by Angela Herbert 
• Vorhaus, J. (2014). Prisoners’ right to education. London Review of Education. 12.2: 162-174. 
• Rogers, L. (2016) Disengagement from Education. London: Trentham Books IOE Press. 
• Hurry, J. and Rogers, L. Eds (2014) Education, training and employment in prison and post-release. Special Edition, London Review of Education, 12(2).  
• Rogers, L., Hurry, J., Simonot, M., & Wilson, A. (2014) The aspirations and realities of prison education for under-25s in the London area, London Review of Education, 12(2), 184–196.

To find out more about our researchers and publications go to:  

• UCL Research Portal, IRIS

• Rehabilitation and reintegration support for ex-offenders in Singapore – Yellow Ribbon Singapore 
• Turning a new leaf: Exploring employment stigma, support, and opportunities for ex-convicts
• Starting Young: How does education shape criminal justice? 
• How can we prevent sexual violence in adolescents?
• The quest for desistance: Implementing educational programmes for inmates
• Prison life and creative arts: What can they offer to enhance education?
• Where next for prison education and educators?
• Crime prevention: Where do we start and end?
• Deficits to assets: Re-imagining a strength-based model of prison education
• Can biosocial criminology enhance crime prevention strategies and help the youth justice system?
• How can analysis and diagnosis help us to prevent sexual offending?
• How can the implementation and statistical assessment of programmes supporting prisoners and prison leavers contribute to remediating reoffending?
• In what ways can technology reach and impact inmates?
• The Lammy Review (2017) and beyond: What can we do to address race equality in criminal justice?
• Reintegration: What can we learn from a central London prison?