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School of Social Sciences

Social Control, Crime & Criminal Justice

Recent research projects

2008 Feilzer, M, Altunbas, Y and Chakravarty, S
Interrogating the British Crime Survey from a local perspective: The case of North Wales
The British Crime Survey (BCS) is a national victim survey which assesses experiences of crime, the behaviour of victims of crime in regard to reporting of crimes to the police, and survey respondents’ attitudes to, and confidence in, the criminal justice system and its main agencies. Certain components of the BCS are now used as performance indicators which contribute to the assessment of local police force performance. This is a fairly new development and there has been limited academic discussion of the suitability of the BCS for this purpose. This research responds to concerns about the use made of BCS data in performance management and allocation of resources at a /local/ police force level. The research will explore the suitability, validity, and reliability of BCS data for performance management, production of crime estimates, and resource allocation on an individual police force level; and include a secondary analysis of British Crime Survey data using a context-sensitive ‘bottom-up’ approach.

2007 Wardhaugh, J
Preventing Ani-social Behaviour in North West Wales: research with the Gwynedd-Mon Youth Offending Team
Funded by the Youth Justice Board
The general aim of the study is to document anti-social behaviour among young people within the counties of Gwynedd and Anglesey, and to provide information relevant to policy makers and practitioners within this field.

2004 Smith, C
An Ethnographic Study of Mexican-American Female Injecting Drug Users in San Antonio, Texas: Developmental Phase.
Funded by The British Academy
The study aims to describe the social roles of Mexican American female IDUs, their perceptions of 'risk behaviour' and existing drug treatment services, and to facilitate their involvement of in the identification of health and social needs and priorities. The study also aims to describe the potential points for intervention and implications for service provision.

2004 Wardhaugh, J
Regulating city spaces: begging interactions in Delhi, India.
Funded by the British Academy
The research will focus on socio-spatial interactions between marginal - and often criminalized - street people, and their more 'respectable' fellow citizens.

2003-2004 Smith, C
Management of menstrual symptoms in women's prisons: A pilot project.
Funded by The British Academy
The study aims to explore the processes involved in the day-to-day monitoring of women's health and illness in the prison context and women prisoners' ideas of normality and abnormality associated with menstruation.

2002 Wardhaugh, J
Rural Self-governance and Community Justice: A Study of Panchayati Raj in Rural North India
Funded by Research Committee, University of Wales Bangor.

2002 Wardhaugh, J
Regulating Rural Space: the Case of North Wales
Piolet project funded by the Research Centre Wales.

2000-01 Wardhaugh, J
User perspectives on drug and alcohol issues in Conwy.
Funded by National Assembly for Wales
This project involves an investigation into community and user perpsectives on drug and alcohol issues and services. A combination of qualitative and quantitative methodology is used in this study, which is based in several communities in North Wales. The research is conducted through the medium of Welsh and English, and the final report will be available in both languages. The report will be used to inform policy and service provision within the drug and alcohol agencies.