Governance

Management Committee

The activities and research programme of the Centre are overseen by a Management Committee, which meets once per term. The committee comprises the following people:

Prof. Julie Dickson (Chair, and the Law Board's nominee)

Prof. Rachel Condry (Centre Director)

Prof. Mary Bosworth (Assistant Centre Director, Director of Graduate Studies - Taught & Research) 

Prof. Carolyn Hoyle (Director of Graduate Studies - Research, HT26 & TT26) 

Prof. John Armour (Dean)

Dr. Michael Foran (Appointment by Law Board)

Chris Hare (Associate Dean for Research, 2025-26)

Dr. Catherine Briddick (Social Science Division representative)

Mr. Daniel Cullen (Research Staff representative)

In attendance - secretariat: Abbie O'Regan (Senior Graduate Administrator, Centre for Criminology)

External Advisory Board

The Advisory Board consists of a group of eminent persons chosen for their academic or professional expertise who can give guidance on the general direction of the Centre and provide a link between the Centre, the wider academic world and criminal justice agencies. The Board currently comprises:

Eamonn Carrabine, Professor of Sociology, University of Essex, Editor-in-Chief on the British Journal of Criminology

Andrea Coomber, Chief Executive, Howard League for Penal Reform

Lady Edwina Grosvenor, Prison Philanthropist

Jason Hogg, Chief Constable, Thames Valley Police

Alison Liebling, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Cambridge, Director of the Institute of Criminology’s Prisons Research Centre

Shadd Maruna, Professor of Criminology, Head of Department – Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology, University of Liverpool

Tracey Meares, Walton Hale Hamilton Professor, Founding Director of the Justice Collaboratory, Law School, Yale University

Rick Muir, Policing Adviser to the Home Secretary, based in the Home Office

Laura Piacentini, Professor of Criminology, School of Social Work & Social Policy, University of Strathclyde

Maximo Sozzo, Professor of Sociology of Law and Criminology, Director of the Crime and Society Program, National University of Litoral, Argentina