RT Article
T1 Crime and justice research: The current landscape and future possibilities
JF Criminology & criminal justice
VO 20
IS 4
SP 471
OP 482
A1 Sparks, Richard
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1786223465
AB The contributions in this themed section developed from conversations that took place at an event hosted by the British Society of Criminology and Criminology & Criminal Justice in April 2019. The papers that follow respond to a ‘think-piece’ presented by Richard Sparks at that event, and engage with the subsequent debate about the future of funding for crime and justice research. Contributors reflect on the opportunities and challenges arising from recent shifts in funding allocations and priorities, from their different vantage points. Highlighting the importance of interdisciplinary and international work, they consider priorities for future investment in crime and justice research and draw attention to the impact of an increasingly restrictive and risk-averse climate on critical research. The papers explore the consequences for criminology as a discipline and warn of the potential reinforcement of existing inequalities in academia unless action is taken to support the development of future researchers.
K1 Challenges
K1 Future priorities
K1 Opportunities
K1 Research funding
DO 10.1177/1748895820949297