Criminal Justice Ethics

The Criminal Justice Ethics Programme aims to promote and coordinate research at the University of Hull that advances knowledge and understanding of ethical issues arising within and from the practice of criminal justice in contemporary society.

The programme particularly promotes research that seeks:

to identify and examine the ethical notions that underpin contemporary criminal justice
to evaluate criminal justice practices by reference to ethical principles
to examine normative theories of criminal justice
to explore the potential of alternatives to mainstream ways of thinking and doing criminal justice where these claim to operate from a distinctive ethical basis.

A distinctive concern is to promote research that integrates normative and empirical questions, and adopts an interdisciplinary approach.

Ongoing projects include research into:

the values of restorative justice
the ethics of torture
the relationship between national identity and criminal justice
ethical aspects of expert evidence
justice and the emotions
ethical issues raised by the imprisonment of fathers
the ethics of reparation for historical large-scale crimes
the ethical underpinnings of victim-oriented criminal justice.

Associates of this programme are also involved in developing a new Masters degree in Restorative Justice (by distance learning) launched in September 2008.

http://www2.hull.ac.uk/FASS/lawschool/courses/pg-1/ma_in_restorative_justice.aspx

Programme Director: Dr Tony Ward

Criminal Justice Ethics Research Associates

Mr Gianluca Andresani (Business School)
Dr Rob Clucas (Law)
Prof Raphael Cohen-Almagor (Politics)
Dr Antony Hatzistavrou (Philosophy)
Mr Simon Green (Department of Social Sciences)
Prof Paul Gilbert (Philosophy)

Dr Karen Harrison (Law)
Prof Gerry Johnstone (Law)
Prof Masimo La Torre (Law)
Dr Joel Quirk (RKUK Research Fellow in Law, Culture and Human Rights)
Dr Suzanne Uniacke (Philosophy)
Dr Liz Walker (Department of Social Sciences)
Dr Tony Ward (Law)
Prof Peter Young (Department of Social Sciences)
Dr Margarita Zernova (Department of Social Sciences)

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