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Dr Jenni Ward

Associate Professor in Criminology

Jenni Ward

  • School Faculty of Business and Law

  • Department Law and Social Sciences

  • Location London

Research activities

Currentresearch interests include criminal court sentencing, sentencing law reform, 鈥榶oungadults鈥� (18-25-year-olds) in the criminal justice system,聽social justice interconnectionswith criminal justice, 'therapeutic jurisprudence' and problem-solving聽 drugs courts,聽prison education.

Criminalcourt sentencing

Prisons

Criminaljustice process

comparative criminal justice

Youth toadult transitions

Young people growing up in 鈥榮tate鈥� care聽

care leavers transition to independent living.

Recreationaldrugs market organisation

Urbancriminology

Qualitativeand ethnographic research methodologies


Current Teaching

CRM1273Researching Crime in the City

CRM2274Prisons and Penology 聽

CRM3275 Comparative Criminal Justice: Courts, Sentencing and Prisons

CRM4613Criminal Justice, Courts and Prisons 聽聽


Biography

My research interests are the criminal courts and justice administration with a current focus on the sentencing of 18 to 25 year old 'young adults'. This overlaps with previous research activity on young people growing up in the 'state' childcare system and 'careleavers'.

Publications