Research Seminar - Dr Darrick Jolliffe (University of Greenwich)

*** Everyone Welcome! No need to book in advance*** 

Date: Thursday 8th March
Time: 16:00-17:00 
Room: Building 9 BG09B

Dr Darrick Jolliffe (University of Greenwich) 
 

  

Abstract: Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups are over-represented in prison. Members of these groups make up around 12.4% of the general population (aged over 18) but over 25% of the approximately 85,000 individuals in prison. The reasons for this over-representation have been shown to include biases against BAME groups at every step of the criminal justice process including policing practices (especially stop and search), prosecution and disposals. However, what has received much less research attention is the disproportionate treatment of BAME groups in prison. BAME prisoners are more likely to be subject to use of force by prison officers, more likely to be placed in segregation, more likely to be on the Basic regime (meaning they are ‘banged up’ 23 hours a day) and less likely to progress in their sentences to less restrictive prison regimes. Based on questionnaires, interviews with prisoners, prison officers, senior managers and embedded community groups this research explores the potential reasons for this disproportionate treatment and evaluates one initiative designed to address this complex issue.

Biography: Dr Darrick Jolliffe is Research Professor of Criminology at the Centre for Criminology at the University of Greenwich (since 2013), and was Senior Lecturer of Criminology at the University of Leicester. Darrick has led funded research projects for the Ministry of Justice, NHS, National Offender Management Service, National Police Improvement Agency, Equality and Human Rights Commission, the National Probation Service, Corston Independent Funding Council, Danish Police Knowledge Research Centre, and the Ministry of Justice Chile. Darrick has authored or co-authored over 80 book chapters, articles and official reports and is on the editorial board of the British Journal of Criminology and Victims and Offenders and is Associate Editor of The Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology. Darrick is the academic lead of Project Oracle and regularly speaks at City Hall about the importance of evaluations research.