In Britain, they start very young these days. An 11-year-old girl who has not yet started secondary school recently pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage. … Read more
Author: Denys Andrianjafy
Ibiza and British club cultures
Dr. Kate O’Brien presents BBC Radio 4’s programme on how the island of Ibiza has subtly influenced British youth culture and the nation’s night-time economy … Read more
Civil Society discussed in the House of Commons
Dr Beth Breeze addressed a meeting in the House of Commons on the 8th June. Beth spoke at a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary … Read more
Monitoring Parents: Science, evidence, experts and the new parenting culture
Organised by Parenting Culture Studies and the Kent Centre for Law Gender and Sexuality, the forthcoming event Monitoring Parents: Science, evidence, experts and the new … Read more
Kent wins prestigious national award for excellence in teaching Criminology
The criminology team at the University of Kent are delighted to have been awarded the National Award for Excellence in Teaching Criminology 2011, by the … Read more
Prato PhD writing workshop
In recent years, PhD students who have made excellent progress in their research and are working on an article from their thesis have the opportunity … Read more
Major postgraduate success
SSPSSR is part of the South East Doctoral Training Consortium, one of only 21 centres to to have been awarded ESRC Accreditation and funding for … Read more
The utility and validity for public health of ethnicity categorisation
Peter Aspinall has just published a new article, ‘The utility and validity for public health of ethnicity categorisation in the 1991, 2001 and 2011 British censuses’, … Read more
The Body and Social Theory
Chris Shilling has just had the second edition of his groundbreaking book The Body and Social Theory translated into Korean with Naman Press. He is … Read more
Violence and Society
A new book by Larry Ray, Professor of Sociology, examines the meaning and representations of violent behaviour in contemporary culture and throughout history. Titled Violence and … Read more