Institute of Criminal Justice Studies

Student prize

The prize offered within the programme area annually is open to all students on all postgraduate courses - the Vathek Publishing Dissertation Prize, providing a £200 cash prize and an opportunity to publish in the International Journal of Police Science & Management. 

Previous recipients

Vathek Publishing Dissertation Prizes

2011, Robert Braddock, MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice. Dissertation Title: Rhetoric or Restoration?  A study into the retorative potential of the conditional cautioning scheme. Supervisor: Tom Ellis

2010, Efstathios D. Mainas, MSc Police Science and Management. Dissertation Title: The Analysis of Criminal and Terrorist Organisations. as Social Network Structures: A Review and Quasi-experimental Study. Supervisor: Dr. Paul Norman.

2009, Barry Wright, MSc International Criminal Justice. Dissertation Title: Civilianising the 'Blue Code'? An examination of attitudes to misconduct in the 'police extended family'. Supervisor: Prof. Stephen Savage.

2008, Philip Caine, MSc International Criminal Justice. Dissertation Title: Has the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Captured the Planners and Instigators of Crimes Against Humanity or Simply Singled Out the Foot Soldiers? Supervisor: Dr. Francis Pakes.

2007, Pierre Gobinet, MSc International Police Science. Dissertation Title: The Gendarmerie alternative: Is there a case for police services with a military status in the twenty-first century European police apparatus? Published in the 2008 edition of International Journal of Police Science & Management, 10(4). Supervisor: Professor Les Johnson

2006, Maren Eline Kleiven, MSc International Police Science. Dissertation Title: Where's the intelligence in the National Intelligence Model. Published in the 2007 edition of International Journal of Police Science & Management, 9(3), 257-273. Supervisor: Dr Paul Norman

2005, Gary Evanson, MSc Police Science and Management. Dissertation Title: To what extent does police discretion enhance justice. Supervisor: Bill Scurlock

2004, Sam Poyser, MSc Criminal Justice Studies. Dissertation Title: Shopping centre design, decline and crime. Published in 2006 in International Journal of Police Science & Management, 7(2), 123-136 . Supervisor: Robin Fletcher

2003, Gemma Shears, What do we think? Investigating the attitudes and life goals of young offenders. Published in 2004 in International Journal of Police Science & Management, 6(3), 126-135.

2002, David Walsh, MSc Criminal Justice Studies. Dissertation Title: An analysis of the standards of investagative interviews conducted with the Benifits Agency. Supervisor: Dr Becky Milne.

2001, Caroline Miller, Weapon carrying as a behavioural consequence of fear of crime. Published in 2002 in International Journal of Police Science & Management, 4(3), 169-181.

Wessex Youth Offending Team Prize

2008, Nicholas Pamment, MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice. Dissertation Title: The Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme: Politically Desirable, Fundamentally Flawed? Supervisor: Mike Nash