Institute of Criminal Justice Studies

Research Students

Currently the Institute has fifteen students registered for MPhil/PhD degrees. Their research topics include the following:-

An Investigation into the Validity of the Competency Based Garda Student and Probationer Education Programme in the Garda Siochana

Cognitive Behavioural Programmes: an in-depth study of the supporting evidence and reconviction rates following participation in an accredited programme in the community.

Counter Fraud Specialists and the Emergence of Professionalism

Examining the relationship between economic migration and crime in Dubai

Interviewing in Public Sector Counter Fraud Investigation.

Managing communication within an initial police investigation.

Policing racist hate crime in London

Protecting business from single issue terrorism

The emergence of the 'super-regulator' and its objective to reduce financial crime: An analysis of the nature and extent of the powers available to the Financial Services Authority

The influence of EU reforms on police education and training policy in Turkey: A policy analysis of police education and training of the Turkish National Police between 1999 and 2009

The UK's policy of 'dispersal' of asylum seekers. The Institute also has about twenty students registered for the Professional Doctorate in Criminal Justice. This is a new doctoral programme consisting of both taught units and a research component.