Institute of Criminal Justice Studies

Profile

Qualifications

Chartered Statistician CStat, MA (Mathematics, Oxford), Certificate in Statistics (Oxford: cf. MSc), MSc (London, Computing Science), CBE (Home Office)

Work Experience

• UK Central Statistical Office, 1963:  1972-1976 (Social Statistics/International Statistics)
• UK Ministry of Defence, 1964-1972 (Statistics, OR, Manpower Planning)
• Open University, 1972-1990 (Tutor in Mathematics, Statistics and Computing)
• UK Home Office, 1976-1983 (Chief Statistician Immigration, Fire, etc)
• UK Home Office, 1983-1996 (Chief Statistician, Police, Courts, International, etc)
• UK Home Office, 1996-2003 (Assistant Director of Research, Offenders/Corrections)
• Portsmouth University, Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, 2003-2010
• World Bank Consultant in Statistics for developing countries 2004-2010
• Statistical and Criminal Justice Consultant 2003-2010

Research Interests

• International comparisons of Crime and Criminal Justice (EW, EU, Africa, Japan)
• Statistics of crime and criminal justice, especially Diversity issues
• Technical assistance in Crime and Justice Statistics to African countries
• Research into specific crime types: eg: Organised Crime: Gun crime: Fraud Victims
• EU Prosecution Systems
• Evaluation of local criminal justice and Police operations
• Effectiveness of prison regimes

Research and Consultancy projects

• Statistical Advice to South African government on Crime and Justice Statistics, 1997
• Module manager and statistical consultant for World Bank Technical Assistance to five African countries (Kenya, Mauritius, Namibia, Seychelles, Tanzania) 2004-2009
• Organised crime measurement in 15 EU countries 2003-2005 (EU)
• Comparisons of Anglo-Japanese Criminal Justice Systems, 2004-2009
• 6-nation study of European Prosecution systems 2003-2005 (EU)
• 10-nation study of European Prosecution Systems 2005-2009 (EU)
• Recent developments in Criminal Justice Systems in Europe, 2008-9 (MOJ)
• Equality and Diversity in the UK Crown Prosecution Service, 2004-2009 (CPS)
• Research into the drivers of UK gun crime, 2005-8 (Home Office)
• Modelling gun crime using techniques from ‘hard science’, 2006-7
• Writing EU FP7 bids for police development projects, 2007 (MPD)
• Diversity Study of UK Criminal Injuries Compensation, 2007 (Nat Audit Office)
• Evaluation of Police covert operation Phoenix, 2006-7 (Hampshire)
• Evaluation of Police non-emergency telephone system, 2008-9 (Hampshire)
• Evaluation of implementation of new Data Set for Race and CJS 2008-9 (MOJ)
• Research into UK victims of Fraud, 2009
• Leadership concerns with Surrey Police Force, 2009
• Evaluating the Hampshire Young Person's Specialist Assessment Service, 2009

Fully familiar with modern computing and statistical tools

Publications   (2006 onwards)

• Hales, G., Lewis, C. & Silverstone, D. (2006)  Gun crime: the market in and use of illegal firearms, Home Office Research Report 298/06, London, 2006
• Lewis, C.   (2006)   The Prosecution Service Function within the English Criminal Justice System, pp. 151-184 in Jehle, J-M. and Wade, M.  (eds) Coping with Overloaded Criminal Justice Systems: The Rise of Prosecutorial Power across Europe, Springer, 2006
• Lewis, C., Ellis, T. and Hamai, K.  (2007)  Japanese Community Policing under the Microscope , in Williamson, T. (ed), Knowledge-based policing, Current Conceptions and Future Directions, Wiley
• Lewis, C. (2007) International structures and transnational crime, chapter in Handbook of Criminal Investigation Newburn, T., Williamson, T. & Wright, A. (eds), Willan
• Lewis, C. (2007) Improving Criminal Statistics in Africa, for World Bank symposium at Dar-es-salaam. World Bank, 2007.
• Lewis, C. & Chen Y-F. (2007) Equality and Diversity Impact Assessment of CPS Charging, 2005-6, CPS, London, 2007.
• Brooks, G., Ellis, Tom, & Lewis C. (2007)   Pachinko: declining popularity or continuing social problem? Japan Focus  
• Lewis, C. (2007) World Bank GDDS Module on Justice and Security: Mauritius visit report
• Hayden, C., Hales, G. Lewis, C. & Silverstone, D. (2008) Young men convicted of firearms offences in England and Wales: an exploration of family and educational background as opportunities for prevention.
• Lewis, C. (2008) World Bank GDDS Module on Justice and Security: Kenya visit Report
• Oatley G., Lewis C.  et al (2008) The Gang Gun-Crime Problem - Solutions from Social Network Theory, Epidemiology, Cellular Automata, Bayesian Networks and Spatial Statistics in "Computational Forensics" Katrin Franke, Slobodan Petrovic, Ajith Abraham. (eds.)
• Brooks, G. and Ellis, T. and Lewis, C. (2008) Pachinko: A Japanese Addiction? International Journal of Gambling Studies, Volume 8, (2) pp. 193-205
• Peters, J., Lewis, C. Sobota, P. &  Aubusson de Cavarley, B. (2008) Negotiated Case-ending Settlements: Ways of Speeding up the Court Process: European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, July 2008
• Jehle, J-M., & Lewis, C. (2008) Dealing with Juvenile Offenders in the Criminal Justice System, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, July 2008
• Elster, B., Zila, J. & Lewis, C. (2008) Police Prosecution Service Relationship within Criminal Investigation, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, July 2008
• Wade, M. & Lewis, C. (2008) When the Line is Crossed: How European Justice Systems react to socially-undesirable behaviour, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, July 2008
• Wade, M., Lewis, M. & Aubusson de Cavarley, B.  (2008)  Well-informed? Well Represented? Well Nigh Powerless? Victims and Prosecutorial Decision-making, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, July 2008
• Lewis, C. (2008) World Bank GDDS Module on Justice and Security: Tanzania  Report
• Lewis C. (2008) The policing of Organised Crime: entry in Dictionary of Policing, Sage
• Luttikhuizen, R. & Lewis, C. (2008) Improving Justice and Security Statistics in Africa. The GDDS experience. World Bank web site 2008
• Lewis, C. (2008) World Bank GDDS Module on Justice and Security: Kenya Report
• Lewis, C., Brooks, G., Ellis, T. and Hamai, K. (2009) Comparing Japanese and English juvenile justice: Reflections on change in the twenty-first century. Crime Prevention and Community Safety, Vol. 2., 2009.
• Lewis, C.  World Bank GDDS Module on Justice and Security: Mauritius Report
• Lewis, C. & Chen Y-F. (2009) Equality and Diversity Impact Assessment of CPS Charging, 2006-7, CPS, London, 2009.
• Lewis, C. (2009)  Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice in England and Wales in Dessecker, A. and Egg, R., (eds) Kriminalstatististiken im Lichte internationaler Erfahrungen Kriminologie und Praxis 57, KrimZ, Wiesbaden, 2009
• Lewis, C. et al (2008)  A review of the Hampshire 101 telephone system, Hampshire Constabulary, 2009
• Lewis, C. & Chen Y-F. (2009) Equality and Diversity Impact Assessment of CPS Charging, 2007-8, CPS, London, 2009.
• Lewis, C, (2009)  World Bank GDDS Module on Justice and Security: Tanzania Final Report
• Lewis,C. et al  (2009) An Independent Assessment of the Early Implementation of the Section 95 Race and Criminal Justice Statistics Minimum Data Set Specification Ministry of Justice, 2009
• Ellis, T., Pamment, N., and Lewis, C. (2009) Public Protection in Youth Justice? The Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme (ISSP) from the inside. International Journal of Police Science and Management 11 (4).
• Button, M. Lewis, C. and Tapley, J. (2009) Fraud Typologies and victims of Fraud Literary review, Home Office, 2009
• Button, M., Lewis, C. and Tapley, J. (2009) Support for the Victims of Fraud: An Assessment of the current Infra-Structure in England and Wales. Home Office, 2009
• Button, M., Lewis C and Tapley, J. (2009)  A Better Deal for Fraud Victims: Research into Victims’ Needs and Experiences, Home Office, 2009
• Lewis C. (2009)  Criminal Justice Policies in 11 Southern European Countries, 2008.  Chapter in Feschrift volume for Professor Calliope Spinellis, Athens, 2009
• Lewis C. and others (2010)   An Independent Assessment of the Hampshire Young Persons’ Specialist Assessment Service Training Project to address Problematic/Harmful Sexual behaviour (P/HSB) in children and young people: Hampshire CC, 2010.

Forthcoming

• Ellis, T. Lewis, C. and Sato, M. (2012 forthcoming) The Japanese Probation Service: a third sector template? Probation Journal
• Brooks, G., Chen, F., Lewis, C. and Ellis, T. (2012 forthcoming) Young people as social capital: Policing and preventing crime among young people 'at risk' in Taiwan and England. Crime Prevention and Community Safety.
• Lewis C. (2010) Wales: chapter in Aebi(ed) Crime and Punishment round the World: Greenwood publications, 2010
• Lewis C. (2010) The Evolving Role of the Crown Prosecution Service: in Luna and Wade (eds) Prosecuting Power: A Transnational workshop: OUP, 2010.
• Button, M., Lewis, C. and Tapley, J. Not a victimless crime: The Impact of Fraud on individual victims and their families: British Journal of Criminology, 2011.

Translations / Book Chapters :

• Ellis, T., Pamment, N. and Lewis, C. (2009)  O ISSP - Programa de Vigilância e Supervisão Intensiva visto de dentro: insucesso considerável para a justiça juvenile? Research Journal, Portuguese Ministry of Justice, 2009
• 克里斯 • 路易斯，汤姆 • 艾里斯 (2007) 。英国刑事被害人保护的法律、政策与实践。 张鸿巍主编，刑事被害人保护问题研究。 北京：人民法院出版社。 ISBN 978 – 7 80217 – 440 – 5
  Pdf 克里斯 • 路易斯，湯姆 • 艾里斯 (2007) 。英國刑事被害人保護的法律、政策與實踐。張鴻巍主編，刑事被害人保護問題研究。 北京：人民法院出版社。
  Lewis, C., Ellis, T. (2007). Victim protection in the United Kingdom: Policies, Practice and the Law. In Zhang, H. W. (Ed.), Studies on Victim Protections. Beijing: Court Press - China Court. ISBN 978 ? 7 80217 ? 440 - 5
  Chapter in English

Other Publications:

Lewis, C., Goldblatt, P. & Nuttall C. (Eds.)(1998). Reducing Offending: an assessment of research evidence on ways of dealing with offending behaviour. Home Office Research Series 187. London: Home Office. www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs/hors187.pdf

Grants Received (* is part of wider grant shared with other institutions) :

2004-5, Gun Crime Research. Home Office.
2004-5 EU study of organized crime*
2004 EU Prosecution Study Thyssen Foundation*
2004-5 World Bank Africa Project Phase 1

2006 Gun Crime modeling, EPSRC *
2005 CPS Impact Assessment
2005-6 Anglo-Japanese comparisons, Sasakawa Foundation
2006-7 Evaluating Hampshire Police covert Operation

2007 World Bank Africa Project Phase 2
2007 CPS Impact assessment*
2007 European Sourcebook work: EU AGIS*
2008 Anglo-Japanese comparisons of gambling, Sasakawa Foundation

2008 University of Toronto, Canada: travel and accommodation (Gun Crime)
2008-9 CPS Impact assessments 2007,2008, 2009
2008 Hampshire Police partnership assessment of 101 emergency number.*
2008-9 Implementation of Minimum data Set, Ministry of Justice*

Conference papers, etc

Huddersfield Conference of the British Society of Criminology, 2008

• CPS Diversity Policies and Statistics
• Improving Crime and Justice Statistics in Africa
• The History of Criminal Justice in Wales

Young Migrants as offenders and victims of violent acts, England and Wales, Gottingen Univ, July 2008

Modeling Gun Crime in Manchester, UK, Toronto conference on Gun Crime, 2008

Measuring Crime in England and Wales: Berlin Conference on Improving German crime statistics. (to be published by KrimZ, Wiesbaden, Autumn 2008)

Diversity policies in English prosecution systems: Shifting Paradigms in English criminal Justice: a non-lawyers assessment: talk to Max Planck Institute of International law and Policy, Freiberg, March 2008

Four papers for the Bologna conference of European Society of criminology, 2007

• Modelling gun crime
• Comparing recent changes in Anglo-Japanese Justice policies
• World Bank structures for developing African Statistics
• Diversity policies in English prosecution systems

Drivers of UK Gun Crime : Tubingen conference of European Society of criminology, 6 African Statistical needs in Crime and Justice : paper for 6-nation conference of African States in Dar Es Salaam, March 2007

Some insights into violent youth crime : Loughborough University conference, 2006

Organized crime: measurement and research : ACPO Research Conference, 2006

Trends in crime statistics in the EU : Krakow conference of European Society of criminology, 2005

Measuring organized crime in the EU : Amsterdam conference of European Society of criminology, 2004

Drivers and recent developments in criminal justice policy. Paper for Neil Stewart Associates seminars, January 2004

The legal position of victims in England and Wales . UK contribution to working seminar on a six-nation study of victims, University of Gottingen, Germany, May 2003

How effective is criminal justice: Paper for the Helsinki conference of the European Society of Criminology, September 2003

Criminal Justice and prison policies in Europe. Paper for the 6th Conference of East, Southern and Central African Heads of Correctional Services (CESCA) conference, Mauritius, August 2003

Accreditation of interventions with offenders. Paper for the Dutch Council on Youth and Criminal Justice 50th anniversary meeting, May 2003

The legal position of victims in England and Wales. UK contribution to working seminar on a six-nation study of victims, University of Gottingen, Germany, May 2003

Prison Population projections. Paper for the Toledo conference of the European Society of Criminology, August 2002

Other

• European Sourcebook of Statistics on Crime & Justice 1993-2009
• Correctional Services Advisory panel on Offender programmes, 1999-03
• Company Secretary, British Society of Criminology, 2006-09
• Chair, Hampshire CPS Hate Crime Scrutiny Committee 2008-10
• Trustee, Kainos Community, running hybrid TC/CBT programmes 2004-12
• Advisory committee on race and crime statistics, Ministry of Justice, 2004-09