At the Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice we aim to: 

• encourage and promote scholarship in the field of the criminal law and criminal justice by creating and sustaining a dynamic forum for the discussion of research ideas and outputs; 
• encourage and facilitate interdisciplinary and collaborative research projects; 
• facilitate the scholarship and development of postgraduate research students and early career researchers by providing fora for the discussion of ideas and presentation of work; 
• provide a place to build and share the development of impact-generating contacts and networks;
• publicise the work of the research centre, its members, and their activities.