CCJS Staff Profile
Dr Roger Grimshaw
Research Director
Dr Roger Grimshaw is Research Director at the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.
He has been responsible for a wide range of research studies on criminological and social welfare topics.
He has managed a varied set of research studies on services and interventions for people who offend, or are considered at risk of doing so: offender accommodation services; local authority secure children's homes; prisoner resettlement; provision for young people who sexually abuse; the Detention and Training Order; services for women prisoners; and the impact of a prison radio station, as well as other voluntary sector work in prisons and secure mental health settings. As a researcher on the needs of children, he has specialised in studies of provision, particularly residential centres, for vulnerable and challenging young people.
Recent publications include a national study of Press Council guidelines and their impact on asylum coverage in the press (funded by the Home Office) and the only recent study of poverty and disadvantage among prisoners' families (supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation).
He is currently part of the national team evaluating the regional test-beds for innovation in reducing re-offending by increasing skills and employment. He has specialised knowledge of policing practice and local accountability and is presently researching confidence in the police among new migrant communities in London.