CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
Centre for Educational Research

CRIMINOLOGY RESEARCHER WANTED

Local Evaluation of the Home Office On Track Crime Prevention
Initiatives in six areas in London and the Eastern Region

Contract: 21 months from 1st January, 2001
Salary: up to £9,000 part-time depending on qualifications,
experience and time
allocation to the project.

Canterbury Christ Church University College has been
commissioned by the Home Office to carry out the local evaluation
of On Track, a primary school level crime prevention project, in
London and the Eastern Region. The evaluation is led by Professor
Carl Parsons and will be working with the national evaluators based
at the University of Sheffield. The College seeks a researcher with
a background in criminology to complement the skills and
experience of other team members. The project lasts for two years
from October 1st 2000.

The On Track programme is a long term initiative aimed at children
at risk of getting involved in crime. It is part of the government’s
crime reduction programme on tackling the causes of crime and
involves an enhanced range of evidence-based preventative
services developed for children aged between 4 – 12 and their
families.

We are flexible about the time commitment and other roles the
person appointed might fulfil. The person sought for the researcher
post will work part-time on the evaluation, may be finishing a
Masters/ Mphil/ PhD or may wish to register for an Mphil/Phd at
Christ Church (fees paid) and pursue this related research in the
other half of their time. At the end of the contract, subject to
satisfactory progress, a college studentship (currently £8,130 p.a.
for a person over 25) will be available for 15 months to support
progress towards completion of their thesis.

The person recruited will be a graduate qualified or experienced in
criminology or in a social science subject with a criminology
element. The person will have had experience in research or work
with young people and families and will be knowledgeable about
the social inclusion debates and multi-agency developments to
address disadvantage. The ability to relate to professionals, young
people and members of the community will be important as will the
analytical skills to disaggregate costs and impacts of the elements
of intervention packages.

Interested individuals should contact Professor Carl Parsons by
telephone 01227 782351 or e-mail [log in to unmask] or write
to him at Canterbury Christ Church University College, Canterbury,
Kent, CT1 1QU by Tuesday, 5th December.

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