The Department of Criminology carries out research in an ever-increasing series of fields.
2013
Prof. Saviour Formosa has received research grants (2012 & 2013) to update his research data on offenders in Maltese prisons and spatio-temporal analysis. Others include grants on Court Delays (Dr Sandra Scicluna in collaboration with various scholars) and cyber harassment (Dr Jacqueline Azzopardi and Mr Paul Caruana).
2008
Dr Jacqueline Azzopardi and Dr Sandra Scicluna, together with Dr Paul Knepper from the University of Sheffield, received a research grant from the Association of Commonwealth Universities/British Academy scheme for international collaboration. The research deals with the legacy of the British Empire on the administration of justice in Malta; it focuses on the beginning of prison and police practises in the nineteenth century. The funds supported archival research in Malta, at the National Library and National Archives and also in the United Kingdom, at the National Archives (Kew) and the British Library. Additional research for this project took place at the National Library of Ireland in Dublin.