Professor Robert Canton

• Probation
• Prison
• Punishment
• Sentencing
• Human Rights
• Crime
• Criminology.

Criminal Justice, Policy and Practice

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• Probation
• Prison
• Penal Policy
• Criminology
• Mental health
• International / comparative criminal justice studies.

BA, MA (CQSW), PhD

• Howard League
• British Society of Criminology
• European Society of Criminology.

European Society of Criminology (Ljubljana) presentation ‘Good Lives, Good Societies’ September 2009.

• Co-opted Expert to Council of Penological Cooperation, Council of Europe (2007 - 10)
• Adviser to the Council of Europe in developing European Probation Rules (2008 – 2010)
• Specialist Adviser to House of Commons Justice Select Committee Inquiry into the role of the probation service (2010 - 11)

• Susan Atherton
• Kim Sadique (2nd supervisor)
• Hannah Begum
• Jacqui Norton (2nd supervisor)

Place, Social Situation and Burglary in Nottinghamshire, Safer Nottinghamshire Board / Nottinghamshire Police, Inquiry into reasons for high levels of burglary in Nottinghamshire, March - September 2009 (PI).

Offender Learning in the Community, City and Guilds Centre for Skills Development, attempt to hear the “user voice” of offenders accessing – or maybe failing to access – learning services through probation, April - November 2010 (PI).

ISTEP - Implementation Support for Transfer of European Probation Sentences (PI) – EU funded project in partnership with National Offender Management Service, May 2011 - May 2013.

4SWEEP Erasmus Life-long Learning programme (PI) Erasmus funded in partnership with several European universities – October 2011 - October 2013.

Editorial boards/reviewing activities: journal, date from, date to, role

• British Journal of Community and Criminal Justice (2003 - )
• European Probation Journal (2009 - )
• EuroVista (editor)
• European Probation Journal (2009 - )
• Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Regular reviewer of book proposals for Willan / Routledge Palgrave Macmillan Policy Press

Professor Canton has reviewed for:

• Ghent University Research Group
• NIHR
• Canadian
• Free University Brussels

Professor Canton's research work has been mainly conceptual rather than empirical. The area where his work would be most likely to have an impact is probation in the assessment period.  Professor Canton has written several papers that seek to clarify the purpose and significance of the tasks of probation. This has had international (European) significance and impact.