Prof Kate Gooch

A poster advertising a seminar by Professor Kate Gooch at the Institute of Criminology, on 12 March 2026 at 5 PM.

Our last Lent Term public seminar is coming up next Thursday, by Professor @kategooch.bsky.social from @uniofbath.bsky.social.

'Nothing to lose? State (il)legitimacy, moral communication and prison homicide', will discuss her research on rising prison homicides.

www.crim.cam.ac.uk/events/nothi...

Thanks so much, Mary. Hope you’re keeping well.

I’m delighted to announce that I’ve been promoted to Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Bath. Many thanks to all those who mentored and supported me along the way (you know who you are) - it wouldn’t have been possible without you.

Prison homicide: death, justice, and the human condition Kate Gooch’s groundbreaking project combines a decade of research on prison violence with an immersive ethnographic and qualitative approach to produce a fresh, interdisciplinary perspective on prison...

Prison homicide can generate a range of emotions. Leverhulme Research Fellow @kategooch.bsky.social’s groundbreaking project @uniofbath.bsky.social combines a decade of research on prison violence to produce a fresh, interdisciplinary perspective on prison homicide.

#GriefAwarenessWeek

Justice beyond Criminal Justice A one-day symposium hosted by the University of Bath

1 Day Event @uniofbath.bsky.social: "Justice Beyond Criminal Justice"
Are you working on justice thinking or processes that sit outside the formal criminal justice system? If so, come & present your ideas Wed 29th Oct *Please share widely*

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/justice-be...

It feels very surreal to be holding a physical copy of my new book. Available now as part of the Palgrave Series in Prisons and Penology: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

My new article in Theoretical Criminology entitled 'The new debtors' prison: Conceptualising the relationship between prisoner debt, prison violence and prisoners crisis' is now available open access and free to read. doi.org/10.1177/1362...

Just published: A new article from Prof Matt Hopkins, Prof James Treadwell and I on 'Prisons as Ecosystems of Organised and Entrepreneurial Crime.' The article is available open access and free to read: doi.org/10.1177/1748...