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Personal profile
Biography
My long standing research area is comparative criminal justice. It considers why arrangements are different in different places and what we can learn from each other. More specifically I look at prisons abroad. I have written about the nature of prisons in Norway, Iceland and the Netherlands.
My latest project involved spending a week in two prisons in Iceland as a 'quasi prisoner' in order to study their culture from within and to find out what other countries could learn from them.
I am from the Netherlands and came to the UK in 1998.
Research Interests
- Comparative Criminal Justice
- Criminal Justice in the Netherlands
- Psychology and Criminal Justice
- Criminal Justice and Mental Health
- Prisons in the Nordic countries, in particular Norway and Iceland
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Comparative Criminal Justice
Pakes, F., 1 Aug 2024, 5th ed. Routledge. 332 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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How Iceland takes better care of its foreign offenders than the rest of Europe
Pakes, F., 5 Feb 2024, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Out in the cold? The experiences of foreign national prisoners in Iceland's open prisons
Pakes, F., 1 Dec 2023, In: International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice. 75, 10 p., 100626.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The dire state of British prisons – and what they could learn from Europe to get better
Pakes, F., 12 Sept 2023, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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The shallow end: understanding the prisoner experience in Iceland’s open prisons
Pakes, F., 1 Dec 2023, In: Incarceration. 4, 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Projects
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Forensic Futures: Using 3D scanning and printing to achieve justice
Brown, K., Smith, P. & Pakes, F.
1/07/16 → 1/07/18
Project: Research
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Invited talk at University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Dortmund Germany
Francis Pakes (Speaker)
14 Feb 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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National Science Center (External organisation)
Francis Pakes (Chair)
1 Jan 2023 → 30 Jun 2023Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee or panel
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Invited talk with a Q&A with the audience on open prisons
Francis Pakes (Speaker)
15 Dec 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Workshop sessions for Scottish Prison Inspectorate
Francis Pakes (Speaker)
22 Sept 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Speaker at the Scottish Association for the Study of Offending
Francis Pakes (Speaker)
23 Nov 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Press/Media
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Profile of people likely to commit insurance fraud
22/02/13
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert comment