Research Fellow at the Woolf Institute, Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge and Research Associate at St Edmund's College, Cambridge, University of Cambridge
Dr Julian Hargreaves is a Research Fellow at the Woolf Institute, a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Islamic Studies (University of Cambridge) and a Research Associate at St Edmund's College, Cambridge. He holds a PhD in Applied Social Science and an MRes (Distinction) in Criminology from Lancaster University, a GDL and LPC from the College of Law, London, and a BA (Hons) in Historical Studies from Manchester Metropolitan University. His research interests include British Muslim communities, statistics, the criminal justice system and issues around discrimination and tolerance. In a past life, he worked in show business.
Prevent review: why we need a new -- and clearer -- definition of Islamist extremism
Mar 04, 2023 12:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views
An independent review of the UK counter-terrorism strategy, Prevent, has recommended that the government increase its efforts to tackle Islamist extremism. Prevent was launched nearly two decades ago to divert...
What does extremism mean? The British public aren't sure
Jul 26, 2019 09:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Only a quarter of the British public feel able to define what extremism is, according to a survey by the Commission for Countering Extremism. The findings, released in mid July, suggest that the Home Office needs to do...
Prevent counter-terrorism strategy remains unfair on British Muslims, despite Home Office efforts
Dec 19, 2018 15:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The Home Office responded to concerns over the effectiveness, legitimacy and transparency of its controversial counter-terrorism strategy, Prevent, by making fresh data available for public scrutiny in mid December. The...
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