Dr Frederick Cram

FHEA

Publication

• Date
• Type
• Promoted

Research

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

Maguire M, Cram F, Feilzer, M, Jackson, J, Williams, K., Evaluation of Integrated Offender Management in Wales 

• A preliminary evaluation of changes taking place in Integrated Offender Management in Wales, as a result of the national (England and Wales) ‘refresh’ and new policing policies in Wales.

Ipsos Mori, Maguire M, Cram F, Feilzer, M, Jackson, J., IOM National Refresh Evaluation  

• The project is funded by the Ministry of Justice and seeks to understand how the refresh has been implemented and experienced by police, probation, agencies and service users; its effectiveness in achieving the refresh objectives and assess its overall value for money.

Kitchener, M., Jones, T and Cram, F., The Craft of Co-Produced Policing: Lessons from Grangetown and Ely.

• Funded by a grant from the Security, Crime, Intelligence, and Innovation Institute (SCIII), this study will advance understanding of the craft of co-produced policing through case studies of initiatives in two districts of Cardiff: Grangetown, and Ely. The findings from our interviews and observation of co-production activities will profile the skills required to effectively co-produce policing.

Teaching

• Property Law
• Criminal Law

Biography

Education and qualifications

2009: LLB Hons, University of the West of England.

2010: MSc (Socio-legal Studies) University of Bristol.

2014: PhD (Law) University of Bristol.

Honours and awards

• Nominated for Personal Tutor of the Year in Cardiff University’s Enriching Student Life Awards, 2022
• Economic and Social Research Council, 1+3 Nominated (quota) Award (2009-2014)
• Featured as one of Britain’s 100 most outstanding black graduates, in the ‘Future Leaders’ magazine presented by Barclays Capital (2010-2011).
• Featured as one of Britain’s 30 most outstanding black students in the JP Morgan Power List (Student edition, 2009-2010).
• Nominated of behalf of the University of the West of England for the Xcel ‘Law student of the year award 2009’.
• University of the West of England, First Year Tutors’ Commendation Prize, awarded to the top 1% of first year students, 2007.

Professional memberships

• Socio-legal Studies Association 
• British Society of Criminology, Policing Network 

Academic positions

• 2016 - present: Lecture, Cardiff University.
• 2014 -  2016: Teaching Fellow in Law, University of Birmingham.
• 2011 - 2014: Teaching Associate in Law – University of Bristol.

Speaking engagements

• Maguire, M and Cram, F., 2023. Early findings of the Wales evaluation of the IOM Neighbourhood Crime Strategy. Presented at His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons and Probation, Integrated Offender Management Conference, Cardiff.
• Cram, F 2023. Fresh insights into Integrated Offender Management and the Policing of Prolific Offenders. Presented at: 23rd Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Universita Degli Studi Firenze, Florence, Italy
• Cram, F, Fleming, J, Charman, S, Souhami, A, Pearson, G, Werren, C, Zoha, W, De Oliveira Cubus, V, Sausdal, D, O'Neill, M, Diphoorn, T, Aushana, C and Bacon, M., 2023. Police Ethnography: a discussion of the unique opportunities and challenges of ‘doing ethnography’. Presented at: 23rd Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Universita Degli Studi Firenze, Florence, Italy.
• Feilzer, M, Maguire, M, Cram, F and Jackson, J., 2023. Integrated Offender Management in England and Wales. Presented at: 23rd Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Universita Degli Studi Firenze, Florence, Italy.
• Cram, F, Feilzer, M, Jackson, J. and Maguire, M., 2023. Integrated offender management in Wales. Presented at: Welsh Centre for Crime and Social Justice Conference, Gregynog, Powys, Wales, UK.
• Cram F. 2021. ‘Crossing the blue line: reframing issues of access, trust and data validity in ethnographies of the police’. Presented at: 21st Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology (EUROCRIM 2021), Virtual.
• Cram F. 2021. ‘Shifting dimensions of procedural fairness: the importance of motive-based trust to offender perceptions of the legitimacy of IOM policing’. Presented at: 21st Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology (EUROCRIM 2021), Virtual.
• Cram F. 2019. ‘Rough justice’: Offender perceptions of police action on the front-line’. Presented at the European Society of Criminology Conference, University of Ghent, Belgium.
• Cram F. 2018. 'What gives them the right? Police Legitimacy and the self-reflections of prolific offenders on their criminal behaviour’. Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference, University of Bristol.
• Cram F. 2017. ‘Tales from the field: problems with police ethnography’. Theory and Method in Empirical Studies in Law Workshop, University of Birmingham. 
• Cram F. 2012. ‘Understanding the implications of integrated offender management for police officers, offenders and criminal justice more broadly’. Commercial Law and Criminal Justice Seminar Series, University of the West of England.
• Cram F. 2011. ‘Scouring the Shires? Frontline Policing and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002’. Society of Legal Scholars Conference, University of Cambridge.

Committees and reviewing

• Assistant Editor: Journal of Law & Society
• Panel Member: Avon and Somerset Police: Independent Scrutiny and Oversight Board: Disproportionality
• Director, Cardiff Centre for Crime, Law and Justice