Dr Matthew Cracknell
Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology

Membership and affiliation

British Society of Criminology

European Society of Criminology (member of the Community Sanctions and Measures group)

Howard League for Penal Reform

The Probation Institute (member of the academic advisory panel)

The National Association of Probation Officers (NAPO)

Media interests

Conferences:

Cracknell, M. (2019). Invisibility, Insignificance and Depersonalisation in the late-modern Resettlement Field. Paper Presented at The European Society of Criminology (ESC) community sanctions and measures Annual Conference, Cambridge University, 21st March 2019.

Cracknell, M. (2019) Post sentence supervision: reform or replace?  Panel on Resettlement.  European Society of Criminology, EuroCrim 2019, Ghent, Belgium.

Cracknell, m. (2021). Resettlement and Reintegration: Policy and Practice. NAPO (National Association of Probation Officers) webinar series, 25th February 2021: https://www.napomagazine.org.uk/watch-post-sentence-supervision-a-case-study-of-the-extension-of-community-resettlement-support-for-short-sentence-prisonsers/

Cracknell, M. (2021). Post-Sentence Supervision and return to prison: Have the conditions of Transforming rehabilitation normalised the use of recall for the short sentence population?  The Probation Institute research event: Recall - Research and Practice, 30th March 2021.

Cracknell, M. (2021). Probation reunification webinar series. NAPO (National Association of Probation Officers) Webinar series, 7th June 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnjDlWEZ5Zs&list=PLMvcm-LSqmclV0lZJuTQu_8lbj_feI7Wm&index=8

Cracknell, M. (2021). understanding the common threads of resettlement policy failures. The British Journal of Community Justice: Future of Probation – Special Issue Seminar Programme, 3rd November 2021.

Cracknell, M. & Ward, J. (2022) The Resettlement Experiences of People Supported by the Charity Prisoners Abroad. Presentation at the Foreign & Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO), Westminster (3 November 2022).

‘Webinar’ – Online launch of research report ‘The Resettlement Experiences of People Supported by the Charity Prisoners Abroad’ (Cracknell & Ward, 2022) in collaboration with Prisoners Abroad’ (18 July 2022).

Tidmarsh, M. & Cracknell, M. (2025). Probation Staff Training: Understanding the Experiences of Trainee and Newly Qualified Officers. Leeds University Conference on Probation staff Training.

Reports

Cracknell, M. & Ward, J. (2022) The Resettlement Experiences of People Supported by the Charity Prisoners Abroad. London: Prisoners Abroad.

Phillips, J., Ward, J., Albertson, K., Cracknell, M., Duke, K., Fowler, A. and Riley, L. 2024. Process evaluation of the Newham Y2A Hub: evaluating the implementation of a specialist youth to adulthood transitions service in probation. UK Ministry of Justice.

Published written evidence:

House of Commons Public Accounts Committee. (2020). Improving the prison estate. HC244. Westminster: House of Commons.

House of Commons Justice Committee. (2021). The future of the Probation Service. HC285. Westminster: House of Commons.

House of Lords Justice and Affairs Committee. (2023). Cutting crime: better community sentences. HL27. Westminster: House of Lords.