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Dev Maitra

Dev Maitra is a criminologist and ethnographer, currently studying for a PhD at Cambridge University

January 2018

  • A policeman at a crime scene

    double quotation markDoes the answer to Britain’s rise in teenage killings lie in Hong Kong?

    Dev Maitra
    For a young person trying to stay off the streets, an all-night youth club could change their life – or even save it, writes criminologist and ethnographer Dev Maitra

October 2017

  • *** BESTPIX *** Infamous Reading Jail Prepares To Open To The Public For The First Time<br>READING, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 01: A general view inside the former Reading prison building on September 1, 2016 in Reading, England. The former Reading Prison has opened to the public for the first time, inviting artists and writers in to take part in a new project by Artangel, with works by leading artists including Marlene Dumas, Robert Gober, Nan Goldin, Steve McQueen, and Ai Weiwei. The exhibition opens to the public from September 4, 2016. Included in the exhibit is former inmate Oscar Wildes original wooden cell door, which is on display in the prison chapel. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

    double quotation markEngland’s prisons are war zones. Unless austerity ends, things will get worse

    Dev Maitra
    I have witnessed the proliferation of gangs and violence, and the rock-bottom morale of staff. The need for funding is now desperate, writes criminologist and ethnographer Dev Maitra
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