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Summary

I am a Senior Lecturer in Criminology with more than fifteen years experience of working in higher education, and of conducting research in the field of forensic mental health and imprisonment. My research interests have diversified through my career, but have been primarily focused with the management of violent and sexual offenders with personality disorder. I have experience of researching the institutional pathways and legal authority by which high risk offenders are detained, Parole Board and Mental Health Tribunal decision-making, and the staffing challenges involved with working with offenders with personality disorder. In the last five years, I have been involved (as a co-investigator) with two national evaluations of the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Pathway (one with men, one with women). I have also published widely in the field of mental health and offending, and am author (along with Dr Sam Weston) of the book Mental Health and Offending: Care, Coercion and Control, which was published by Routledge in 2019. I have close links with the Howard League and currently sit on their Research Advisory Group. I have also been commissioned by them on several occasions to undertake research, with people serving short prison sentences and, people affected by gambling and crime. In the last 2-3 years I have also been exploring other areas of interest, leading me to publish work in relation to the motivations students have to study criminology, immigration policies in the UK, and prescription medication guidance in prisons.

Qualifications

SFHEA (Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy) 

PhD Criminology (Keele) 

MA Criminology & Research Methods (Keele) 

BA(Hons) Criminology & Applied Social Studies (Keele) (First Class)