I am a senior lecturer in criminology, and have previous experience working in police intelligence. My academic research is influenced by my practitioner background; I am a trained restorative justice facilitator and have extensive experience working with people who have offended and victims of crime. I have embedded restorative values across both teaching and research centralising people’s lived experiences of criminal justice and addressing the impact of stigma, inequalities, and social harm experienced by marginalised communities. Across my career I have strived to bridge the gap between academia and practice, and my research has practical application for those working in criminal justice and those teaching criminology.
My academic research falls across the following areas:
1. Criminology and criminal justice education researching and creating pedagogical toolkits for staff and students to develop their critical information literacy and consider whose voices are included, excluded, and marginalised.
2. Drugs and Alcohol. My current focus is around (Novel) Psychoactive Substances, particularly the impact of substance use for both staff and users in a police custody and prison setting. 2
3. Policing. I am particularly interested in police culture, organisational culture, and the role of police staff within the police force.
4. Restorative Justice, my PhD thesis explored the implementation of restorative justice across a police force in England and Wales
Sociology and Social Policy PhD January 14 2016
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