Research

Trauma, Injustice, Violence & Abuse

• Dr Katherine Allen

Childhoods, Children & Young People

• Dr Pallawi Sinha

People, Justice & Security

• Dr Isabella Calder
• Dr Mark Manning

Gender & Sexual Minorities

• Dr Katherine Allen
• Dr Alina Rzepnikowska Phillips 

Global Majorities & Racial Justice

• Dr Pere Ayling
• Dr Chrissie da Costa
• Dr Pallawi Sinha

Cross-Cutting/intersectional working between themes

• Dr Paul Andell

• Ioana Crivatu
  • Title: Factors Prompting Decisions to Disengage from Multiple Perpetrator Rape: A Mixed-methods Study
  • Description: The project investigates multiple perpetrator rape (i.e., sexual offending involving at least two people). It focusses specifically on the individuals within the group who do not sexually participate alongside other(s) but are nonetheless present or involved in other capacities. Drawing on psychological and criminological theories and utilising a mixed-methods design, the research aims to uncover the individual(s)’ actions, decision-making process and the factors contributing to them.

• Arianna Barbin
  • Title: Policing sex offences: UK officers’ insights on specialism.
  • Description: In recent years, there has been increasing interest to address how the police handle sex offences. Despite this, academic research is frequently limited to government surveys on victim experience and satisfaction with police work. Several campaigns, interventions and projects have been initiated to understand why the conviction rate for rape and other sexual offences remains minimal despite the overall increase in reports. This PhD aims at closing some of the gaps around the topic, focusing on the officers’ perspective of what they think they are doing when they are working in contact with the public. Moreover, their ideas of the advantages and barriers of implementing specialism within police forces will be considered to inform future policies and legislation. A range of academic and policing tools will be used to map how specialism evolved throughout the years, what it implies, and how much police officers in England and Wales value specialist knowledge as a tool to repair victims’ expectations and dissatisfaction.

• Olga Khokhlova 
  • Working title: Perception of Marital Rape: the role of level of resistance, sexual deprivation, and jealousy.

• Dr Olumide Adisa 

• Joana Ferreria 

• Dr Ivana Lessner Listiakova  

• Dr Kari Davies – Visiting Senior Fellow in Social Justice and Crime 

• Dr Jeffrey DeMarco – Visiting Senior Fellow in Forensic Psychology 

• Victoria Green – Visiting Senior Fellow in Safeguarding 

• Fiona Ellis – Visiting Senior Fellow in Social Work and Social Policy 

• Fred Langford - Visiting Professor in Safeguarding Technology 

• Nishtha Lamba - Visiting Senior Fellow in Trauma and Marginalised Communities 

• Professor Eamonn Carrabine - Visiting Professor in Sociology

• Professor Nigel South - Visiting Professor in Sociology

• Alison Bird - Visiting Senior Fellow in Social Policy

• Matt Bland - Visiting Senior Fellow in Crime & Policing Studies 

• Laura Higgins - Visiting Senior Fellow in Online Safeguarding

• Tink Palmer - Visiting Professor of Child Protection

• Professor Andy Phippen - Visiting Professor of Online Safety

• Dr Ruth Weir - Visiting Senior Fellow in Criminal Justice & Crime

• Gareth Wilson - Visiting Senior Fellow in Crime, Justice and Diversity

• Millie Garrod - Visiting Senior Fellow in Policing Research and Policy

• Dave Cutler - Visiting Senior Fellow in Policing 

• Patrick Tidmarsh - Visiting Senior Fellow in Policing and Investigative Interviewing

•  Survivors in Transition  

•  Marie Collins Foundation 

• CrimeStoppers 

• LimeCulture 

• Hope Training & Consultancy 

• Drive Charity