Criminology

Before coming to Keele university I worked at Liverpool John Moores University as a sessional lecturer and at the Open University as an Associate Lecturer, responsible for tutoring D315 Crime, Order and Social Control.

I was employed at Keele university in 2000 as a sessional lecturer teaching a third year module on the subject of Victimology.  I have been employed as a full time lecturer since January 2001 at Keele.

• Executed women in 19th century England and Wales.
• Reprieved women in 20th century England & Wales.
• Executed and reprieved women in 20th century Scotland
• Domestic abuse victims and punishment.
• State responses to violence against women.

Forthcoming:

• Book-chapter: ‘Feminist Research, State Power and Executed Women: The Case of Louie Calvert’ in Farrall, S., Sparks, R., Maruna, S and Hough, M. (eds) (2009) Escape Routes: Contemporary Perspectives on Life After Punishment Routledge
• Book-chapter entitled TBC (working title: Sexual Murder) in Brown, J. and Walklate, S. (eds) (2010) Handbook of Sexual Violence  Willan Publishing.
• Book – Capitalising on Punishment: State Power, Gender and Women Who Kill  (October 2010) Ashgate.

Module Leader of the following modules:

• CRI-20014 Crime, Criminalisation & Social Order
• CRI-30002 Victimology: Power, Processes and Victimisation
• CRI-30010 Gender, History & Punishment

I also teach as part of a team on various first and second year Criminology modules.