Criminology

Mary Corcoran joined the Criminology programme at Keele University in September 2005. She has published a monograph on imprisonment and resistance of women political prisoners in Northern Ireland, as well as journal articles in the ‘British Journal of Criminology’ and ‘Criminal Justice Matters’, and chapters in edited collections.

2011-14  The voluntary sector role in promoting desistance through offender mentoring. ESRC CASE Studentship.

2011-12 The third sector role in criminal justice, with Hucklesby (Leeds) and Mills (Southampton).  ESRC Research Seminar series.

2011  The Magistracy in the 21st Century: seminar series (with Godfrey & Wells).  Magistrates Association.

2010-11  Evaluation of Chepstow House, Hanley (with Worrall & Fox).

Current undergraduate teaching:

• Prisons and Imprisonment
• Murder
• Crime and Psychology
• Punishment beyond the Popular Imagination
• Crime and Criminal Justice Policy
• Contemporary Issues in Criminology
• Working for Justice

Postgraduate teaching:

• MA in Ethics of Policing and Criminal Justice
• MA in Criminology and Criminal Justice

PhD Supervision

I am currently supervising PhD studies on the Listener programme in English prisons, Voluntary sector support for trafficked women, and women's resettlement following release from prison.  Proposals on gender and punishment, imprisonment, voluntary and community activity in criminal justice, or penal theory are welcome.