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Professor Mark Monaghan

Professor in Criminology/Head of Department

Mark's main area of interest is in UK and international illicit drugs policy. He also work closely with the Ministry of Justice looking at how substance misuse recovery can be enhanced within prisons. He is also interested in the use of realist methods in research.
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Dr Dom Willmott

Reader in Legal and Criminological Psychology

Dom is a Reader (Associate Professor) in Legal and Criminological Psychology and Programme Leader for the Masters in Criminology at Loughborough University. His research explores jury decision making within rape trials and the psychology of offending behaviour.
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Dr Olivia Smith

Reader in Criminology

Olivia is a court researcher and specialist in justice for rape victims. She has worked with the College of Policing, Crown Prosecution Service, Home Office and Ministry of Justice to improve responses to sexual violence.
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Dr Neema Trivedi-Bateman

Senior Lecturer in Criminology

Neema is a specialist in youth development and decision-making, with an interest in morality, empathy and rule-following/breaking. Neema is the founder and principal investigator of SATNAV Compass, an intervention programme to support children locally and internationally.
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Dr Christopher Kay

Senior Lecturer in Criminology

Christopher's interests include desistance from crime, youth transitions and sports-based interventions. He works with criminal justice and sports organisations to explore challenges faced by justice-experienced people and how these can be overcome.
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Professor Stephen Case

Professor of Youth Justice

Stephen is a youth justice expert with 25 years of research and scholarship experience, working with children, families, professionals and governments to challenge negative understandings of youth offending and youth justice in evidence-based and 'Child First' ways that promote positive outcomes.
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Dr Masahiro Suzuki

Lecturer in Criminology

Masahiro’s research focuses on restorative justice, youth offending, victimology, domestic abuse and comparative criminology. He partners with youth justice and domestic abuse services to examine innovative approaches to justice and crime response.
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Dr Amy Cortvriend

Lecturer in Criminology

Amy is a zemiologist, specialising in border harms and resistance to social harm. She is currently chair of Northamptonshire Rights and Equality Council whose work seeks to advance social justice, equality and human rights.
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Dr Kirsty McGregor

Lecturer in Criminology

Kirsty is a critical criminologist specialising in domestic abuse. Her work examines how power shapes violence across individual, cultural and societal levels. She serves on the British Society of Criminology Victims Network committee.
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Dr Matt Long

University Teacher in Criminology and Sociology

Matt is currently researching the use of humour in teaching in the context of neurodiversity as a result of an Innovation In Teaching Award. He was 2023 Winner of the Vice Chancellor's Annual 'Unsung Hero' Award.