Martina studied law at the University of Tübingen before completing an MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Edinburgh in 1999, and a DPhil on the influence of the media on public perceptions of crime and criminal justice at the University of Oxford in 2008. She worked as a research officer at the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford for six years on numerous projects funded by the Youth Justice Board, the Home Office, and the Nuffield Foundation.

Martina joined the Bangor University in 2007 and has since undertaken a range of research projects relating to the workings of the criminal justice system, including policing, the changes to probation, and questions of penal policy. Martina is a member and Co-Director of the ESRC funded WISERD Civil Society Centre; and is a Co-Director at the Welsh Centre for Crime and Social Justice.

Position: Professor in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Email: m.feilzer@bangor.ac.uk

Phone: +44 (0) 1248 388171

Location: Room 113.4, Main Arts Mezzanine

Teaching

Undergraduate:

SXY1007 Introductory Criminology and Criminal Justice

SXY3021 Perspectives on Youth Crime

Postgraduate:

SXY4020 Comparative and International Criminal Justice

Research Students

Nelson Ramos (PhD)

Human Trafficking, European Union policy development. The effects on national and local police procedures. Comparative study between England/Wales and Portugal.

Yusuf Usman (PhD)

Impact of Militant activities on the Oil and Gas sector in Nigeria

Bryn Moore (MRes)

Militarising Minds: The Normalisation of Brutality

Gabriella Simak (PhD)

The use of restorative justice with young people with mental health problems

Ado Sale (PhD, awarded 2014)

Coping with, and responding to, prison overcrowding: a study of Nigeria’s prisons.

Jessica Trew (MRes, awarded 2012)

The conflict between procedural justice and managerialism in operational policing.

Her research interests are the relationship between the public and criminal justice at local, national, and European level; the relationship between the media and public opinion of criminal justice; questions of legitimacy, trust in justice and penal policy; and comparative and historical criminal justice research. Martina is developing the concept of public narratives based on her methodological interests.

Martina has a strong interest in the use of mixed methods research and the secondary analysis and visualisation of existing datasets.

Research News

Man, R.; Feilzer, M.Y. et al. (2020-2023). Borders, Migration and Boundary Mechanisms.

Part of WISERD, Civil Society/Civic Stratification and Civil Repair Large Centre (2019-2024), ESRC funded.

Loftus, B. and Feilzer, M.Y. (2019-2020). Checkpoint Cymru: A process evaluation of the introduction of a custody suite diversion scheme in North Wales.

KESS programme in collaboration with North Wales Police, ESF funding.

Feilzer, M.Y. and Machura, S. (2019-2020). Exploring the impact of Domestic Violence Protection Notices on victims and perpetrators of domestic violence.

KESS programme in collaboration with North Wales Police, ESF funding.

Feilzer, M.Y. and Jones, I.R. (2017-2019). Social and Cultural Capital in Later Life

Part of the WISERD/ESRC Civil Society large centre funded in 2014, This two-year research project will explore the evidence on the impact of ageing on participation in civil society and intergenerational relations in form of data sources available on ageing, social participation, intergenerational relations, and civil society.

Feilzer, M.Y. and Krayer, A. (2016-2017). Organisational Culture and Self-Legitimacy in Policing. 

Funded by North Wales Police, the research was initiated by North Wales Police’s Confidence and Ethical Standards Committee to explore North Wales Police staff perceptions of organisational fairness, feelings of being valued by the organisation, and organisational pride.

Doloriert, C. and Feilzer, MY (2016-2017). Developing Knowledge Management and Leadership in North Wales Police. ESRC IAA project, Co-Applicant.

Bakir, V. et al. (2014-2016) ESRC seminar series: DATA - PSST! Debating and Assessing Transparency Arrangements - Privacy, Security, Surveillance, Trust. Co-applicant.

Selected Research:

Deering, J., and Feilzer, M.Y. (2014). Probation practitioners’ views of Transforming Rehabilitation

This project follows on from the pilot below and seeks to explore the views of probation workers about government intentions to marketise and part-privatise the service’s functions, as outlined in Transforming Rehabilitation. Transforming Rehabilitation proposed the creation of ‘Community Rehabilitation Companies’ (CRCs) which will in due course be subject to marketisation and privatisation and a new National Probation Service, which will be part of the civil service. Using an online survey, we are exploring probation practitioners’ views of the transition process and the new set-up on probation practitioners’ values, expectations of probation services, and the legitimacy of probation work.

Deering, J., Feilzer, M.Y., and Holmes, T. (2012-2013). Probation practitioners’ views of working in the private sector.

This research seeks to explore the views of probation practitioners who have left the probation service and joined private sector companies to provide services to offenders in the community or in custody. Whilst many academics have expressed concern over the legitimacy, accountability, and quality of services provided by the private sector, few seem to have consulted those on the frontline of service provision who have experience of working in both sectors. Practitioners’ views on working practices, work ethos, quality of service provision, and their own role are an important factor in establishing the impact of private sector service provision of probation services on the nature of service provision and contemporary landscape of penal practices.

Seddon, D., Khoury, S. , Feilzer, M.Y., and Robinson, C.A. (2012). Independent Domestic Violence Advisors in North Wales – Assessing implementation and impact.

The research aims to provide an evidence base to inform future policy and practice developments relating to the IDVA service across North Wales. This will ultimately help to better meet the needs of people affected by domestic violence living in the area.

Feilzer, M., Roome, D., and Trew, J. (2010-2011), collaborative project of Bangor University and North Wales Police. The impact of value based decision making on policing in North Wales. Funded by WAG.

North Wales Police is rolling out ‘value-based decision making’ in operational policing across the force area.The concept of value based decision making (VBDM) can be described as affording staff greater discretion in determining the most appropriate resolution for minor crimes, incidents, and road traffic offences. It is an essential element of the force’s drive to provide an increasingly ‘citizen-focussed’ service, and is intended to increase the trust and confidence of people in policing services, as well as improving efficiency through streamlined processes. The research will monitor the impact of the training in value-based decision making on operational practices, including aspects of operational policing such as detection rates, and its impact on police officers’ and the public’s perceptions of frontline policing.

Feilzer, M., Plows, A., Williams, K., and Yates, J. (2010-2011), collaborative project of WISERD and WCCSJ (Welsh Centre for Crime and Social Justice), Bangor and Aberystwyth Universities.

An evaluation of the Women’s Turnaround Project in North Wales

The Women’s Turnaround project aims to engage women offenders so that they make necessary changes to stop offending, following a holistic, woman-centred, service model recommended by the Corston Report in 2007. The research will explore the women’s and stakeholder’s perspectives on what women need and whether the Turnaround project in North Wales has helped women to move forward in achieving their targets. Using a mixed methods approach, the research will evaluate whether the project has altered the behaviour/life-styles of the women participating in the research and how far any changes were internalised (from the perspective of the women) rather than just an external perception (on the part of workers). The research explores these questions in relation to the Women’s Turnaround project based in the Women’s Centre in Rhyl, North Wales.

Feilzer, M. and Javed, F. (2010)

Policing the Muslim Community in North Wales: Negotiating the demands of community policing and counter-terrorism

Muslim communities in the UK have become the target of adverse media coverage; increased and mainly adversarial police attention as part of counter terrorism measures; and, in some areas, increased racially motivated crime. Additionally, young Muslims have felt the effects of an identity crisis as British Muslims negotiating traditional cultural and religious values and the demands of the majority white British culture surrounding them, while defending themselves against suspicions of religious fundamentalism, radicalisation, and terrorism. The research explores how North Wales Police can better engage with the local Muslim community, in particular, women and young people, for the purpose of counter-terrorism as well as community policing. Thus, the proposed research explores strategies to build relations between the police and Muslim communities in the particular context of North Wales.

Feilzer, M. with Yener Altunbas and Shanti Chakravarty (2008)

Interrogating the British Crime Survey from a local perspective: The case of North Wales

The British Crime Survey (BCS) is a national victim survey which assesses experiences of crime, the behaviour of victims of crime in regard to reporting of crimes to the police, and survey respondents’ attitudes to, and confidence in, the criminal justice system and its main agencies. Certain components of the BCS are now used as performance indicators which contribute to the assessment of local police force performance. This is a fairly new development and there has been limited academic discussion of the suitability of the BCS for this purpose. This research responds to concerns about the use made of BCS data in performance management and allocation of resources at a /local/ police force level. The research will explore the suitability, validity, and reliability of BCS data for performance management, production of crime estimates, and resource allocation on an individual police force level; and include a secondary analysis of British Crime Survey data using a context-sensitive ‘bottom-up’ approach.

Martina is interested in supervising students in the following areas: -questions of legitimacy in criminal justice organisations - probation, policing -aspects of transitional justice in relation to criminal justice institutions -narrative criminal justice - perceptions of, and attitudes towards, criminal justice

2022

• PublishedPublic opinion and understanding of sentencing: Written evidence submitted by Martina Y Feilzer, Professor Criminology and Criminal Justice, Bangor University
  Feilzer, M., 21 Sep 2022, 3 p. UK Parliament.
  Research output: Other contribution

2021

• PublishedUnderstanding Judicial Independence in the Age of Outrage
  Feilzer, M., 23 Oct 2021, Judicial Independence in Times of Crisis. British Academy, p. 115-132 17 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2020

• PublishedPublic Narratives of Crime and Criminal Justice: Connecting ‘small’ and ‘big’ stories to make public narratives visible
  Feilzer, M., 19 Jul 2020, Conflicting narratives of Crime and Punishment. Althoff, M., Dollinger, B. & Schmidt, H. (eds.). Springer Nature, p. 62-84
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2019

• PublishedHollowing out Probation? The roots of Transforming Rehabilitation: Special Issue: Transforming Rehabilitation
  Deering, J. & Feilzer, M., 1 Mar 2019, In: Probation Journal. 66, 1, p. 8-24
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• PublishedBlack and Minority Ethnic Boys and Custody in England and Wales: Understanding Subjective Experiences through an Analysis of Official Data
  Barn, R., Feilzer, M. & Hardwick, N., 8 Nov 2018, In: Social Sciences . 7, 11, p. 226-242 16 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

• PublishedIntroduction to Special Theme Veillance and transparency: A critical examination of mutual watching in the post-Snowden, Big Data era
  Bakir, V., Feilzer, M. & McStay, A., 15 Mar 2017, In: Big Data and Society. 4, 1, p. 1-5
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedOrganisational Culture and Self-Legitimacy in Policing in North Wales: Final report
  Feilzer, M. & Krayer, A., 27 Jun 2017, Bangor University. 50 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• PublishedQuestions of Legitimacy in Probation Practice after Transforming Rehabilitation
  Deering, J. & Feilzer, M., Jun 2017, In: Howard Journal of Criminal Justice. 56, 2, p. 158-175
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

• PublishedA Review of Public Knowledge of Sentencing Practices
  Feilzer, M. Y. & Roberts, J. V. (ed.), 18 Feb 2015, Exploring Sentencing Practice in England and Wales. 2015 ed. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 61-75
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedBarriers to social participation in later life: Fear of crime and fear of young people
  Feilzer, M. Y. & Jones, I. R., 7 Oct 2015.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedBreaking the Cycle for Women through Equality not Difference
  Feilzer, M. Y., Williams, K. S., Annison, J. (ed.), Brayford, J. (ed.) & Deering, J. (ed.), 14 Oct 2015, Women and Criminal Justice: From the Corston Report to Transforming Rehabilitation. 2015 ed. Policy Press
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedPrivatising Probation: Is Transforming Rehabilitation the End of the Probation Ideal?
  Deering, J. & Feilzer, M. Y., 29 May 2015, Policy Press.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• PublishedPrivatising Probation: Is Transforming Rehabilitation the end of the probation ideal?
  Feilzer, M. Y., 28 Apr 2015.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedPublic Knowledge of Crime and Criminal Justice: The Neglected Role of Public Narratives
  Feilzer, M. Y., 1 Jun 2015, Oxford Handbooks Online. 2015 ed. Oxford University Press
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedPublic narratives of criminal justice: Lessons from pragmatism as a research paradigm
  Feilzer, M. Y., 2 Sep 2015.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedPublic trust on state mass surveillance is low but does it matter?
  Feilzer, M. Y., 4 Jul 2015.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedSeeing through the Communication Fog – who is saying what on human rights?
  Feilzer, M. Y., 8 Apr 2015.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedThe attitudes of probation staff towards Transforming Rehabilitation.
  Feilzer, M. Y., 17 Sep 2015.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2014

• PublishedEngaging the Muslim Community in North Wales: A Police Perspective
  Feilzer, M. Y. & Javad, F., 13 Jan 2014, Unknown Publisher.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• PublishedThe transition from public to private in probation: Values and attitudes of managers in the private sector
  Deering, J., Feilzer, M. Y. & Holmes, T., 1 Sep 2014, In: Probation Journal. 61, 3, p. 234-250
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

• PublishedDoing the right thing for the right reason? A critical discussion of procedural justice principles and the link to the legitimacy of the state police
  Feilzer, M. Y., 1 Dec 2013, In: Durham Law Review. p. 103-148
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPSST! Privacy, Security, Surveillance and Trust: developing an inter-disciplinary response to forced transparency
  Bakir, V., McStay, A. & Feilzer, M. Y., 1 Nov 2013.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2012

• PublishedAn evaluation of the Women’s Turnaround Service in North Wales
  Plows, A. J., Feilzer, M. Y. & Plows, A., 1 Jun 2012, Unknown Publisher.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• PublishedThe impact of value based decision making on policing in North Wales
  Feilzer, M. Y. & Trew, J., 1 Jan 2012, Unknown Publisher.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

2011

• PublishedMeasuring public attitudes to criminal justice.
  Feilzer, M. Y., Roberts, J., Feilzer, M., Hough, M., Gadd, D. (ed.), Karstedt, S. (ed.) & Messner, S. F. (ed.), 1 Jan 2011, Sage Handbook of Criminological Research Methods. 2011 ed. SAGE Publications, p. 282-296
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2010

• PublishedDoing Mixed Methods Research Pragmatically: Implications for the Rediscovery of Pragmatism as a Research Paradigm.
  Feilzer, M. Y., 1 Jan 2010, In: Journal of Mixed Methods Research. 4, 1, p. 6-16
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

• PublishedDisproportionality, ethnic minorities, and youth justice.
  Feilzer, M. Y., 8 Jul 2009.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedEvaluation of the accommodation needs of rough sleepers on Anglesey.
  Feilzer, M. Y., Judge, B. & Stratford, F., 1 Jan 2009, Unknown.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• PublishedNot Fit for Purpose! The (Ab-)Use of the British Crime Survey as a Performance Measure for Individual Police Forces.
  Feilzer, M. Y., 7 May 2009, In: Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. 3, 2, p. 1-12
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe Importance of Telling a Good Story: An Experiment in Public Criminology.
  Feilzer, M. Y., 9 Nov 2009, In: Howard Journal of Criminal Justice. 48, 5, p. 472-484
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2008

• PublishedInterrogating the British Crime Survey from a local perspective: The case of North Wales. Archwilio Arolwg Troseddu Prydain o safbwynt lleol: Achos Gogledd Cymru.
  Feilzer, M. Y., Altunbas, Y. & Chakravarty, S., 1 Jan 2008, 2008 ed. Unknown.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• PublishedPublic criminology – theory and practice of communicating ‘facts’ on crime and criminal justice.
  Feilzer, M. Y., 1 Jan 2008.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedThe importance of telling a good story.
  Feilzer, M. Y., 1 Jan 2008.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2007

• PublishedCriminologists making news? Providing factual information on crime and criminal justice through a weekly newspaper column
  Feilzer, M. Y., 1 Dec 2007, In: Crime, Media, Culture. 3, 3, p. 285-304
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedShould judges and magistrates be worried about losing public trust?
  Feilzer, M. Y., 1 Jan 2007, In: Magistrate. 63, 4
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe Magic Bullet: Improving public knowledge and confidence through the provision of factual information on crime and criminal justice
  Feilzer, M. Y., 1 Mar 2007, In: Prison Service Journal. 170, 1, p. 39-44
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe Magic Bullet? Educating the Public about Crime and Criminal Justice.
  Feilzer, M. Y., 1 Jan 2007.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2006

• PublishedThe impact of factual information on crime and criminal justice.
  Feilzer, M. Y., 1 Jan 2006.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• Published‘Crime Scene’ Oxford: The impact of a factual newspaper column on readers of a local newspaper
  Feilzer, M. Y. & Young, R., 1 Jan 2006, Unknown.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

2005

• PublishedThe impact of a factual newspaper column on readers of a local newspaper.
  Feilzer, M. Y., 1 Jan 2005.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedThe impact of a factual newspaper column on readers of a local newspaper.
  Feilzer, M. Y., 1 Jan 2005.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2004

• PublishedCognitive Behavioural Projects in Youth Justice.
  Feilzer, M. Y., Appleton, C., Roberts, C. & Hoyle, C., 1 Jan 2004
  Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site
• PublishedDifferences or discrimination? Minority ethnic young people in the youth justice system
  Feilzer, M. Y. & Hood, R., 1 Jan 2004, Youth Justice Board.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• PublishedDifferences or discrimination? Minority ethnic young people in the youth justice system.
  Feilzer, M. Y., 1 Jan 2004.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedDifferences or discrimination? Minority ethnic young people in the youth justice system.
  Feilzer, M. Y., 1 Jan 2004.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2002

• PublishedReconviction Rates of Serious Sex Offenders and Assessments of their Risk.
  Hood, R., Shute, S., Feilzer, M. Y. & Wilcox, A., 1 Jan 2002, Unknown.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• PublishedSex offenders emerging from long-term imprisonment - A study of their long-term reconviction rates and of parole board members' judgements of their risk
  Hood, R., Shute, S., Feilzer, M. Y. & Wilcox, A., 1 Jan 2002, In: British Journal of Criminology. 42, 2, p. 371-394
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2001

• PublishedNational evaluation for cognitive behavioural projects - structure, roles and preliminary findings.
  Feilzer, M. Y. & Appleton, C., 1 Jan 2001.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2022

• Justice Select Committee public engagement event with the Sentencing Academy

  Attendance at a Justice Select Committee inquiry, following on from the submission of written evidence. The inquiry focuses on the public opinion and understanding of sentencing.

  5 Dec 2022

  Links:

  • https://committees.parliament.uk/work/6741/public-opinion-and-understanding-of-sentencing/publications/written-evidence/
  Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups (Contributor)

2021

• Member Advisory Group Criminology Subject Benchmark Statement

  Member Advisory Group Criminology Subject Benchmark Statement

  1 Jun 2021 – 4 Oct 2021

  Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups (Contributor)
• Research Associate for Cumberland Lodge Annual Policing Conference Towards Justice - Law Enforcement and Reconciliation, 2021

  Research Associate for Cumberland Lodge Annual Policing Conference Towards Justice - Law Enforcement and Reconciliation, 2021

  1 Jan 2021 – 31 Oct 2021

  Activity: Consultancy (Consultant)

2019

• Devolution Event at Manchester City Hall, organised by History and Policy.

  Devolution Event at Manchester City Hall, organised by History and Policy. Paper: The Jagged Edge of Devolution in Wales, 2019

  31 May 2019

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
• Greater Manchester Combined Authority Lessons from Devolution

  Paper: 'International Law and Devolution in Wales'

  May 2019

  Activity: Participation in workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)
• North Wales Police (External organisation)

  Member of North Wales Police Ethics Committee

  Apr 2019 →

  Activity: Membership of committee (Member)
• Expert review for Research Council at KU Leuven, 2019

  Expert review for Research Council at KU Leuven, 2019 for research proposal submitted by Letizia Paoli " Perceptions of the Seriousness of Crime Phenomena among the Public and Criminal Justice Officials: What Is Their Impact on Criminal Policy Preferences and the Impact of Evidence on Such Perceptions and Preferences?

  29 Jan 2019 – 11 Jun 2019

  Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)
• Ministry of Justice (External organisation)

  Academic expert network

  1 Jan 2019

  Activity: Membership of network (Member)

2018

• Leicester REF Criminology submission, external reviewer, 2018-2020

  Leicester REF Criminology submission, external reviewer, 2018-2020

  13 Nov 2018 – 5 Nov 2020

  Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)
• 18th European Society of Criminology Conference

  Panel: Transforming Rehabilitation II: Paper - Hollowing out Probation? The roots of Transforming Rehabilitation

  Paper: Building Trust in Justice – Understanding personal narratives of transitional justice.

  29 Aug 2018

  Activity: Participation in conference (Speaker)
• 19th Nordic Migration Research Conference

  Paper: Border Building and Brexit: Taking back control and the performance of borders

  15 Aug 2018

  Links:

  • https://liu.se/forskning/19th-nordic-migration-conference-2018
  Activity: Participation in conference (Speaker)
• International Symposium: (Counter)Narratives of Punishment and Criminal Justice

  Paper: Mapping and Measuring public narratives of crime and criminal justice: Developing public narratives as an empirical concept

  21 Jun 2018

  Links:

  • http://narrativecrim-workshop.de/
  Activity: Invited talk (Invited speaker)
• Challenges to Judicial Independence in Times of Crisis

  British Academy conference: Challenges to Judicial Independence

  8 Mar 2018 – 9 Mar 2018

  Activity: Participation in conference (Speaker)
• Hwb Doeth; Regional YOT managers (External organisation)

  Member of Youth Justice Board Academic Liaison Network and Member of Hwb Doeth – a Youth Justice Board Cymru, practitioner, and academic knowledge exchange forum which identifies research needs, and shares research findings and expertise across Wales.

  1 Jan 2018 – 23 Oct 2021

  Activity: Membership of network (Member)

2010

• Journal of Mixed Methods Research (Journal)

  Peer reviewer for Journal of Mixed Methods Research since 2010

  2010 →

  Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)

• KESS II East MRes with North Wales Police- BUK2E035

  01/10/2019 – 01/01/2021 (Finished)

• WISERD Research Centre

  01/10/2019 – 31/10/2024 (Active)

• Organisational Culture and Self-Legitimacy in Policing

  01/11/2016 – 01/08/2017 (Finished)

  Description

  Focus Group research with police staff exploring questions of self-legitimacy and organisational culture

• Literature Review

  01/02/2014 – 01/08/2014 (Finished)

  Description

  Explanations for violent crime in England and Wales: A literature review

• The impact of values based decision making on Policing in North Wales

  01/09/2010 – 29/06/2012 (Finished)

• Women's Turnaround Project

  01/04/2010 – 29/02/2012 (Finished)

• Policing the Muslim Community in North Wales

  01/11/2009 – 31/07/2010 (Finished)

• Evaluating the Need for a Permanent Night Shelter for the Homeless in Holyhead

  01/06/2009 – 31/07/2010 (Finished)

• Interrogating The British Crime Curvey

  01/05/2008 – 31/07/2009 (Finished)

Activities

Public Engagement:

Public Lecture 2017, University of the Third Age (U3A), Bangor. Paper: Barriers to social participation in later life – fear of crime and fear of young people.

Interview for Eye on Wales, on probation reforms, radio programme 13 November 2016

ESRC Festival of Social Science 2016

Academy of Social Sciences blog on Prison reform, published September 2016

Contribution to Lammy Review of BAME representation in the Criminal Justice System, May 2016

The Conversation, article published, 16 July 2015: Fears for offender rehabilitation as Britain embraces US-style probation

Guardian Public Leaders Network Blog on probation research – published 7 July 2015.

2015: Paper: Barriers to social participation in later life – fear of crime and fear of young people. Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing. Seminar: Civil society and ageing populations.

Research Reviews for Ministry of Justice; Journal Reviews for Crime, Media, Culture; Journal of Mixed Methods Research; Book Proposal Reviews for Cambridge University Press, Routledge.

2015 – current: Deputy Director of Welsh Centre for Crime and Social Justice

2012-2015: Member of ESRC Commissioning Panel for Research Seminars and Strategic Networks

2014/15-2017/18: External Examiner, Birmingham University – School of Law

Events / Conference Papers

2017: Bangor Interdisciplinary Conference on Childhood and Youth, Bangor

Paper: A New Era for Youth Justice? Exploring the dramatic fall of young people going through the Youth Justice System and its meaning for youth justice.

2017: Welsh Centre for Crime and Social Justice Conference, Gregynog

Papers: Questions of legitimacy in probation practice after transforming rehabilitation; A New Era for Youth Justice? Exploring the dramatic fall of young people going through the Youth Justice System and its meaning for youth justice.

2016: European Society of Criminology Conference

Paper: Developing the concept of public narratives: What to measure, how to measure, and what for?

2015: Privatisation of Criminal Justice Conference, Leicester. Invited speaker, opening plenary; Paper: The attitudes of probation staff towards Transforming Rehabilitation.

2015: European Society of Criminology Conference

Paper: Public narratives of criminal justice: Lessons from pragmatism as a research paradigm

2015: Keynote at Welsh Centre for Crime and Social Justice Annual Conference. Privatising Probation: Is Transforming Rehabilitation the end of the probation ideal?

2015: Britain in Europe conference

Paper: Seeing through the Communication Fog – who is saying what on human rights?

2014: Media & Politics Conference: Media, Persuasion, and Human Rights. Paper: Public narratives of human rights

2014: Welsh Centre for Crime and Social Justice Conference. Paper: Seeking Probation Officers’ Views on Transforming Rehabilitation

2013: Open Symposium: Probation and Offender Management: The prospects and pitfalls of marketisation. Cardiff, Dec. 2013. Convened and chaired with John Deering and WCCSJ.

2013: Annual Wiserd Conference.

Paper: Ageing, young people, and fear of crime: Some unsettling findings.

2013: Convened and chaired Seminar on Policing for the Commission on Devolution at Bangor University with representatives including academics from Aberystwyth and Bangor Universities, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Dyfed-Powys, and Devolution Commissioners.

2013: Welsh Centre for Crime and Social Justice Conference, Gregynog

Paper: Moving from the public to the private in probation.

2012: Welsh Centre for Crime and Social Justice Conference, Gregynog

Paper: The Emperor’s New Clothes. Changes in criminal justice and penal policy and implications for local research.

2011: Invitation to attend a Public, Crime and Justice workshop in Edinburgh to advise the Scottish Government on Policy development.

2011: Inaugural meeting of Welsh Centre for Crime and Social Justice, Criminal Justice and Penal Policy network.

Paper: Interpretations of procedural justice: Implementing value-based decision making in North Wales.

2011: British Society of Criminology Conference

Paper: Big Society and Corston: A reality check

2009: Youth Justice Board London Regional Round Table event on Disproportionality. Invited Speaker.

Paper: Disproportionality, ethnic minorities, and youth justice

2008: Rethinking public confidence in the criminal justice system, Newcastle University, ESRC funded conference, Invited speaker.

Paper: Public criminology – theory and practice of communicating ‘facts’ on crime and criminal justice

2008: Justice, Media and Public: Comparative and Historical Perspectives, Keele University

Paper: The importance of telling a good story

2007: Annual meeting of the Law and Society Association

Paper: The Magic Bullet? Educating the Public about Crime and Criminal Justice

2006: Justice, Media and Public: a one-day workshop.

Paper: The impact of factual information on crime and criminal justice

2005: XVth European Conference on Psychology and Law

Paper: The impact of a factual newspaper column on readers of a local newspaper

2005: British Society of Criminology Conference

Paper: The impact of a factual newspaper column on readers of a local newspaper