About

I am a senior lecturer in policing (research methods) specialising in teaching academic research skills, social research methods, and evidence-based policing for policing students.

I am the chair of the College Research Ethics Committee for Business, Law, and Social Sciences.

I am a geographer, having earned my PhD in human geography specialising in quantitative methods and GIS.

Teaching responsibilities

I currently teach on the following programmes:

• L435: Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Professional Policing
• L435A: Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Professional Policing (Accelerated)
• L450: Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship

I am the module leader for the following modules:

• 4CJ558: Research Methods and Academic Skills for Policing
• 5CJ578: Police Problem Solving Models and Theories
• 6CJ996: Dissertation

Research interests

I specialise in quantitative social research methods and GIS. I am primarily interested in the spatial and geographical structure seen in all kinds of social phenomena.

Most recently I have been a postdoctoral researcher on the Thatcherism and Crime project. I contributed geographical skills and produced much of the project's geographical analysis. In collaboration with the project leaders - Professor Steve Farrall and Dr Emily Gray - we authored a number of publications listed on my ORCID page.

My PhD was in the geography of health inequalities and health resilience. I used GIS, quantitative methods, and spatial microsimulation to evaluate the effects of policy changes over the last decade.

I am a member of the Business, Law, and Social Science College Research Ethics Committee.

Membership of professional bodies

• Member of the Social Research Association

Qualifications

• BA (Hons) in Sociology - University of York
• MA in Social Research - University of York
• PhD in Human Geography - University of Sheffield

Recent conferences

I've presented research nationally and internationally, including at the European Society of Criminology and the American Society of Criminology.

Experience in industry

Before studying for my PhD, I worked as a social researcher in the public sector for a number of years.

In the media

• Guardian, April 2019 - 'Industrial Collapse of Thatcher Years led to crime rise, study finds'

Recent publications

See my ORCID profile for my publications.