Criminology MA: Who teaches this course

• Staff teaching on this course

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences teaches this course. Students benefit from a lively study environment, thanks to the wide range of postgraduate courses on offer.

Programmes cover everything from English literature and music to human rights and politics.

The Faculty provides a vibrant and forward-thinking environment for study with:

• courses designed in collaboration with industry professionals – keeping you up to date with the latest developments;
• established connections with the London arts and media scene – with a range of guest speakers, professors and lecturers visiting the University; and
• committed and enthusiastic staff – many of whom are expert practitioners as well as leading academics and researchers.

The Faculty's combination of academics and practitioners makes it a unique environment in which to further your studies and your career.

Where is the Faculty based? Most students are based at the University's Penrhyn Road campus, with our music and education courses taught at the Kingston Hill campus.

Dr Cecilia Cappel

Dr Cecilia Cappel's general research and teaching interests are in the fields of race, gender and interpersonal violence. Her current research interests are diverse and include the responses of Black majority churches' to domestic abuse, as well as the development of curricula and pedagogies within criminology that encourage active student participation.

Dr Sylvie Collins-Mayo

Dr Sylvie Collins-Mayo has extensive research experience specialising in the sociology of religion. Her work has included both qualitative and quantitative methods and is orientated to the application of social research within faith based settings. She has written a number of books and journal articles with a particular focus on young people's religious beliefs, attitudes and behaviours.

Dr Stephanie Eaton

Dr Stephanie Eaton teaches in the area of criminal justice policy, policing and state security, and the history of criminological ideas. Her research centres on the use of surveillance and CCTV. Stephanie has also acted as a consultant to the Foreign Office and the Prison Service in relation to the training and development of Iraqi justice personnel. She is a regular contributor to the broadcast and print media.

Dr Christopher Hamerton

Dr Christopher Hamerton has a professional background in criminal and family law, and is a qualified barrister (Middle Temple). His teaching practice encompasses cybercrime, media depictions of deviance and the criminal justice process. He is responsible for the core module in Criminological Perspectives on Law. His wide research interests include legal anthropology, cybercrime and victimology. In terms of research practice, he has considerable experience of designing and conducting fieldwork with vulnerable subjects and scientific experts. Chris is the director of legal studies at Kingston's Centre for Abuse and Trauma Studies, and is an elected fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute.

Sue Hobbs

Sue Hobbs' professional background is in management and education within the Probation Service. This has given her a particular interest in penal policy and practices, and she currently teaches modules in contemporary issues in punishment in crime control on both the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. She also teaches a postgraduate module on new perspectives within criminology.

Dr Joanna Jamel

Dr Joanna Jamel has a multi-disciplinary background having studied Sociology with Applied Psychology, Criminology, Investigative Psychology and Forensic Psychology. Her previous research includes the comparative behavioural analysis of crime scene behaviours in male and female rape. She has also conducted research with Project Sapphire (London Metropolitan Police Service) which has been used to inform their specialist training and that of West Mercia Police on the police response to rape. She has written on "Crime and its Causes" in one of the course texts Forensic Psychology which is edited by experts within this specialised field. She has also published her research findings in academic and practitioner journals such as the International Journal of Police Science and Management and the New Criminal Law Review.

Amy Mitchell

Amy Mitchell is from a youth justice practitioner background and has undertaken research in bail supervision programmes and child protection. She is currently on the steering group committee for the Institute of Child Centred Inter-professional Practice. Amy has oversight of work-based learning and teach postgraduate modules on 'Organisations and Institutional Practices' and 'Evaluation and Analysis in the Field'.

Dr Bridget Towers

Dr Bridget Towers' doctoral research was on the use of injunctions in criminal justice policy, which has contemporary resonance with the use of Anti Social Behaviour Orders and Dispersal Orders, as key elements in local crime reduction policies. Bridget is particularly interested in the use of the law to enforce compliance in medical care and treatment. Her current work is on the use of legal compulsion in the containment and treatment of epileptics and her postgraduate teaching is in specialist modules on mentally disordered offenders.