Professor Marisa Silvestri

I teach on CM5006 Policing and Punishment and make contributions to other criminological  modules. 

Undergraduate courses taught

• Criminal Justice BSc (Hons)
• Criminology and Forensic Psychology BSc (Hons)
• Criminology and Sociology BSc (Hons)
• Criminology BSc (Hons)

Postgraduate courses taught

• Criminology MA
• Criminology with Forensic Psychology MA

My main research interests lie at the intersections of gender, crime, justice, policing and organisational cultures. Underpinned by an interest in the ways in which ‘care' and ‘control' are experienced, negotiated and enacted within the punitive context of the criminal justice system, I am interested in the gendered nature of organisational identities within criminal justice. More specifically, my work emphasises the gendered dimensions of policing, police culture and police leadership. With a strong emphasis on capturing and developing the relationship between theoretical and policy dimensions, I am committed to knowledge exchange and transfer, and have been an academic adviser to a number of organisations, including the British Society of Criminology, Ministry of Justice, Griffin Society; Independent Police Commission on the Future of Policing, Home Office Affairs Select Committee and British, European and International Associations of Women Police.  

I sit on the editorial board of 'Policing and Society: An International Journal of Research and Policy - Policing & Society'  and am Series Editor (with Megan O'Neil & Steve Tong) for  'Key Themes in Policing' with Policy Press.

I have engaged in teaching, course design and development in an international sphere, most notably I was Co-Director for MSc Advanced Research in Criminology ( with Erasmus University Rotterdam & University of Ghent).  I also engage in international research activities, attending international conferences and acting as special advisor to a range of European police training colleges. I have delivered a number of key note lectures, most recently, I participated in the International Symposium on the Women Police in Canada and the National Institute of Justice Research Summit on Women and Policing in Washington, US.

I am committed to knowledge exchange and transfer, and have been an academic adviser to a number of organisations, including the British Society of Criminology, Ministry of Justice, Griffin Society; Independent Police Commission on the Future of Policing, Home Office Affairs Select Committee and British, European and International Associations of Women Police.

I am an active member of the British Society of Criminology. I ma currently senior academic adviser to the Policing Network ( BSC) and am former Chair of the Women, Crime and Criminal Justice Network (BSC). 

I am Head of Department for Criminology, Politics & Sociology.