Professor Marisa Silvestri
Faculties, departments and locations
- Faculty of Business and Social Sciences
- Department of Criminology, Politics and Sociology
- School of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Penrhyn Road
Professor of Criminology
- Email:
- [email protected]
About
I am a Professor of Criminology and joined Kingston in 2024 as Head of the Department for Criminology and Social Sciences. Previously, I was at the University of Kent where I was Director of Studies for postgraduate Criminology and School Director of Internationalisation.
My 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 I am an academic adviser to a number of organisations.
Qualifications
- PhD in Criminology ( Goldsmiths College)
- MA Criminology ( Brunel University)
- BA Sociology & History ( University of Surrey)
Domains
I teach CM5006 Policing and Punishment and make contributions to other criminological modules.
Courses taught
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 adviser to a range of European police training colleges. I have delivered a number of keynote 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 am 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.
Publications
Women in policing: the challenges facing equity and inclusion initiatives
Langan, Debra, Sanders, Carrie, Silvestri, Marisa, Prenzler, Tim, Fleming, Jenny and Brown, Jennifer, 2022, CRSP Talk, Published
Book review of 'Chief police officers' stories of legitimacy' by I. Shannon
Silvestri, Marisa, 2022, Policing and Society (32), 5pp 695-697, Published
The role of (in)visibility in hate crime targeting transgender people
Colliver, Ben and Silvestri, Marisa, 2022, Criminology and Criminal Justice (22), 2pp 235-253, Published
Policewomen's perceptions of occupational culture in the changing policing environment of England and Wales: a study in liminality
Brown, Jennifer, Fleming, Jenny and Silvestri, Marisa, 2021, The Police Journal : Theory, Practice and Principles (94), 3pp 259-281, Published
A police service in transformation: implications for women police officers
Brown, Jennifer and Silvestri, Marisa, 2019, Police Practice and Research (21), 5pp 459-475, Published
Implications of police occupational culture in discriminatory experiences of senior women in police forces in England and Wales
Brown, Jennifer, Fleming, Jenny, Silvestri, Marisa, Linton, Kenisha and Gouseti, Ioanna, 2019, Policing and Society (29), 2pp 121-136, Published
Disrupting the ÔÇ£heroicÔÇØ male within policing: a case of direct entry
Silvestri, Marisa, 2018, Feminist Criminology (13), 3pp 309-328, Published
Police culture and gender: revisiting the 'cult of masculinity'
Silvestri, Marisa, 2017, Policing (11), 3pp 289-300, Published
'It's like another family innit': building police-youth relations through the Metropolitan Police Service Volunteer Police Cadet Programme
Pepper, Melissa and Silvestri, Marisa, 2017, Respiratory Medicine (11), 1pp 1-13, Published
The gendering of violent crime
Crowther-Dowey, C. and Silvestri, M., 2017, British Journal of Community Justice (4), 3, Accepted/In press
Book review of 'Accountability of policing' edited by S. Lister and M. Rowe
Silvestri, Marisa, 2016, Policing and Society (26), 7pp 852-855, Published
Gender and policing: narratives of crisis, change and continuity
Silvestri, Marisa, 2016, European Police Science and Research Bulletin (S1)pp 143-153, Published
Book review of 'The Oxford Handbook of Gender, Sex, and Crime' edited by R. Gartner and B. McCarthy
Silvestri, Marisa, 2015, The Howard Journal Of Criminal Justice (54), 5pp 533-535, Published
Gender diversity: two steps forward, one step back
Silvestri, Marisa, 2015, Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences (9), 1pp 56-64, Published
Reflections on a 'depressing inevitability'
Silvestri, Marisa, 2013, Sociological Research Online (18), 4, Published
Book review of: 'Women, crime and social harm: towards a criminology for the global era' edited by M. Cain & A. Howe
Silvestri, Marisa, 2012, The Howard Journal Of Criminal Justice (51), 5pp 544-545, Published
"Doing" police leadership: enter the "new smart macho"
Silvestri, Marisa, 2007, Gastric Cancer (17), 1pp 38-58, Published
'Doing time': becoming a police leader
Silvestri, Marisa, 2006, International Journal of Police Science and Management (8), 4pp 266-281, Published
Visions of the future: the role of senior policewomen as agents of change
Silvestri, Marisa, 2003, International Journal of Police Science and Management (1), 2pp 148-161, Published
Critical perspectives on police leadership
Davis, Claire and Silvestri, Marisa (2020). Bristol: [Published]
Police leadership: changing landscapes
(2019). Cham, Switzerland.: [Published]
Gender and crime: a human rights approach
Silvestri, Marisa and Crowther-Dowey, Christopher (2016). London, U.K.: (Sage) [Published]
Conditional cautions: evaluation of the women specific condition pilot
Evans, K., Matthews, R., Walklate, S., Easton, H. and Silvestri, M. (2010). (Ministry of Justice) [Published]
Gender and crime
Silvestri, Marisa and Crowther-Dowey, Christopher (2008). London, U.K.: (Sage) [Published]
Women in charge: policing, gender and leadership
Silvestri, Marisa (2003). [Published]
Women and crime
Silvestri, Marisa and Heidensohn, Frances (1996). Basingstoke, U.K.: (Macmillan) [Published]
Women in police leadership: making rank as a marker of progress?
Silvestri, Marisa, Brown, Jennifer and Fleming, Jenny (2023). In: Prenzler, Tim, (eds.), New York, U.S.A.:pp 92-101 [Published]
Women policing in the United Kingdom: transforming leadership
Brown, Jennifer and Silvestri, Marisa (2020). In: Rabe-Hemp, Cara, Garcia, Vanessa, (eds.), London, U.K.:pp 85-110 [Published]
In search of diversity: an embodied account of police leadership
Silvestri, Marisa (2019). In: Ramshaw, Pauline, Silvestri, Marisa, Simpson, Mark, (eds.), Cham, Switzerland.:pp 99-120 [Published]
The 'online othering' of transgender people in relation to 'gender neutral toilets'
Colliver, Ben, Coyle, Adrian and Silvestri, Marisa (2019). In: Lumsden, Karen, Harmer, Emily, (eds.), Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillanpp 215-237 [Published]
Pioneering women police chiefs: a tale of conflict and collaboration
Silvestri, Marisa (2018). In: Stevenson, Kim, Cox, David J., Channing, Iain, (eds.), London, U.K.:pp 193-210 [Published]
Women in police leadership
Silvestri, Marisa and Paul, Colette (2015). In: Fleming, Jenny, (eds.), Oxford, U.K.:pp 190-210 [Published]
Women police: potential and possibilities for police reform
Dick, Penny, Silvestri, Marisa and Westmarland, Louise (2013). In: Brown, Jennifer, (eds.), Abingdon, U.K.:pp 134-148 [Published]
Gender and crime
Heidensohn, Frances and Silvestri, Marisa (2012). In: Maguire, M., Morgan, R., Reiner, R., (eds.), Oxford, U.K.:pp 336-369 [Published]
Managerial masculinity: an insight into the twenty-first century police leader
Silvestri, Marisa (2012). In: Barrie, D.G., Broomhall, S., (eds.), Abingdon, U.K.:pp 235-254 [Published]
Gender and crime: a human rights perspective
Silvestri, Marisa (2006). In: Heidensohn, Frances, (eds.)pp 222-242 [Published]
The conformity of criminology
Silvestri, M. and Heidensohn, F. (1995). In: Newburn, T., Vagg, J., (eds.) British Society of Criminology [Published]
Women in policing - a review of time, place and space
Silvestri, Marisa(2014). [Published]
Gender and policing: narratives of crisis, change and continuity
Silvestri, Marisa(2013). [Published]
Reflections on 'Sexualities: past reflections, future direction' ed. by Sally Hines & Yvette Taylor
Silvestri, Marisa(2013). [Published]
Why gender matters in policing: radical transformation(s) or business as usual?
Silvestri, Marisa(2013). [Published]
Women, policing and representation
Silvestri, Marisa(2012). [Published]
The conformity of criminology
Silvestri, M. and Heidensohn, F.(1995). [Published]