Current research projects:

Legal education for children in primary school - (assisted by Aberystwyth University Boost funding). This project is looking at what (if anything) children in primary schools in Wales are taught about the law and their rights in legal spaces before they become criminally responsible (at the age of 10). This project has benefited from the research assistance of Akrivi Roumpou and Ashleigh Edwards. The project is waiting for a cessation of the current teachers' strike in order to progress further!

Child First? Examining children’s perspectives of their ‘effective’ collaboration in youth justice decision-making - funded by Nuffield
This project (PI Professor Stephen Case) looks at of children’s perceptions of their capacity for meaningful collaboration in youth justice decision-making processes and understandings of effectiveness.
Project length - 2 years (October 2022 to September 2024)

Research interests:

Children and young people who offend

Youth justice

Youth resettlement

Child First youth justice, 

Director of Assessments

Chair of Examination Boards

Youth Justice (undergrad and postgrad)

Critical and Radical Criminology

Crime and the Media

Quantitative Research Skills