I am Associate Professor and Director of the MSt in Applied Criminology, Penology and Management at the Institute of Criminology, Cambridge. I have undertaken research across all areas of the criminal justice system including: prisons, probation, the police, courts and sentencing, youth justice and parole.

I am editor of Probation Journal, Associate Editor for the journal Criminology and Criminal Justice and a member of British Journal of Criminology’s editorial board.

I am the co-chair of the European Society of Criminology's Working Group on Community Sanctions and Measures, a member of the Independent Probation Professional Register Panel, am on the ARNS expert advisory panel and sit on HMI Probation’s Expert Advisory Group.

Experience

  • 2025–present
    Associate professor, University of Cambridge
  • 2020–2025
    Reader/Associate professor, Sheffield Hallam University
  • 2015–2020
    Senior lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University
  • 2012–2015
    Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University

Education

  • 2013 
    University of Cambridge, PhD Criminology

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