People

All People working in Young People and Youth Justice

Dr Nikolaos Stamatakis

Dr Nikolaos Stamatakis recently completed his post-doctorate in Sociology at the University of Sao Paolo – Centre for the Study of Violence, Brazil. In 2013, he obtained a double PhD in Criminology at Ghent University (Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy) & the University of Liege (Centre for Criminology) (Belgium), as well as a PhD in Sociology at Athens University for...

Dr Michelle Donnelly

Michelle is a Teaching Fellow at Strathclyde Law School. Her interests lie primarily in child law, including juvenile justice, care, protection and rights, with broader interests in criminal justice process, policy and practice. Michelle’s PhD research examined – doctrinally, theoretically and empirically – the ethos of the Scottish children’s hearings system. As a socio-legal scholar,...

Ms Nina Vaswani

Nina is the Research Lead at the Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice (CYCJ) which aims to support improvements in youth justice policy and practice. CYCJ is primarily funded by the Scottish Government and hosted by the University of Strathclyde. Nina oversees the Research Programme at CYCJ, which includes synthesising existing research to make it accessible to practitioners and policymakers, as...

Rebecca Leonardi

Working Title of PhD: Paws for Progress: Evaluation of a Dog Training Rehabilitation Programme Synopsis: In the pioneering project ‘Paws for Progress’, male young offenders are taught how to train and rehabilitate rescue dogs for re-homing. Under guidance of professionals, participants learn to work as a team and use positive reinforcement methods to help the dogs. The project concept was...

Michelle Waldron

Michelle Waldron is currently researching the experience of young offenders in the Scottish criminal justice system and their experience with education during incarceration. Michelle holds a bachelor’s degree in Criminology. And is currently a research student in the Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Stirling as well as a teaching assistant supporting teaching within the criminology...

Kelly Giles

Working Title of PhD: Unidentified and Disbelieved? A critical ethnographic exploration into the discourses and processes that surround the identification of child trafficking victims in Scotland. Year commenced PhD study: 2016 Institution/Organisation: University of Stirling Full or part-time: Part-time PhD Supervisors: Dr Margaret Malloch and Dr Paul...

Judy Warbuton

Working Title of PhD: Decision Making in Children’s Hearings Year commenced PhD study: 2015 Institution/Organisation: University of Stirling Full or part-time: Full-time PhD Supervisors: Dr. Paul Rigby, Duncan Helm Judy’s research is looking at how Children’s Hearing’s in Scotland make decisions about the lives of children and...

Fernando Pantoja

Working Title of PhD: Relationship between inequality and antisocial behaviour in schools in Mexico Year commenced PhD study: 2016 (Full-time) Institution/Organisation: University of Edinburgh Funding Source: CONACyT (Mexican Government) PhD Supervisors: Professor Susan McVie and Dr. Paul Norris Synopsis of PhD: In many Latin American countries, including Mexico,...

Maureen Taylor

Working Title of PhD: Group associated child sexual exploitation: Exploring the connections Year commenced PhD study: 2014 Institution: GCU Funding Source: GCU studentship Full or part-time: Full time PhD Supervisors: Prof. Lesley McMillan and Dr. Annette Robertson Synopsis: This doctoral project focuses on the sexual exploitation of children and young people which has been increasingly...

Dr Lisa Whittaker

Lisa Whittaker is a former Research Assistant with SCCJR. She completed her PhD at the University of Stirling in 2011. Her thesis ‘Young and Unemployed: Giving and Getting Recognition in Peer Groups and Online’ explored the experiences of young people taking part in Get Ready for Work training programmes and how these experiences shaped their identities. While writing her thesis Lisa joined...