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 Lecturer in Law at the University of Stirling. She is interested in how the law responds to children and young people. She researches and teaches in the areas of criminal and family law. Her work mainly focuses on youth justice, child protection and children’s rights. Her PhD research examined the theory and practice Scottish children’s hearings system. As a socio-legal...

Dr Philippa Thomas

Phil joined SCCJR in August 2017 as the research associate on the Distant Voices project: a 3-year ESCR and AHRC funded collaborative project between the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, Vox Liminis, the University of Edinburgh, and the University of West of Scotland. Distant Voices uses collaborative songwriting with people who have experience of the criminal justice system, to...

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...

Lucy Cathcart Froden

Working Title of PhD: ‘A language we all understand’? A practice-led exploration of the role of musical communication in re/integration of people who have migrated and people who have offended Year commenced PhD study: 2017 Institution/Organisation: University of Glasgow Funding Source: College of Social Science, University of Glasgow Full or part-time: Full-time PhD Supervisors: Prof Fergus...

Dr Nancy Lombard

Nancy’s work looks at younger people and men’s violence against women, maintaining that young people’s own position in childhood directly impacts upon how they conceive of, construct and understand such violence. She is one of the founders and coordinators of the Gender Based Violence Research Network (GBVRN), and also an Associate Director of the Centre for Research on Families and...

Prof Lesley McAra

Lesley’s research interests lie in the general areas of the sociology of punishment and the sociology of law and deviance. Particular interests include: youth crime and juvenile justice; gender justice and community well-being; the politics of crime control; and comparative criminal justice. She is Co-Director (with Susan McVie and David Smith) of the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and...

Dr Susan Batchelor

Dr Susan Batchelor is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow, based in the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research. She is a very experienced youth researcher and research manager, with previous projects including: young people’s attitudes towards sexual violence (Zero Tolerance), girls’ views and experiences of violence (ESRC),...