Crime and Social Harm

The Crime and Social Harm research theme addresses a wide range of issues associated with the processes of criminalisation and social harm in national and international contexts. We explore individual/group exposure to different manifestations of crime and mechanisms of criminal justice and seek to develop research strategies suitable for illuminating and responding to underappreciated and hidden forms of harm within society.

Theme Lead: Daniel Mitchell

Publications

2020

Brooks-Wilson, S., (2020), How Geographical and Ideological Proximity Impact Community Youth Justice (In)accessibility in England and Wales, in Rees, J., Pomati, M., and Heins, E., (eds)

2019

Brooks-Wilson, S., (2019) Rethinking Youth Justice Journeys: Complex Needs, Impeded Capabilities and Criminalisation, Youth Justice Journal, online first: https://doi.org/10.1177/1473225419893791 

Kotova, A., (2019), ‘The Role of Offenders’ Family Links in Offender Rehabilitation’, in Ugwudike, P., Raynor, P., McNeill, F., Taxman, F., Trotter, C., and Graham, H. (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Rehabilitative Work in Criminal Justice. Abingdon: Routledge.

2018

Kotova, A., (2018), ‘Time, the Pains of Imprisonment, and ‘Coping’ – The Perspectives of Prisoners’ Partners’, in R. Condry and P. S. Smith (eds.), Prisons, Punishment and the Family: Towards a New Sociology of Punishment. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

2017

Walby, S., Apitzsch, B., Armstrong, J., Balderston, S., Follis, K., Francis, B., Kelly, L., May-Chahal, C., Rashid, A., Shire, K., Towers, J., Tunte, M. (2017) The Concept and Measurement of Violence against Women and Men. Bristol: Policy Press.

2016

Balderston, S. (2016) Victim Assistance (pp.36-55) in Walby, S., Apitzsch, B., Armstrong, J., Balderston, S., Follis, K., Francis, B., Kelly, L., May-Chahal, C., Rashid, A., Shire, K., Towers, J., Tunte, M. (2016) Study on gender dimension of trafficking in human beings. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.

Condry, R., Kotova, A. and Minson, S., (2016), ‘Social Injustice and Collateral Damage: The Families and Children of Prisoners’, in Y. Jewkes, J. Bennett and B. Crewe (eds.), Handbook on Prisons, Second Edition. Abingdon: Routledge.

Walby, S.,Towers, J., Francis, B., Shire, K., Kelly, L., Apitzsch, B., Armstrong, J., Balderston, S., Fish, A., Hardaker, C., Kirby, S.,May-Chahal, C., Palmer, E. (2016) Study on comprehensive policy review of anti-trafficking projects funded by the European Commission: HOME/2014/ISFP/PR/THBX/0052. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.

Members of the Crime and Social Harm theme

Dr Sarah Brooks-Wilson

Dr Sarah Brooks-Wilson

Lecturer in Criminology
Dissertation Convenor

Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology

Sarah's academic research is concerned with children and young people’s varied journey impediments and their consequences.

Ideas are drawn from the new mobilities paradigm in order to problematise underexplored areas of children and young people’s lives.In particular, the rejection of static-place based societal understandings, allows movement inequalities to instead be foregrounded. ...

Telephone
0121 414 5717
Email
s.brooks-wilson@bham.ac.uk

Dr Anna Kotova

Dr Anna Kotova

Lecturer in Criminology
Student Experience Officer

Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology

Anna in a Lecturer in Criminology. Her teaching and research interests are in prison sociology and the collateral impact of imprisonment on families of prisoners. She has researched the impact of long sentences on partners of prisoners in the UK, the experiences of prisoners serving sentences for sex offences in a therapeutic community and the use of video-call technology in prisons. She ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 4886
Email
a.kotova@bham.ac.uk

Dr Daniel Mitchell

Dr Daniel Mitchell

Lecturer in Criminology
Departmental Enhancement Officer

Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology

Daniel is a Lecturer in Criminology in the Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminologyat the University of Birmingham. He teaches across the 3 years of the undergraduate programme, as a module convenor for Violence in a Global Context and Crime and Society.  Daniel also supervises a number of final year dissertations, providing advice and guidance on undergraduate research ...

Telephone
+44(0)121 415 1066
Email
d.j.mitchell@bham.ac.uk

Professor Simon Pemberton

Professor Simon Pemberton

Professor in Social Policy and Criminology
Postgraduate Taught Admissions Lead

Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology

Simon is a Professor in Social Policy and Criminology currently researching aspects of social harm caused by states and corporations, as well as social structures, in particular the harms caused by inequality. 

Telephone
+44(0)121 415 8025
Email
s.pemberton.1@bham.ac.uk

Dr Charmian Werren

Teaching Associate
Lecturer

Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology

Charmian joined the University of Birmingham in 2018. She is a Teaching Associate and Lecturer in criminology. Her research focusses on the policing of protest.

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 6473
Email
c.werren@bham.ac.uk