Dr Charmian Werren

Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology
Teaching Associate
Lecturer

Contact details

Address
Muirhead Tower
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

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.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Law, King’s College London
  • MA in Criminology and Criminal Justice, King’s College London
  • LLB in Law, University of Birmingham

Teaching

  • Criminological Theory I
  • Doing Justice
  • Punishment
  • Social Research I
  • Terror, Threat and Security
  • Violence in a Global Context

Doctoral research

PhD title
“This is what democracy looks like”: Policing, Visibility and the Right to Protest.

Research

Charmian’s research interests include: 

  • Policing
  • Protest and Social Movements
  • Human Rights

Her doctoral research focussed on the human rights implications of the policing of protest in central London.

Publications

Werren, C. (2014) Intelligence Gathering and the Need for Control: Managing Risk In Public Order Policing, Criminal Justice Matters doi.org/10.1080/09627251.2014.926066