Trauma, Adversity and Criminal Justice
The Trauma, Adversity and Criminal Justice strand of our Centre for Criminal Justice Research and Partnerships is a multi-disciplinary team of researchers.
They have experience working in criminal justice and social care areas. They can also work within organisational, local regional, national and international agendas. This is based on reducing trauma and adversity within the criminal justice system. Our interest includes trauma and adversity. In particular, the impact on individuals, communities and organisations.
Overview
At a time where efficacy and cost-effectiveness has never been more important, it is imperative to have evidence-based research on what works. The Group has cross-disciplinary expertise which it applies in order to provide that evidence base by drawing on the peer-reviewed research literature and utilising statistical expertise to guide prospective initiatives and evaluate existing ones.
This strand provides organisations access to current real-world understanding of the issues surrounding trauma and adversity within criminal justice settings. All the group members are research active and additionally many of them are also active practitioners, allowing them to understand the practicalities around implementation. This understanding is structured around a social-ecological model encompassing the macrosystem (e.g., societal values and beliefs), exosystem (e.g., industry and social services), microsystem (e.g., family and peers), and the individual (e.g., age and mental health).
Collectively, the expertise within the University of Central Lancashire can support the development of evidenced based initiatives and interventions, as well as allowing the evaluation of existing approaches both of which are reliant on a thorough understanding of underpinning theory.
This allows for the development of empirically supported theories of change that can be used to guide the type of initiative needed for a specific problem or cohort, or to evaluate which practices work for whom, when and why.
Meet the team
Nicola has published widely in intimate partner violence perpetration and victimisation, and the psychological impact of adversity and trauma. She was one of the first researchers to explore typologies of coercive control within intimate relationships. She has led research projects and evaluations for a range of clients including the European Union, the Home Office, Police and Crime Commissioners.
Nicola is also Co-director of the Centre for Criminal Justice Research and Partnerships. Her areas of research include partner violence, child to parent abuse, interventions programmes, post-traumatic stress and growth. She is co-lead for The Global Law Enforcement and Public Health Association’s trauma-informed policing special interest group.
Nicola collaborates with several international research consortiums and delivers keynote presentations and training both nationally and internationally. She has organised regional, national and international conferences. Nicola has been an invited speaker at the events around domestic abuse at the European Parliament, Brussels and the Istanbul convention in Ankara Turkey. She has also led the British Psychological Society submission on governmental consultations on reducing reoffending and on criminalising coercive control. Nicola is also Co-Chair of the GELPHA Special Interest group on trauma informed policing
Nicola is experienced in conducting research and evaluations for external partners and successfully led many projects. She is a member of Lancashire's reducing reoffending board and Lancashire's Violence Reduction Network's Trauma-informed Lancashire working group. Nicola has developed successful interventions programmes for criminal justice populations including the well-known Inner Strength programme for domestic abuse.
Dr Rebecca Hibbin is a Lecturer in Policing since joining the University of Central Lancashire in 2021, after 6 years as a Research Associate at Lancaster University, predominantly in the Department of Educational Research. She has been researching psychosocial wellbeing and development and whole organisation approaches to supporting vulnerability since 2015, when she undertook her first postdoctoral study on the whole school use of Nurture.
Her research is strongly inter-disciplinary, extending from her PhD exploring the pedagogical use of oral storytelling in primary schools, into more diverse disciplines including Criminology, Policing and Health Inequalities.
Rebecca has undertaken a number of evaluations of different approaches in Schools, 3rd Sector Organisations and Local Authorities in relation to such interventions as the whole organisation/school use of Nurture Groups, Restorative Practice, Trauma Informed Practice and more recently evidence-based practice for reducing health inequalities in a Local Authority context. Rebecca is about to embark on a mixed methods evaluation of Cumbria Child Centred Policing Team that will explore her most recent focus on Trauma Informed practice from a CJS orientation.
She has 6 peer reviewed publications and four reports since 2015, and a number of publications in the works, including one In Press focusing on the whole school use of Coaching and Restorative Practice to support pro social behaviour, and subvert hierarchical systems of discipline in school.
In addition, Rebecca is a regular reviewer for two journals, Disability and Society and the International Journal of Nurture in Education.
We have expertise and research interests in the following areas:
- Aggression
- Family Violence
- Interpersonal Violence
- Offending Behaviour
- Post-traumatic Growth
- Repeat Victimisation
- Resilience
- Risk Assessment
- Service Evaluation
- Sexual Violence
- Trauma
- Victim Vulnerability
- Intersectionality
The Trauma, Adversity and Criminal Justice Strand of the Criminal Justice Partnership aims to:
- Create an active and thriving research environment, working alongside regional, national and international organisations to deliver real world impact;
- Encourage interdisciplinary perspectives to deliver innovative solutions for those facing challenges in the area of trauma and adversity;
- Establish a reputation as a centre of collaboration and innovation with high quality research outcomes;
- Increase awareness of opportunities and expertise in the strand through engagement with internal and external partners.
As the trauma and adversity theme is focused on working with partners who are directly facing the challenge of responding to real world problems, real world impact is inherent in the work we do.
We regularly host conferences and workshops exploring topics of relevance to many outside organisations, including the police, probation, voluntary sector, the Police and Crime Commissioner, and many other organisations.
The interdisciplinary approach within the University of Central Lancashire stimulates innovative approaches to addressing violence and aggression and enables staff to develop their research expertise and responsivity to emerging themes and societal need.
Male Victims of Coercive Control
A report published by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) and ManKind, a charity which supports male victims of domestic abuse, has exposed the severe and longstanding negative effects of coercive control on men.
Coercive control is defined as an act or a pattern of acts of assault, threats, humiliation and intimidation or other abuse that is used to harm, punish, or frighten their victim.
The analysis of responses to a survey of 538 men revealed that male victims had significant physical and mental reactions to coercion. Almost eight out of ten male victims had scores indicating that PTSD was a concern. Additionally, 43% of male victims had distress scores high enough to suppress the immune system.
Respondents frequently described the severe impact of this abuse, including depression and feelings of helplessness, anxiety, stress and feeling trapped, rather than fear. Many participants felt that the lack of awareness among social services had left them vulnerable. One man stated: “Services are near non-existent for men and again, I reiterate, men are not believed.”
Despite the Office for National Statistics reporting that one in three victims of domestic abuse is a man, previous research in the main has been focused on the experiences of female victims. Through this research, UCLan’s Professor Nicola Graham-Kevan, Professor of Criminal Justice Psychology and Director of the Centre for Criminal Justice Research and Partnership, Deborah Powney, Lecturer in Policing and Mark Brooks Chair of ManKind Initiative, sought to challenge this and create a space to explore the impact of coercive control on men.
A recent government review of the controlling or coercive behaviour offence also identified a need for improvement in understanding, identifying and evidencing controlling or coercive behaviour (CCB), as it was found to be likely that only a small proportion of all CCB comes to the attention of the police or is recorded as CCB, and charge rates remain relatively low.
The UCLan report calls for a large-scale national study of both victims and non-victims to thoroughly understand the impacts of coercive control. While the respondents in this survey were predominantly white men in heterosexual relationships, researchers have highlighted the need for more research into the impacts of coercive control on Black and Minority Ethnic men and those in same-sex relationships.
Asking for better understanding within public services and related professionals (police officers, judiciary, general practitioners and social services), the report highlights that men are victims of coercive control and share many of the same experiences that women do. However, there appears to also be typically more male-specific patterns of abuse, such as abusers’ use of the legal and administration system against victims, as well as damaging their relationships with their children.
- Read the full report.
- Read the summary report.
- There is also a short film with responses to the survey available on YouTube.
Domestic Abuse Policy Guidance for UK Universities (2021)
Chaired by Dr Khan and developed with leading experts, including the Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales, this UK-first policy guidance is endorsed by Office for Students, Universities UK, and national charities including Women’s Aid and SafeLives. Dr Khan is currently in talks with the Department of Education and the Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Domestic Abuse, about how they can champion this work.
Harmful Traditional Practices in the Workplace: Guidance for Best Practice (2020)
Dr Khan developed this guidance as Chair of a panel of international experts, which has remained in the top 15 most accessed resources on C19 across the UK, USA, New Zealand, and Australia (academic repositories) and has been endorsed or adopted by key organisations, including NHS Employers, Crown Prosecution Service, and Employer’s Initiative on Domestic Abuse.
- Home Office Child to Parent Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Project Jan-Mar 2022
- Male Victims of Coercive Control with Mankind Initiative Jan-May 2021 - read the full report
- Home Office Child to Parent Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Project Jan-Mar 2021
- Cheshire Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner Evaluation of Victim Services
- Lancashire Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner Evaluation of Victim Services
- GMP Sexual Offending Research Project 2018
- GMP Strive evaluation 2017
We publish high-quality research in peer-reviewed international academic journals. Our publications range from professional commentaries and opinion pieces, to reports for industry and government bodies, to full academic research papers.
Prof. Nicola Graham-Kevan, Dr Liz Bates, Dr Jenny McCarthy and Prof Ben Hines launched the Evidence Based Domestic Abuse Research Network (EBDARN) in September 2022. Presentations from the event can be seen on their Youtube channel including conferences and workshops for academics and practitioners in the field.
Hamel, J., Cannon, C. E. B. and Graham-Kevan, N. (2023) The consequences of psychological abuse and control in intimate partner relationships. Traumatology .
Mulongo, P., Khan, R., McAndrews, S. and Mckeown, M. (2023) Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) trauma and mental health support during the UK lockdown: Exploring women’s experiences. Journal of Aggression, Conflict & Peace Research. Special Edition: Domestic abuse and family violence in the UK: the impact of COVID 19 . ISSN 1759-6599
Shorrock, S., Parker, S., Addidle, G., Dimelow, M., Liddle, J., Proctor, T., Martin, William DM and Olive, P. (2023) Standardising multi-agency safeguarding hubs (MASH): Building a framework to effectively identify and manage risk. Emerald Open Research, 5 (11). pp. 1-4.
Hall, B. , Khan, R. and Eslea, MJ (2022) Criminalising Black Trauma: Grime and Drill Lyrics as a Form of Ethnographic Data to Understand “Gangs” and Serious Youth Violence. Genealogy, 7 (1). p. 2.
Khurana, B., Hines, D A., Johnson, Benjamin A., Bates, E A., Graham-Kevan, N. and Loder, R T. (2022) Injury patterns and associated demographics of intimate partner violence in men presenting to U.S. emergency departments. Aggressive Behavior, 48 (3). pp. 298-308. ISSN 0096-140X
Lamph, G., Elliott, A., Gardner, KJ , Wright, KM, Jones, E., Haslam, M., Graham-Kevan, N. , Jassat, R., Jones, F. et al (2022) An Evaluation of a Pilot Multi-Professional Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Higher Education Programme. Journal of Forensic Practice . ISSN 2050-8794
Olive, P. , Hives, L. , Ashton, A., O'Brien, M. C., Taylor, A., Mercer, G., Horsfield, C., Carey, R., Jassat, R. et al (2022) Psychological and Psychosocial aspects of major trauma care: a survey of current practice across UK and Ireland. Trauma . ISSN 14604086
Stead, L., Brewer, G., Gardner, KJ and Khan, R. (2022) Sexual coercion perpetration and victimisation in females: The influence of borderline and histrionic personality traits, rejection sensitivity, and love styles. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 28 (1). pp. 15-27. ISSN 1355-2600
Brooks, M., Graham-Kevan, N., Robinson, S., & Lowe, M. (2021). “I get knocked down, but I get up again”: A qualitative exploration of posttraumatic growth after multiple traumas. Traumatology.
Carter, L., Brooks, M. and Graham-Kevan, N., (2021). Emotion regulation mediates posttraumatic growth and Cluster B personality traits after childhood trauma. Violence and Victims
Khan, Y., Khan, R., Adisa, O., Kumari, M. and Allen, K., (2021)‘Honour’abuse, violence, and forced marriage in the UK. Police cases (incidents and charges) and specialised training: 2018 and 2019.
Kirby, S. and Birdsall, N., (2021) Kicking off: Is the association between the FIFA world cup and domestic abuse an international phenomenon?. The Police Journal, p.0032258X211007182.
Richardson, B & Nash, R. (2021). ‘Rapport myopia’ in investigative interviews: Evidence from linguistic and subjective indicators of rapport. Legal and Criminological Psychology. 10.1111/lcrp.12193.
Stead, L., Brewer, G., Gardner, K. and Khan, R., (2021). Sexual coercion perpetration and victimisation in females: The influence of borderline and histrionic personality traits, rejection sensitivity, and love styles. Journal of Sexual Aggression, pp.1-13.
Todd, C., Bryce, J. and Franqueira, V.N., (2021) Technology, cyberstalking and domestic homicide: informing prevention and response strategies. Policing and society, 31(1), pp.82-99.
Todd, M. (2021). Why the ban on conversion therapy has to include religious groups
Begum, R., Khan, R., Brewer, G. and Hall, B. (2020) “They Will Keep Seeing Young Women Murdered by Men. Enough Is Enough-We Have Seen Too Many Women Lose Their Lives”. Lessons for Professionals Working with Victims of ‘Honour’ Abuse and Violence. Genealogy, 4 (3)
Birdsall, N., Kirby, S., and Phythian, R. (2020) Cooperative actors in domestic abuse and their association with prosecution: implications for the criminal justice system. The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles, pp.1-16.
Clarke, A., Olive, P. , Akooji, N. and Whittaker, K. (2020) Violence exposure and young people’s vulnerability, mental and physical health. International Journal of Public Health, 65 . pp. 357-366. ISSN 1661-8556
Dixon, L., & Graham-Kevan, N. (2020). Assessing Risk and Treatment Need in Persons who Perpetrate Intimate Partner Violence in In Wormith, J. S., Craig, L. A., & Hogue, T. E. (2020). What Works in Violence Risk Management: Theory, Research and Practice. Chichester, Wiley-Blackwell.
Graham-Kevan, N., & Bates, E., (2020). Interventions with Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators. In Wormith, J. S., Craig, L. A., & Hogue, T. E. (2020). What Works in Violence Risk Management: Theory, Research and Practice. Chichester, Wiley-Blackwell
Hughes, A., Brewer, G. and Khan, R. (2020) Sexual Coercion by Women: The Influence of Pornography and Narcissistic and Histrionic Personality Disorder Traits. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 49 . pp. 885-894. ISSN 0004-0002
Khan, R. & Brewer, G. (2020). Financial abuse and control of siblings. In Todd K. Shackelford (Ed.), The SAGE Handbook of Domestic Violence. Chapter 48, SAGE
Khan, R. & Lowe, M. (2020). Homophobic ‘honour’ abuse experienced by South Asian gay men in England. In M. Idriss (Ed.), Men, Masculinities and Honour-Based Violence, Chapter 6 (pp. 95-113). Oxon: Routledge.
Olive, P. , Hives, L., Wilson, N., Nowland, R. and Clegg, A. (2020) Health and well-being harms experienced by adult victims of interpersonal violence a scoping review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis .
Radcliffe, P., Roy, A.N., Barter, C. A, , Tompkins, C. and Brooks, M. (2020) A qualitative study of the practices and experiences of staff in multidisciplinary child sexual exploitation partnerships in three English coastal towns. Social Policy & Administration
Rawlins, B., Brooks, M. & Khan, R. (2020) Posttraumatic stress as a mediator of the relationship between adverse childhood experiences, avoidant personality traits and resilience. Anxiety, Stress & Coping
Relva, I. and Khan, R. (2020) Siblicide: The Psychology of Sibling Homicide. In: Handbook of Interpersonal Violence across the Lifespan. Springer Nature, Switzerland, pp. 1-19.
Richardson, B.H , Marsh, J.E , Bell, R, Fodarella, C, Ellison, L.E and Frowd, C. (2020) The advantage of low and medium attractiveness for facial composite production from modern forensic systems. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition .
Todd, C., Bryce., J., & Franqueira, V. N. L. (2020) Technology, cyberstalking and domestic homicide: Informing prevention and response strategies. Policing and Society [Online].
Todd, M (2020) ‘In and Out, Off and On: LGBT+ Online Experiences’, in T Owen and J Marshall (eds) Rethinking Cybercrime (Palgrave).
Tranter, H., Brooks, M. and Khan, R. (2020) Emotional resilience and event centrality mediate posttraumatic growth following adverse childhood experiences. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy .
Brooks, M., Graham-Kevan, N., Robinson, S. J., and Lowe, M. (2019) Trauma characteristics and posttraumatic growth: The mediating role of avoidance coping, intrusive thoughts and social support. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 11 (2). pp. 232-238
McGauran, A., Brooks, M., and Khan, R. (2019) The role of emotional resilience, childhood parentification, and attachment style on antisocial behaviour in adulthood: a comparison of an offender and normative population. Journal of Criminal Psychology, 9 (2). pp. 75-87.
Parkes, R., Graham-Kevan, N., and Bryce, J. (2019) You don't see the world through the same eyes any more: The impact of sexual offence work on police staff. The Police Journal, 92 (4). pp. 316-338. ISSN 0032-258X
Would you cross over? The Truth behind Boys A, B and C
November 2022
Over 50 academics, students and practitioners attended our Westleigh Conference Centre for a trauma informed lived experience event by Lads Like Us and a performance of Ask Why by Carloid from CreActive. They were also joined on a panel discussion around the importance of trauma informed practice by Cath Randall, National Associate Director for Safeguarding England and Wales NHS England, Wayne Pilsbury and Professor Nicola Graham-Kevan (UCLan).
Lads Like Us delivered their session "We won't break into a million pieces just ask " around lived experience of childhood trauma, ACES and recovery focusing on the importance of professional curiosity and how it can save lives.
At the event Carloid, Danny and Mike were also presented with a NHS Gold Safeguarding Star by Cath Randall.
Check out the ‘Ask Why’ track on Youtube
Suicide and Self Harm: What we know and what we need to know Conference
8 June 2022
Over 235 people registered to attend the Suicide and Self Harm in Communities conference that was held at UCLan’s Preston Campus on 8 June.
The event was hosted by the SSHaRe NoW network a group of academics from UCLan, the University of Manchester and Liverpool John Moores along with people who are experts by experience. The event was held in partnership with Healthy Lancashire and South Cumbria.
Presentations were given by:
- Neil Smith, Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria
- Professor Andrew Ireland, UCLan
- Dr Jennifer Chopra, LJMU
- Alice Hendy on the ‘R;pple suicide prevention tool’
- Dr Kathryn Gardner UCLan and Dr Caroline Clements’ The Manchester Self-Harm Project based at the University of Manchester,
- Dr Pooja Saini and Anna Hunt, LJMU;
- Dr Peter Taylor, University of Manchester
The day culminated in a panel discussion on what is known in treating and recovering from self-harm and suicide and where research needs to be directed.
If you would like to know more about the network please contact Dr Kathryn Gardner.
British Psychological Society – Male Section Conference
20-21 June 2022
We were delighted to host the British Psychological Society’s Male Psychology Section Conference, which was chaired by Dr Liz Bates from the University of Cumbria.
This took place on the 20 and 21 June and consisted of 22 presentations with keynotes from Martin Seager and Professor Nicola Graham-Kevan
The two-day conference discussed various factors around male psychology, for example, the barriers men face when accessing help for mental health and domestic abuse, parental alienation, the stereotypes of male offenders in prison and the psychology of Incels.
Dr Bates has produced a summary of the event on her blog.
‘Lads Like Us’- We Won’t Smash Into a Million Pieces – Just Ask
17 September 2021
164 people attended this event on recovery from Adverse Childhood Experiences. Guest speakers were Danny and Mike from Lads Like Us followed by a panel Q and A session which also included Kenny Gibson (Deputy Director of Safeguarding NHS England) and Professor Nicola Graham-Kevan (UCLan).
In this event Lads Like Us founders Mike and Danny spoke candidly about their recovery journey from ACES. The event identified the importance of practitioners asking the all-important questions to service users/patients: ‘Is there Trauma’ ‘Have you experienced a time where you did not feel safe?’
Both Danny and Mike shared their individual experiences and how they have been able to use their experiences to helping not only victims of ACES but the practitioners who work with them.
Community Approaches to the Criminal Justice System Community-based approaches to the Criminal Justice System
9 June 2021
In June 2021 the CJP and Lancashire Violence Reduction Network ran an event aimed at opening up conversations around community-based approaches to criminal justice. The event was attended by over 160 people.
Speakers included:
- Det Chief Superintendent Sue Clarke, Head of Lancashire Violence Reduction Network,
- Professor Dame Carol Black,
- Professor David Best (University of Derby)
- Mike Barton, former Chief Constable of Durham Police.
The event also included the inspiring experiences of Scott Walker and Louise West. Both provided moving accounts of their own personal experiences within the criminal justice system and with substance addiction, their life of recovery and successes, and how they now contribute to helping others within their local communities.
Discussions included issues such as working in partnership with individuals, providing community interventions and lesser sentences and working more effectively to enable individuals an opportunity to contribute positively within their local area. This in turn enables a change in attitudes of the professionals working with these people, where personal experiences can influence how to work effectively with individuals who need interventions such as addiction recovery.
10 November 2020 Men and the Criminal Justice System
Over 168 practitioners, academics and students attended this half day online event. Speakers included:
- Mark Brooks OBE (Mankind Initiative),
- Professor Nicola Graham-Kevan (UCLan),
- Dr Sian Oram (Kings College, London),
- Duncan Craig OBE (Survivors Manchester),
- Deborah Powney (PhD student UCLan),
- Jason White (Blackpool F.C. Community Trust).
18 June 2020 Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma Informed Practice in the Community
We hosted a special webinar in June to develop a shared language around ‘adverse childhood experiences’ to enable the community as a whole to discuss these and assist local organisations tackling the issue. This event was run in partnership with the Health Innovation Campus, Lancaster University, Manchester Metropolitan University, Cherryfold Primary School and Sue Irwin an independent consultant who works on ACEs and trauma informed approaches. 25 practitioners working in the SW Burnley area attended the event.
Suicide and Self-Harm in the Community SSHARE NOW event
17 June 2020
Over 150 people registered to attend a Suicide and Self Harm in Communities conference that was due to be held at UCLan’s Preston Campus on the 17th June. The event was due to be hosted by Suicide and Self-Harm Research North West (SSHaRe NoW). SSHaRe NoW is a collaboration between The University of Central Lancashire, Liverpool John Moores University, The University of Manchester, the Manchester Self-Harm Project, the Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust and the NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs). The event was originally to be held in partnership with Healthy Lancashire and South Cumbria. Given the importance of the topic at the current time the group decided to hold a two hour webinar online. This proved immensely popular with 200 people registering to attend and a waiting list of 67 people.
This event was the first online webinar the group had organised. Presentations were given by Neil Smith, Multi Agency Strategic Lead - Lancashire & South Cumbria Mental Health who presented on Real Time data collection for suicide prevention and support and Vicki Wagstaff Healthy Lancashire and South Cumbria
The presentations were followed by an Ask the Panel session hosted by members of the SSHaRe NoW group.
Pathways to Recovery, desistance and reintegration. Professor David Best University of Derby and Graham Beck, Governor of HMP Wymott- 10 March 2020
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma Informed Practice in the Community UCLan Burnley
14 February 2020
We were pleased to host our first CJP event at UCLan’s Burnley Campus in February. Over 120 people registered to attend the event. The event was hosted as part of ongoing work in the SW Burnley area around Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma Informed Practice.
Speakers included:
- Nicola Graham-Kevan,
- Rosie and Danny Wolstencroft from Empowering the Invisible
- Chief Superintendent Sue Clarke, Lancashire VRN
- Sue Irwin
- Steve Archer, Witton Park Academy
- Chris Keene and Esther Selway, Cherryfold Primary School Burnley
HARM 2019 - A new paradigm: developing multidisciplinary partnerships to combat honour violence, forced marriage and FGM. #HARM2019
25 April 2019
Dexter Dias QC opened with a rousing keynote speech to a packed conference at the historic Harris Museum, Preston.
Speakers included:
- HARM Director Dr. Roxanne Khan,
- Professor Rusi Jaspal,
- Nazir Afzal OBE,
- Caroline Goode QPM,
- Yasmin Khan,
- Professor Karl Roberts,
- Maz Idriss,
- Shaheen Hashmat,
- Dr Lis Bates
- Dr Geetanjali Gangoli.
Further information can be found at HARM Network conference
Understanding Resilience in the Face of Adversity: Next steps for Lancashire
29 March 2019
This was the second of our Understanding Resilience workshops. UCLan’s Professor Dawne Gurbutt opened the event and thought -provoking presentations were given by Detective Chief Superintendent Susannah Clarke from Lancashire Constabulary and Jade Amelia.
Over 60 practitioners, academics and students attended the event.
Honour Abuse-Based Matrix Launch
5 July 2018
The former Chief Prosecutor for the North West, Nazir Afzal OBE, has given his backing to a new global network fighting honour-based abuse. The senior British lawyer was at the launch of UCLan’s Honour Abuse Research Matrix (HARM), which will bring people together to influence policies and develop new strategies in the fight against honour-based abuse, violence, killings and forced marriage.
Speaking at the event, Nazir discussed his experiences of dealing with honour-based violence and forced marriages in his career. He said: “Without evidence, you might as well give up. It’s about sharing good practice and that’s what the HARM network will do. Be courageous. A network gives you the ability to have that support. Resilience comes from networks, from having people around you that can support you. That is why this network is important. It’s not just about sharing information, it’s
about giving you support.”
The HARM network, in association with UCLan’s CJP, will act as a think-tank for government agencies and charities to help them plug the gaps in services that provide specialist support for victims of honour-based abuse and create a blueprint for how services can be delivered at both regional and national levels.
UCLan’s Dr. Roxanne Khan, Director of the HARM Network, said: “This is a milestone moment in the fight to combat honour abuse, forced marriage, female genital mutilation and religious homophobia. A key aim is to give victims a voice and put their needs at the heart of decision-making. Already, 34 partners, including five police forces and 12 charities, have signed up to be part of the HARM Network to work on collaborative projects.”
Other speakers included Faeeza Vaid (Executive Director of Muslim Women's Network), Matt Mahmood-Ogston (Naz & Matt Foundation) and Dr. Rachael Alpin (Leeds Beckett University).
For further information about the event please visit Honour Based Abuse Research Matrix launch
Vulnerabilities and Crime: Victims, Offenders and Frontline Practitioners Conference
24 May 2018
This event aimed to highlight the reasons why vulnerability is emerging as a central concept within the criminal justice and health and social care environments. The event was opened by Dr. Rachel Cragg, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Academic Development at UCLan. Presentations were given by Mike Cunningham (College of Policing), Prof. Stuart Kirby (UCLan), Prof. Mick McKeown (UCLan), Neil Smith (Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria STP), Men After Prison, Prof. Nicola Graham-Kevan (UCLan) and Julie Cross (Lancashire YOT). A panel discussion also took place with speakers and also included Karen Cassidy, Public Health Lead for Vulnerable and Complex Populations (Blackburn with Darwen Council).
Distinguished Visitors Programme
In March 2017 we were pleased to host a series of three events as part of UCLan’s Distinguished Visitors Programme. As part of this programme we were visited by Professor Christopher Eckhardt from Purdue University, USA.
Military veterans in transition: Challenges and interventions
13 March 2017
The purpose of this event was to explore a number of physical and psychological health challenges faced by returning servicemen and women when they return to civilian life. Speakers at this event were Celia Hynes (College of Military Veterans and Emergency Services), Professor Christopher Eckhardt (Purdue University, USA), and Prof. Nicola Graham-Kevan (UCLan). The talks covered the influence of early adversity, PTSD and other health concerns on outcomes of former service personnel, and interventions to support veterans in reaching their educational, occupational and personal aspirations. The event was attended by academics, ex-service personnel, practitioners, charities and students.
Rethinking domestic violence
14 March 2017
This conference sought to challenge traditional conceptualisations of domestic violence that generally recognises male perpetrators and female victims. Presentations were delivered by Professor Christopher Eckhardt (Purdue University, USA), Prof. Nicola Graham-Kevan (UCLan), Detective Chief Superintendent Sue Clarke (Lancashire Constabulary), Dr. Abigail Thornton (UCLan), Ian McNicholl (Ambassador for Mankind Initiative). Speakers covered some of the emerging research on complexities of domestic violence, including the role of alcohol, female perpetrators, male victims, bidirectional violence, in addition to the Lancashire police experiences of domestic incidents. The event was attended by academics, practitioners and students in the field of domestic violence.
Understanding the Psychology of Aggression
15 March 2017
This event took place at HMP Kirkham prison and was attended by over 50 academics, prison staff, UCLan students and HMP Kirkham men. It covered the motivations for aggressive behaviour. Presentations were delivered by Professor Christopher Eckhardt (Purdue University, USA) and Prof. Nicola Graham-Kevan (UCLan). The talks covered learning history, environmental and psychological factors that can facilitate or maintain this type of behaviour, and were delivered to practitioners, prisoners and students.
- Visit of Professor Brad Bushman (June 2016)
- Visit of Professor Richard Felson (May 2016)
- (Lead) Nicola Graham-Kevan
- Rebecca Hibbin
- Philippa Olive
- Kelly Bracewell
- Jo Bryce
- Roxanne Khan
- Dan Fitton
- Ruth Parkes
- Abigail Thornton
- Megan Todd
- Tiffany Sinclair
- Victoria Willan
- Gemma Wibberley
- Deborah Powney
There are four other research groups under the Criminal Justice Partnership theme.
Find out more below.
- Prisons and Probation
- Youth and Justice
- Policing
- Mental Health and Criminal Justice
- Criminal Justice Partnership
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