Staff profile

I’m a second year part-time Postgraduate researcher in the Sociology department. I have worked in public service for 22 years and completed several academic qualifications including a science Honours degree and an MA in International Relations.

Since 2017, I’ve been a member of the Experts-by Experience group at Surviving Economic Abuse, the only UK national organisation working exclusively to end economic abuse. As part of the expert by experience group, I have made contributions to several policy advocacy campaigns which has driven real-world changes for victim-survivors. As a victim-survivor of domestic abuse and post-separation abuse, I am passionate about supporting the work CRiVA does and contributing to that research.

Field of study

My postgraduate research is centred on the criminalisation of women who have suffered economic abuse. This is primarily as a result of malicious allegations made by perpetrators, the miscarriages of justice that have resulted and the impact of this on women’s lives.

Research Interests 

• The criminalisation of women of women who have suffered economic and domestic abuse.
• The recognition of economic abuse as modern slavery.
• Domestic violence and abuse.
• Male violence against women as a form of genocide.
• Domestic homicide and domestic abuse-related deaths by suicide.
• Female victim-survivors and the long-term health impacts of domestic abuse.

Teaching

• Seminar leader for Violence and Abuse in Society.

Professional Affiliations and Commitments

• Durham University Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse (CRiVA).
• Expert by experience with Surviving Economic Abuse.
• British Society of Criminology.
• European Society of Criminology.