I joined Sheffield Hallam in January 2022 where I am involved in the Community Justice Learning programme, the delivery of the Probation Qualification degree route for individuals training to be a probation officer, undergraduate and postgraduate criminology degrees.  I act as academic advisor for Level 5 and Level 6 students.  I am currently involved with department colleagues researching youth to adult transitions in probation and cross department research with education colleagues regarding young people at risk of educational exclusion and criminal exploitation.

Areas of interest include youth justice, care leaver's experiences within the Criminal Justice System, youth offending to probation transitions and young adults.

As an undergraduate I read criminal justice and policing at Birmingham City University.  Prior to joining Sheffield Hallam I spent 16 years within the Probation Service in a variety of roles including as a probation service officer, qualified probation officer, Birmingham Youth Offending Service as a probation officer and deputy manager, and the Ministry of Justice as a national trainer and learning coach.  I have experience supervising individuals in the community, young offenders institutions and adult prisons, specialising in child criminal exploitation, youth to adult transitions, and the design and delivery of probation training.

I currently teach on undergraduate and postgraduate criminology programmes, graduate probation and policing programmes.  My teaching specialisms are the youth justice system and young adults in criminal justice.

I have undertaken Ministry of Justice funded research evaluating a youth2adulthood transitions probation hub in London and I am currently involved in the following funded studies:
• RCT-centred evaluation of the Reach Programme funded by the Youth Endowment Fund
• RCT-centred evaluation of the Positive Pathways Programme funded by the Youth Endowment Fund