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NAME  AREA OF EXPERTISE EMAIL TELEPHONE
Dr Michelle Butler Prisons; Psychology of Crime; Penal Reform michelle.butler@qub.ac.uk +44 (0)28 9097 3956 
Dr Mary-Louise Corr Young People in Conflict with the Law; Youth Justice; Domestic Violence; Homelessness; Marginalised youth; Biographical Research. m.corr@qub.ac.uk +44 (0)28 9097 5370 
Dr Teresa Degenhardt Criminology of War; Policing/Military Continuum; Social Control t.degenhardt@qub.ac.uk +44 (0)28 9097 1244 
Dr Kevin Hearty

Transitional Justice; Victimology; Political Violence; Critical Criminology; Human Rights; Policing. 

k.hearty@qub.ac.uk +44 (0)28 9097 1176
Dr Sarah Jankowitz

Peacebuilding, Reconciliation and Transitional Justice; Victimology; Gender and social justice

sarah.jankowitz@qub.ac.uk +44 (0)28 9097 3196 
Professor Shadd Maruna

Prisons & Penal Reform; Psychology of Crime; Penal Reform; Desistance from Crime

s.maruna@qub.ac.uk +44 (0)28 9097 5986 
Dr Siobhan  McAlister

Young People in Conflict with the Law; Youth Marginalisation; Sensitive Research; Children’s Rights.

s.mcalister@qub.ac.uk +44 (0)28 9097 5918  
Professor Andrew Percy

Quantitative Criminology; Adolescent Development; Longitudinal Research; and Alcohol and Drug Use.

a.percy@qub.ac.uk +44 (0)28 9097 5261 
Dr John Topping

Police Practice; Police Reform; Security Governance and Stop/Search.

j.topping@qub.ac.uk +44 (0)28 9097 3630 
Research Staff

 

Dr Gillian McNaull

Criminalisation of women; the harms of imprisonment; transformative justice; the political economy of imprisonment.

gillian.mcnaull@qub.ac.uk +44 (0)28 9097 5910
Dr David Scott

Young People in Conflict with the Law; Youth Justice; Mental Health; Diversion and Liaison Services; Evidence Based Practice.

david.scott@qub .ac.uk +44 (0)28 9097 5759
Dr Brendan Sturgeon

Peacebuilding; Social-Spatial Segregation; Evidence based practice; Service design and Evaluation

b.sturgeon@qub.ac.uk +44 (0)28 9097 5052
Dr Colm Walsh

Youth violence; psychological trauma; masculinity; evidence based practice; service design and evaluation.

colm.walsh@qub.ac.uk +44 (0)28 9097 3174