Institute of Criminal Justice Studies

Profile

I am the Course Leader in Criminology with Psychology and Senior Lecturer in Correctional Studies, at the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Portsmouth.  I am research active in a number of areas including: Punishment & Community Sentencing; Community Interventions & Desistance; and the History of Crime & Punishment, and always happy to consider something new.  I recently completing my Ph.D entitled: Social Intervention: Supporting Success, Guiding Desistance, which considers community based interventions and the support for individuals as they move away from offending behaviour.  I am also the co-author of Professional Risk and Working with People: Decision-Making in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. 

Qualifications

• Ph.D Social Intervention: Supporting Success, Guiding Desistance
• MSc Criminal justice
• BSc Sociology/Psychology
• PgDip Psychology
• PgCert LTHE

Expertise

• Prison, Penology and Punishment
• The History of Crime and Punishment
• The National Probation Service
  • The Rehabilitation and Enforcement of Offenders
  • Employment & The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
• Offending Behaviour, Psychology and Mental Health
• Society, Exclusion, and Recidivistic Behaviour

Areas of Interest

• Culture and Crime
• Gangs and Social Cultures
• Tattoo as Criminal Marker
• Behavioural Analysis
  • Individual and Group Behaviour
  • Decision making in criminal behaviour
  • Body Language as an Investigation Tool

Membership of Professional Bodies

• British Society of Criminology (2003 – Date)
• British Psychology Society – Forensics Division (2005 – Date)
• British Sociological Association (2005 – Date)
• Member of the Higher Education Academy (2007 – Date)
• American Society of Criminology (2012 – Date)
• International Member of the American Correctional Association (2011 – Date)

Academic Publication

Books and Chapters.

• Carson, D., & Bain, A., (2008) Professional Risk Taking with People: A Guide to Decision-Making in Health, Social Care & Criminal Justice, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd

Academic and Professional Articles

• Bain, A., (2011) Please Recycle: Continuities in Punishment, International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice Vol 39 (2)
• Bain, A., & Parkinson, G. (2010) Resettlement and Social rehabilitation: Are we supporting success? Probation Journal Vol: 57 (1)
• Bain, A., & Thomas, M., (2008) What use Insanity?, International Journal of Police Science and Management Vol: 10 (3)
• Bain, A., (2005) Historically Speaking: The role of the Prison Service from Gladstone to NOMS, Prison Service Journal, Vol: January
• Bain, A., (2004) From Redemption to Rehabilitation to Resettlement, Criminal Justice Matters, 2004, Vol: 56 

Conference Papers

• Bain, A., (2011) Social Rehabilitation: Are we Supporting Success? At the American Society of Criminology Conference, November 2011, Washington
• Bain, A., (2009) Supporting Desistance: A local study of rehabilitation, at the British Society of Criminology Conference, July 2009, Cardiff
• Bain, A., (2007) Gattopardismo: Changes?, at the British Society of Criminology Conference, September 2007, London
• Bain, A., (2007) Comparing Crime, at the Post-Graduate Research Conference, May 2007, Portsmouth
• Bain, A., (2004) Questioning Rehabilitation: Desistance and Rehabilitation of the offender, at the British Society of Criminology Conference, July 2004, University of Portsmouth

Book Reviews

• Psychology & Crime (Webber, C., 2010) in International Journal of Law, Crime & Justice (Forthcoming: 2011)
• Ending the Death Penalty (Hammel, A., 2010) in International Journal of Law, Crime & Justice (Forthcoming: 2012)
• Professional Decision Making in Social Work Practice (2010) in The Journal Research, Policy and Planning (December: 2011)
• Rehabilitation (Ward T., & Maruna, S., 2007) in The International Journal of Police Science and Management (June, 2008)
• Perspectives on Punishment (Armstrong, S., McAra, L., (eds) 2006) in the British Journal of Criminology (September 2007)
• Restorative Justice in Prisons (Edger, K., & Newell, T., 2006) in The British Journal of Criminology (July, 2007)
• Knowledge & the Probation Service (Whitehead, P., & Thompson, J., 2004) in The Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology (March, 2006)
• Car Crime (Corbett, C., 2003) in The International Journal of Police Science and Management (June, 2005)
• Punishment & Civilization (Pratt, J., 2002), in The International Journal of Police Science and Management, (January 2005)

Research Projects

• Gee, J., Button, M., Bain, A., Pritchard, D., (2011). Thought Leadership in the 21^st Century, Kennedy Scott, PKF & University of Portsmouth
• Brooks, G., Bain, A., Ellis, T., Lewis, C., (2010). HYPSAS. An independent assessment of the Hampshire Young Persons’ Specialist Assessment Service Training Project, to address problematic/harmful sexual behaviour (P/HSB) in children and young people, Hampshire YOT
• Ellis, T., Lewis, C., Bain, A., Golding, R., Brooks, G., (2009). MDS. An independent assessment of the early implementation of s.95 Race & Criminal Justice statistics Minimum Data Set Specification, Science & Research Group: Ministry of Justice
• Bain, A., Golding, R., Brooks, G., Ellis, T., Lewis, C., (2008). 101: A Benefits Evaluation, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Local Government Association Partnership