Research Interests

Research

• My ongoing PhD research is examining reasons why people return to or continue to persist with crime.
• I am interested in the offending process, desistance, prisons and rehabilitation.

Biography

After completing my MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice at University College Dublin (UCD), I went on to become a PhD candidate there and my PhD research is investigating reasons why people reoffend or persist with crime.

Prior to my appointment as Teaching Fellow at the University of Portsmouth, I spent two years working as a Teaching Assistant in the school of Sociology at UCD. 

Teaching Responsibilities

 Teaching:

• Module coordinator for Contemporary Criminologies (Level 6) and Criminal Justice (Level 4).
• Teaching member of team taught modules across the courses offered by ICJS.
• Dissertation supervisor to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
• Personal tutor to both undergraduate and postgraduate students.