I'm a Professor of Criminal and Social Justice in the School of Social Work and Social Policy, specialising in Criminology and Criminal Justice Social Work. I teach on both the undergraduate and postgraduate courses in social work and the MSC in Criminology and Social Policy. I supervise PhD students in Social Work, Criminology and Public Health and I am also Associate Director of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR).

I am actively engaged in a number of research networks, research projects and knowledge exchange activities with specific interests in desistance, probation and community justice, user involvement and co-production, the health-justice nexus, and AI in justice contexts. All of my research has an applied focus.

My research activities are principally concerned with the regulation and governance of the community supervision of people involved in the criminal justice system and the management of those classified as high risk; the intersection between health inequalties and justice contact; and the impact of AI on critical thinking, and human-tech interactions more broadly.

• Desistance from crime
• Re-entry and social reintegration
• User involvement and co-production
• Prisons, Parole and Community based sentences
• Health-Justice Nexus
• Artificial Intelligence in Justice Contexts

My teaching interests include criminology, law and penal policy for criminal justice social work; penology and penal change; the dynamics of community supervision, rehabilitation and desistance; risk assessment and risk management in criminal justice.