Lucy Neville

Lecturer in Criminology

Department: Criminology and sociology

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Qualifications

BA Hons, Experimental Psychology (Oxon); MSc Forensic Psychology (Surrey); PhD Forensic Psychology (Surrey)

Research Interests

  • Sex work
  • Violence towards women, particularly within the context of prostitution
  • Group therapeutic processes
  • Facet Theory and its application in the human sciences, particularly Action Systems Theory

Teaching Interests

I currently teach on Skills and Methods in Criminology and Sociology; Crime in Late Modernity and Institutions of Criminal Justice.

I am interested in working with students who would like to further explore issues surrounding sex work, and particularly violence and sex work.

Biography

Recent examples of research include:

  • 2010, Contract research for the evaluation of an outreach programme in North London
  • 2010, Contract research for an evaluation of the London programmes introduced by Against Violence & Abuse to help mothers and children who have been victims of domestic violence

Selected publications:

Peer Reviewed

Neville, L. & Miller, S. (2008). The use of Facet Action System Theory in crime scene analysis and suspect interviewing. Issues in Forensic Psychology, 8, 21-30.

Neville, L., Miller, S. & Fritzon, K. (2007). Understanding change in a therapeutic community: An action systems approach. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 18(2), 181-203.

Reports

Violence against prostitutes (2010). Research Report to the Metropolitan Intelligence Bureau (Metropolitan Police)

Media and Behaviour Change: A Case Study of the BBC World Service Trust HIV and AIDS mass media intervention in Cambodia. (BBC World Service Trust: Impact Research: Series 01 Number 05, 2008)

A move towards positive change. Internal Research Report to HMP Dovegate Therapeutic Prison, Premier Prisons. December 2006.

Conference papers

Nolas, S., Neville, L., Sanders, E., Sharpen, J. & Walsh, S. (2011). Children, Communities and Domestic Violence: a preliminary findings from the evaluation of the London roll out of the Community Group Programme. British Psychological Society, Division of Clinical Psychology Faculty for Children & Young People Annual Conference, Leicester, 22nd-23rd September 2011.

Nolas, S., Neville, L., Sanders, E., Sharpen, J. & Walsh, S. (2011). Community interventions for supporting survivors of domestic violence: what can we learn for supporting survivors of sexual violence? Sexual Violence Conference, Middlesex University, 8th September 2011.

Neville, L. (2011). Prostitution and serious assault. British Society of Criminology Conference, Northumbria University, 3rd - 6th July 2011.

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