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      Ms Mia Scally

      ROLE: Lecturer in Forensic Criminology-Forensic Psychology
      SCHOOL: Law
      DEPARTMENT: Criminology & Sociology
      TELEPHONE: +44 (0)20 8411 6143
      EMAIL: M.Scally@mdx.ac.uk
      1. Biography &
        Qualifications
      2. Learning &
        Teaching Interests
      3. Research Outputs &
        Interests
      4. Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects
      5. Engagement &
        Impact

      • Biography &
        Qualifications

        Mia Scally is currently a lecturer with the Department of Criminology and Sociology. Within this role, Mia is the programme leader for BA Criminology with Psychology. Prior to this, Mia was a research associate with the Centre for Abuse and Trauma Studies and Forensic Psychological Services. 

        Mia has recently been involved in two research projects, including a project funded by the European Commission to explore child safety online and a UNICEF project exploring child protection in the MENA region.

        • BSc Psychology with Counselling Theory, University of West London, 2008 
        • Introduction to Counselling, Amersham & Wycombe College, 2009 
        • MSc Forensic Psychology, Middlesex University, 2012 
        • MPhil/PhD student, Forensic Psychology, Middlesex University, expected completion 2019.

        Languages Spoken

        English, Italian

      • Learning &
        Teaching Interests

        Mia is currently module leading and teaching topics such as crime and control in social context, childhood victimisation and offending, forensic mental health, and research methods. Mia teaches first year undergraduate students through to masters students.

        Mia has experience teaching a range of topics including offender rehabilitation, issues related to women and children (for example, online child sexual abuse, intimate partner violence amongst young people, sexual and domestic violence and abuse) and other forensic psychological topics.

         

        Blog posts

        Scally, M. (2015, May, 21) Confronting Intimate Partner Violence Amongst Adolescents (Web log post), https://mdxminds.com/2015/05/21/confronting-intimate-partner-violence-among-adolescents/

        DeMarco, J., Davidson, J., & Scally, M. (2016, May, 26) Policing Online Child Sexual Abuse (Web log post), https://mdxminds.com/2016/05/26/policing-online-child-sexual-abuse/

        Scally, M., DeMarco, J., & Davidson, J. (2016, September 28) The Digital World and Sexual Offending (Web log post), https://mdxminds.com/2016/09/28/the-digital-world-and-sexual-offending/

      • Research Outputs &
        Interests

        Research interests

        Intimate partner violence, online child sexual abuse, young people and pornography, offender interventions.

        Selected publications

        Sanders-McDonagh, E., Horvath, M., Apena-Rogers, S., Scally, M., & Piprawala, A. (2013). Tender Healthy Relationships Evaluation: Interim Report. Middlesex University.

        Publication Feed

        News coverage of suicidal behaviour in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland

        Marzano, Lisa and Fraser, Lorna and Scally, Mia and Farley, Stuart and Hawton, Keith (2017) News coverage of suicidal behaviour in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention . ISSN 0227-5910 (Accepted/In press)

        Child online protection in the MENA region

        Patrick, Burton and Monica, Bulger and Davidson, Julia and Ali, Mariya and Davison, Patrick and Day, Emma and DeMarco, Jeffrey and Rasul, Majida and Razai, Sara and Scally, Mia and Wex, Bronwyn (2016) Child online protection in the MENA region. Project Report. Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention.

        Enhancing police and industry practice

        Davidson, Julia and DeMarco, Jeffrey and Bifulco, Antonia and Bogaerts, Stefan and Caretti, Vincenzo and Aiken, Mary and Chevers, Carly and Corbari, Elisa and Scally, Mia and Schimmenti, Adriano and Puccia, Angelo (2016) Enhancing police and industry practice. Project Report. Middlesex University. (Published online first)

        EU online child safety: what does the literature say?

        DeMarco, Jeffrey and Davidson, Julia and Bifulco, Antonia and Scally, Mia and Cheevers, Carly and Schimmenti, Adriano and Caretti, Vincenzo and Puccia, Angelo and Corbari, Elisa and Schilder, Janneke and Bogaerts, Stefan (2016) EU online child safety: what does the literature say? Crimen et Delictum: International Journal of Criminological and Investigative Sciences, 11 (1). pp. 1-19. ISSN 2039-5671

        What works in managing young people who offend? A summary of the international evidence

        Adler, Joanna R. and Edwards, Sarah and Scally, Mia and Gill, Dorothy and Puniskis, Michael John and Gekoski, Anna and Horvath, Miranda A. H. (2016) What works in managing young people who offend? A summary of the international evidence. Technical Report. Ministry of Justice.

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      • Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects

        Conference presentations

        Scally, M., Horvath, M. A. H., & Adler, J. R. (2017). Child custody in the context of intimate partner violence and abuse: A secondary analysis of women’s experiences. Oral presentation at the RSSC conference, London, UK, 28-29 June.

        Scally, M., Horvath, M. A. H., & Adler, J. R. (2017). Women’s experiences of child custody in the context of intimate partner violence and abuse. Oral presentation at the Psychology of Women Section Annual Conference, Windsor, UK, 12-14 July.

        Scally, M. (2016). Victimisation and Risk Online: What we know from ISEC. Oral presentation at the Digital World and Sex Offending: Policing, Cooperation and Victimisation conference, London, UK, June.

        Scally, M., & DeMarco, J. (2016). An adapted REA exploring online child sexual abuse victimisation across the EU. Poster presented at the British Psychological Society annual conference, Nottingham, UK, April.

        Scally, M., & Horvath, M. A. H. (2012). Healthy Relationships? An Exploration of Violence, Blame and Relationships Amongst Sixteen to Nineteen Year Old Students. Poster presented at the European Association of Psychology and Law Conference, Coventry, UK, 3-6 September.

        Scally, M., & Horvath, M. A. H. (2012). Healthy Relationships? An Exploration of Violence, Blame and Relationships Amongst Sixteen to Nineteen Year Old Students. Oral presentation accepted for presentation at the XVIII. Workshop Aggression, Bielefeld, Germany, 7-9 November.

         

      • Engagement &
        Impact

         

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