Ruth is a researcher with an interest in the interplay between the environment and person centred factors and how they influence mental health and behaviour. She has recently been involved in the Invisible Risks project, which explores and quantifies the issues facing content moderators and Operation Soteria focusing on suspect-focused investigations and disruption of repeat offenders in offences involving rape and serious sexual violence.
Part of the centre for abuse and trauma studies
Orcid ID: 0000-0002-6197-9975
Non-Peer Reviewed Articles
Other outputs
Bleakley, Paul and Martellozzo, Elena and Spence, Ruth and DeMarco, Jeffrey (2023) Moderating online child sexual abuse material (CSAM): Does self-regulation work, or is greater state regulation needed? European Journal of Criminology . ISSN 1477-3708 (Accepted/In press)
Spence, Ruth and Harrison, Amy and Bradbury, Paula and Bleakley, Paul and Martellozzo, Elena and DeMarco, Jeffrey (2023) Content moderators’ strategies for coping with the stress of moderating content online. Journal of Online Trust and Safety , 1 (5). pp. 1-18. ISSN 2770-3142
Ward, Jennifer and Spence, Ruth (2022) Criminal court sentencing: the case for specialist ‘young adult’ courts. British Journal of Criminology . ISSN 0007-0955 (Published online first)
Spence, Ruth and Kagan, Lisa and Nunn, Stephen and Bailey-Rodriguez, Deborah and Fisher, Helen L. and Hosang, Georgina M. and Bifulco, Antonia (2022) Life events, depression and supportive relationships affect academic achievement in university students. Journal of American College Health , 70 (7). pp. 1931-1935. ISSN 0744-8481
Davies, Kari and Spence, Ruth and Cummings, Emma and Cross, Maria and Horvath, Miranda A. H. (2022) Understanding sexual violence and factors related to police outcomes. Frontiers in Psychology , 13 . pp. 1-13. ISSN 1664-1078
Funded Research
Knowledge Exchange
Published children's picture book: Charlie & The Dog That Came to Stay. 2021
