Dr Jenni Ward

Before joining Middlesex in 2007 I was an academic researcher at Goldsmiths College and before that at Imperial College. My main areas of research were young people living in state care, illicit drug use, and youth transitions to adulthood. I held funding awards from the ESRC and Home Office to examine the lives of care leavers making the transition to independent living. My doctoral research was an ethnography of rave nightclub culture and drug dealing. I currently research the magistracy and transformations to summary justice in the lower criminal courts.

My main areas of teaching are the criminal courts and justice administration. I am the Programme Leader for the MSc. Criminology with Forensic Psychology. I lead the module CRM4722 Criminal Justice, Courts and Prisons, and I am the joint module leader for CRM2530 Criminal Courts and Prisons and CRM2540 Institutions of Criminal Justice. I supervise UG and PG dissertations and doctoral research across a range of topics.

Education

• 2009 PGCert. (Higher Education) Middlesex University
• 2006 Ph.D. (Sociology) Drug Use and Drug Dealing in the 'Rave' Club Culture. Goldsmiths College
• 1993 BSc. Applied Social Sciences Hons, University of North London

Employment

• Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Middlesex University
• 2007-2009 Lecturer in Criminology, Middlesex University
• 2004-2007 Senior Research Fellow, Social Policy Research Centre, Middlesex University
• 1999-2004 Research Associate, Goldsmiths College
• 1993-1999 Research Assistant, then Associate, The Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour (CRDHB), Imperial College School of Medicine

Selected publications

Authored books

• Ward, J. (2016) Transforming Summary Justice: Modernisation in the Lower Criminal Court. London: Routledge
• Ward, J. (2010) Flashback: Drugs and Dealing in the Golden Age of the London Rave Scene. Willan Publishing, Cullompton, Devon.

Refereed articles

• Ward, J. (2015) Transforming 'Summary Justice' through Police-led Prosecution and 'Virtual Courts' – Is 'Procedural Due Process' Being Undermined? British Journal of Criminology, 55, 2, 341-358.
• Ward, J. (2014) Are Problem-solving courts the Way Forward for Justice? Howard League What is Justice? Working papers 2/2014.
• Ward, J. (2013) The Punishment of Drug Possession Cases in the Magistrates' Courts: Time for a Rethink, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research,19, 4, 289-307.
• Ward, J. (2011) Policing Problem Drug Use Through the Anti-Social Behaviour Legislation: Questions and Contradictions, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 17, 4, 323-341.
• Ward, J. (2008) Researching Drug Sellers: An Experiential Account from the Field. Sociological Research Online, 3, 1.
• Ward, J with Patel, N. (2006) 'Broadening the Discussion on Sexual Exploitation: Ethnicity, Sexual Exploitation and Young People'. Child Abuse Review, 15, 5, 341-350.
• Ward, J. and Henderson, Z. (2003) 'Some Practical and Ethical Issues Encountered While Conducting Tracking Research with Young People Leaving the 'Care' System'. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 6, 3, 255-259.
• Ward, J. (1998) Substance Use Among Young People Looked After by Social Services. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 5, 3, 257-267.
• Ward, J. (1998) Changing Youth Transitions: New Risks and Vulnerabilities. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 5, 1, 105-107.
• Ward, J., Hunter, G., Power, R. (1997) Peer Education as a Means of Drug Prevention and Education Among Young People: An Evaluation. Health Education Journal, 56, 251-263.

Chapters in edited collections

• Ward, J.  and Pearson, G. (2016) Drugs, Care and Sex Work: Sex and Survival, in D. Hobbs (Ed.) Mischief, Morality and Mobs: Essays in Honour of Geoffrey Pearson. London: Routledge.
• Ward, J and Thom, B. (2009) Drug Consumption in London: A City of Diverse and Changing Scenes, in I. Eisenbach-Stangl, J. Moskalewicz and B. Thom (Eds.) Two Worlds of Drug Consumption in Late Modern Societies. Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
• Ward, J. with Bayley, M. (2007) 'Young People's Perceptions of Risk', in B.Thom; R. Sales and Pearce. J (Eds.) Growing Up With Risk. London: Policy Press.
• Ward, J. and Fitch, C. (1998) 'Dance Culture and Drug Use', in Stimson/Fitch/Judd (Eds) Drug Use in London. Leighton Print: London.
• Ward, J. and Pearson, G. (1997) Recreational Drug Use and Dealing in London. In Korf/Riper (Eds) Illicit Drugs in Europe. Proceedings of the seventh annual conference on drug use and drug policy. Amsterdam University: The Netherlands.

Official Reports

• Ward, J., Henderson, Z. and Pearson, G. (2003) One Problem Among Many: Drug Use Among Care Leavers in Transition to Independent Living. Home Office Research Study 260. London: Home Office.
• Ward, J. and Warkel, K. (2015) Northampton Youth Offending Service Review Panel Evaluation- Final Report. London: Middlesex University. LINK

Conferences

• Ward, J. (2016) Problem-solving Justice with Young Offenders. European Society of Criminology (ESC), Munster, Germany, 21^st-24^th  Sept.
• Ward, J. (2016) Problem-solving Justice in England and Wales. Invited seminar presentation Montaigne Centre of Utrecht University, The Netherlands, 16^th &17^{th July.}
  

• Ward, J. (2013) Implementing Community Justice Howard League for Penal Reform What is Justice? Re-imagining Penal Policy, Oxford, UK, 1^{st-2nd Oct.}

• Ward, J. (2012) Punishing Drug Possession in the Magistrates' Courts. British Society of Criminology (BSC), Portsmouth, UK, 4th -6th July

• Ward, J. (2011) Punishing Drug Offenders. European Society for Social Drug Research (ESSD), Aarhus, Denmark, 24th – 26th Sept.

• Ward, J. (2010) Drug Use Combinations Among a Sample of 'Problem Drug Users – Drug Market Influences and Challenges for Drug Services. European Society for Social Drug Research (ESSD), Dubrovnik, Croatia. 30th Sept. -2nd Oct.

• Ward, J. (2008) Drug use in London. European Society of Criminology (ESC), Edinburgh, UK. 2nd -5th Sept.

• Ward, J. (2002) Tracking a 'High Risk' Group of Young People- Care Leavers. Longitudinal qualitative methods seminar, Southbank University: 8th April.

• Ward, J. (2001) Drug Use and State Care: A Study of Drug Use Among Young People Living in State Care in the UK. European Society for Social Drugs Research (ESSD) Venice, Italy, 4th-6th Oct.

• Ward, J. (2001) Hard Times: Youth, Disadvantage and Transitions to Adulthood. Co-sponsored by the Foyer Federation and the Government Office of the North-East: Newcastle.

• Ward, J. (2001) Mixed Blessing: The Role of the Family in Young People's Transitions to Adulthood. Co-sponsored by the former Family Policy Studies Centre: London.

• Ward, J. (2000) Moving In, Moving Out: Young People's Involvement in Drug Dealing Within the London Rave Dance Scene. American Society of Criminology (ASC) San Francisco, U.S.A 15th-18th Nov.

• Ward, J. (2000) Problems With Drugs: Case of Young People in Care – The Association of Professionals in Services for Adolescents Annual Conference – Addictive Behaviour in Adolescence: London 26th/27th Oct.

• Ward, J. (2000) Drugs in Everyday Life: Case of Young People in Care- ESRC and Joseph Rowntree Foundation – Youth Research Conference, Keele University 4th /5th Sept.

Blogposts

Ward, J. (2015) Changing Prisons in Challenging Times. Middlesex Minds blogpost- 27 March 2015. www.mdxminds.com

Editorships

• International editorial board Drugs:Education, Prevention and Policy

Membership of Professional Bodies

• Member of the British Society of Criminology

• Member of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies

• Associate member of the Magistrates Association

• Member of the Socio-legal Studies Association