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I am interested in the crimes of the powerful elite and how crime and justice systems (locally and globally) are constructed to protect certain interests over others, whilst simultaneously exacerbating harms against already marginalised and vulnerable groups within society.
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My work focuses on challenging state-corporate crime, white-collar crime and spans a number of related areas such as the criminalisation of children, homelessness, drug usage (medical cannabis) and immigration.

I am impassioned by criminology and social justice movements and this passion is reflected in my research. In recent work, I have shone a light on the lack of truth, justice and accountability around (ongoing) harms resulting from the Grenfell ‘tragedy’, SNC-Lavalin ‘Affair’ and the Primodos, Mesh and Valproate ‘Scandals’. 

In an explicit attempt to move beyond criminology, I draw upon techniques from across the disciplines including a zemiological approach to evidence the social, political and economic context (historical and geographical prevalence) in which harms, including those labelled as crimes, are produced and interwoven into society via socio-economic inequality. 

In doing so, my research endevours to provide a fresh approach to the challenges, problems and injustices faced by people in their day-to-day lives, whilst contributing and adding to the body of research within my interdisciplinary areas of study. 
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2022
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Signatory of the: Open Letter: Respect Public Universities in Greece 
 
​Defending public universities in Greece 

​(An international initiative in defence of public universities in Greece against a destructive new bill.)  10/06/22
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​University of Strathclyde Institutional Repository 18/06/22

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University of Strathclyde Glasgow  18/06/22

​​The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control 05/05/22

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​The Centre for the Study of Crime, Criminalisation and Social Exclusion 04/04/22

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The Patient Safety Learning Hub 14/03/22

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The Open University, Research Centre, Harm & Evidence Research Collaborative 11/03/22

​The Open University, Research Centre, HERC Blogs

​2021
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Signatory of the: Ending Border Violence Open Letter -  Diverst Borders 19/12/21
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University of Strathclyde Glasgow 04/02/22

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The Patient Safety Learning Hub 17/08/21

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University of Strathclyde Glasgow  04/02/22

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​The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control Activism Watchlist 08/09/21

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​The Centre for the Study of Crime, Criminalisation and Social Exclusion 02/09/21

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The Patient Safety Learning Hub 09/08/21

This article was originally published on: The Open University, Research Centre, Harm & Evidence Research Collaborative 06/08/21

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University of Strathclyde Glasgow  04/02/22

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​The Centre for the Study of Crime, Criminalisation and Social Exclusion 18/06/21

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​IN-FACT UK - National Valproate Campaign 14/06/21

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The Patient Safety Learning Hub 11/06/21

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FACSA - Fetal Anti Convulsion Syndrome  Association - UK 09/06/21
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​The Open University, Research Centre, Harm & Evidence Research Collaborative 09/06/21

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University of Strathclyde Glasgow  04/02/22

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The ICP (Is it a Crime to be Poor?) Alliance 21/05/21
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​The Open University, Research Centre, Harm & Evidence Research Collaborative 11/05/21

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Acknowledgment in Oracle (author Julie Anderson) published by:
​Claret Press 05/05/2021 
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University of Strathclyde Glasgow  04/02/22
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​The Centre for the Study of Crime, Criminalisation and Social Exclusion 23/03/21
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The Patient Safety Learning Hub 23/03/21

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​The Open University, Research Centre, Harm & Evidence Research Collaborative 20/03/21

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04/02/21

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​The Open University, Research Centre, Harm & Evidence Research Collaborative 03/02/21

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University of Strathclyde Glasgow  04/02/22

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​The Harm & Evidence Research Collaborative 20/01/21

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​The Open University, Research Centre 20/01/21

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​2020
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​The Harm & Evidence Research Collaborative 30/11/20

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The Association For Children Damaged by Hormone Pregnancy Tests (Primodos.org) 
17/11/20

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​The Centre for the Study of Crime, Criminalisation and Social Exclusion 16/11/20

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The Patient Safety Learning Hub 16/11/20

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The British Society of Criminology 11/11/20

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​The Open University, Research Centre 10/11/20
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University of Strathclyde Glasgow  01/01/22

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The Patient Safety Learning Hub 04/04/22

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This article can be viewed on: The Centre for the Social History of Health & Healthcare 17/08/20

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The British Society of Criminology 12/08/20

​This article can be viewed on: The Association For Children Damaged by Hormone Pregnancy Tests 01/08/20

This article was published by The Centre for the Study of Crime, Criminalisation and Social Exclusion 29/07/20

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​The Open University, Research Centre  22/07/20
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​The Harm & Evidence Research Collaborative 21/07/20
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University of Strathclyde Glasgow  01/01/22

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​The Open University, Research Centre  23/06/20

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​The Harm & Evidence Research Collaborative 22/06/20

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The British Society of Criminology 09/06/20

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​2019
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University of Strathclyde Glasgow  01/01/22

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I​​nternational Centre for Policing and Security ​17/03/20

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The British Society of Criminology 17/03/20

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​The British Society of Criminology 03/12/19

Citation / MLA Commoms -  published by: The Indian Journal of Law and Legal Research 05/10/21
Statement published by: The Canary @TheCanaryUK 19/08/19
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This article was published by: The British Society of Criminology 16/04/19
Signatory of the: End Child Imprisonment Campaign 01/01/19
2018
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​The British Society of Criminology  28/01/19

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​The Open University, Research Centre, Harm & Evidence Research Collaborative 

This article was published by: The Harm & Evidence Research Collaborative 29/10/18

This article was published by: The British Society of Criminology 22/10/18 
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