Exploitation, violence and abuse
Coordinated by Jessica Glynn, Rebecca Cargill and Allysa Czerwinsky; runs the Exploitation, Violence, and Abuse (EVA) Group research meetings.
This group studies populations with experiences of trauma and marginalisation, including survivors and people who cause harm.
The group is home to projects focused on supporting interventions to address stalking, sex offending, the exploitation of homeless people and experiences of sexual trauma, as well as studies designed to test the impact of new interventions, especially in the field of Violence Against Women and Girls. Its work seeks to understand the causes and consequences of violence and to inform policy and practice responses that reduce harm and promote equity.
Areas covered
- Gender-based violence, and stalking behaviour;
- Honour-based abuse;
- Abuse, exploitation and intersectionality;
- Modern slavery;
- Structural and symbolic inequalities;
- Trauma, victimisation and recovery.
Research-driven teaching
- CRIM10432 Psychology, Crime and Criminal Justice (BA Criminology);
- CRIM20412 Explaining Crime and Deviance (BA Criminology);
- CRIM31101 Youth, Crime and Justice (BA Criminology);
- CRIM31101 The Criminal Psychopath (BA Criminology);
- CRIM30792 Victims, Crime and Justice (BA Criminology);
- CRIM31051 Criminology and Mass Violence (BA Criminology);
- CRIM70552 Understanding Violence (MA/MRes Criminology).
Societal and community impact
- Informing policy and practice: Work from the group feeds directly into the development of crime policy, with its member having evaluated the work of Greater Manchester’s efforts to combat modern slavery and co-produced the GMCA’s Gender Based Violence Strategy, and male victims’ strategy.
- Working with communities: CASE Studentship PhD projects work with external partners to address stalking, sex offending, and experiences of sexual trauma.
- Supporting evidence-based decisions: The group has supported the production of high-profile projects on the abuse of women runners, so called ‘honour-based’ abuse; and inceldom and how governments should respond to it.
Members
- Dr Allysa Czerwinsky
- Prof David Gadd
- Prof Rosemary Jenkins
- Dr Niels Blom
- Dr Laura Bui
- Dr Jon Davies
- Dr Claire Fox
- Dr Landon Kuester
- Dr Caroline Miles
- Dr Olga Sanchez de Ribera
- Dr Nico Trajtenberg
- Dr Emily Turner
- Dr Luke Graham (Law)
- Isobel Johnston
- Duncan Craig OBE
- Rabiya Majeed-Ariss
- Cath White OBE