Dr Kathryn Chadwick
Dr Kathryn Chadwick
Principal Lecturer
My profile
Biography
Kathryn Chadwick, BA (Hons), PhD, has worked in Higher Education for 31 years (The Open University, Edge Hill University, Liverpool John Moores University and Manchester Metropolitan University.) Kathryn gained her PhD in 1996 from the Open University, entitled: “Out of the Darkness Into Light”: A Critical Evaluation Of Scottish Prison Reorganisation for Long Term Imprisonment 1998 To The Present. Using primary research with long term, male prisoners in Scotland, the study focused on the impact of policy changes and new initiatives on both the Prison Service and the experiences of men serving long sentences in Scotland’s prisons.
Kathryn has considerable experience in designing, delivering, leading and assessing Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses. Additionally, she has delivered seminars, training and conference presentations to a wide range of audiences, both academic and non-academic. She was a co founder of the Centre for Studies in Crime and Social Justice at Edge Hill University, which incorporated Masters and PhD programmes and eventually the first ever degree in Critical Criminology. Following a career break to look after her two young sons, Kathryn joined MMU in 2009. Since then she has led numerous modules including: Understanding Criminology; Youth in Crisis; Crime, Deviance and Control; Politics of Crime and Community; Crime, Criminology and Criminal Justice; The Politics of Imprisonment adn Penal Punishment. Additionally she has coordinated Sociology undergraduate dissertations; coordinated post graduate degrees within the Department; been a member of the Faculty Research Degrees Committee; a member of the department’s retention team, and Criminology Subject Leader. She also successfully introduced the new MA in Criminology in 2010 and has responsibility for the management of this programme.
Kathryn has published extensively in Criminology texts and journals and has been involved in numerous research projects. She also has considerable experience of externality, acting as either an External Examiner; External Panel Member on Course Validations and Reviews and as a PhD external examiner. This includes working at: Bolton University; The University of Derby, Leeds Metropolitan University, the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside, Guildford University, Westminster University; Salford University and Queens University Belfast.
Academic and professional qualifications
BA (Hons)
PhD - Open University 1996
Kathryn gained her PhD in 1996 from the Open University, entitled: “Out of the Darkness Into Light”: A Critical Evaluation OF Scottish Prison Reorganisation for Long Term Imprisonment 1998 To The Present. Using primary research with long term, male prisoners in Scotland, the study focused on the impact of policy changs and new initiatives on both the Prison Service and the experiences of men serving long sentences in Scotland’s prisons.
Other academic service (administration and management)
MA Criminology Programme Leader
Previous Responsibilities at MMU include:
Unit Leadership of the following units:
- Youth in Crisis (Level 5)
- Crime, Deviance and Control (Level 6)
- Politics of Crime and Community (Level 6)
- Sociology Dissertation (Level 6)
Sociology Postgraduate Research Degrees Coordinator
Member of Faculty Research Degrees Committee
Member of Departmental Retention Team
Criminology Subject Leader
External examiner roles
External Examiner or External Panel Member on Course Validations and Reviews. This includes working at: The University of Derby, Leeds Metropolitan University, the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside, Guildford University, Westminster University and Queens University Belfast.
External Examiner PhD (recent) University of Bolton, Salford University
Expert reviewer for external funding bodies
Article Reviewer for numerous journals including Safer Communities; Journal of Further and Higher Education; Argument and Critique
Editorial Board Member - Argument and Critique
Other distinctions
External Examiner at undergraduate, taught postgraduate and PhD programmes
Editorial Board membership
Editorial Board Member of ‘Argument and Critique’
Teaching
Postgraduate teaching
Crime, Criminology and Criminal Justice (Level 7)
Penal Punishment (Level 7)
Subject areas
Criminology
Supervision
PhD Supervision
Current Supervisions:
Craig Fletcher: The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: The Impact on Desistence and the Legitimacy of Punishment
Recent Completions:
Paul Dresser: ’The evolving meaning of prevent policing, community engagement and social control in the context of a progression towards both ‘reflexive modernisation’ and ‘dispositif’ precautionary risk’ PhD
Suaad Elabani: ‘Perceptions of Attitudes to Violence Against Women in Libya’ PhD
Ambreen Shahzadi: ’Integration of Muslims in Britain: Lived experiences of Muslim young people in Leicester’ MPhil
John Jordan: The Work Programme: Making Welfare Work? PhD
Previous Completed PhD Supervisions:
8 Completions
Research outputs
Kathryn’s main areas of interest are:
- Prisons and the Politics of Punishment
- Deaths in Controversial Circumstances/Suicide Prevention/Coroners Procedures
- Children, Young People and Justice
- Critical Criminology
- Gender, Justice and Criminology
Research Activities
- 2014 -2016 Hillsborough Disaster The Inquest Procedure
- 2014-2016 Women’s Incarceration
- 2008 Organised Crime and Current Drug Strategies. Transform Drugs Policy Foundation.
- 2006-2007 Literature and Policy Review of Women’s Imprisonment. Queens University, Belfast.
- 2002-2007 Evaluation of the Encounter Group at HM Prison Liverpool. The Single Re-Generation Budget, West Lancashire.
- 2003-2004 Aftermath of Disasters and other Traumatising Events. ESRC Seminar Awards.
- 2003-2004 Disaster Archiving. Nuffield Foundation funded.
- 1986-1996 Trends and developments in Scottish Imprisonment. Internally funded project (Edge Hill).
- 1994-1998 Prison Health Care. Internally funded project (Edge Hill).
- 1988-1998 Local Authority Equal Opportunities Consultancies. Local Authority funded.
- 1986-1991 Women, Equality and the Criminal Justice System. Internally funded project (Edge Hill).
- 1985-1990 An Examination of Deaths in Prison and in Youth Custody. Internally funded project (Edge Hill).
- 1984-1986 Deaths in Custody and its relationship to the Coroners Procedure. INQUEST funded project.
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Books (authored/edited/special issues)
Scraton, P., Chadwick, K. (2009) The theoretical and political priorities of critical criminology.
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Chapters in books
Chadwick, K., Clarke, R. (2023) 'Gender, Power and Criminalisation.' Demystifying Power, Crime and Social Harm: The Work and Legacy of Steven Box. Palgrave Macmillan,
Clarke, R.J. (2017) 'from troubled women to failing institutions.' Women's Imprisonment and the Case for Abolition Critical Reflections on Corston Ten Years on.
Clarke, B., Chadwick, K. (2017) 'From 'troubled' women to failing institutions: The necessary narrative shift for the decarceration of women post-Corston.' Women's Imprisonment and the Case for Abolition: Critical Reflections on Corston Ten Years On. pp. 51-70.
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Reports
Clarke, B., Chadwick, K. (2020) Stories of injustice: the criminalisation of women convicted under joint enterprise laws. Manchester Metropolitan University.
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Journal articles
Clarke, B., Chadwick, K. (2023) 'The Criminalisation of Women in Joint Enterprise Cases: Exposing the Limits to ‘Serving’ Girls and Women Justice.' International Journal For Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 12(4) pp. 80-91.
El-Abani, S.M., Jacobs, S., Chadwick, K., Arun, S. (2018) 'Migration and attitudes towards domestic violence against women: a case study of Libyan migrants in the UK.' Migration and Development, 9(1) pp. 111-130.
Clarke, R., Chadwick, K., Williams, P. (2017) 'Critical Social Research as a ‘Site of Resistance’: Reflections on Relationships, Power and Positionality.' Justice, Power and Resistance, Volume 1(Number 2) pp. 261-282.
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Theses and dissertations
Fletcher, C. (2020) “Double Punishment” - The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA): A Qualitative Examination of the Post-Conviction Confiscation Punishment in England and Wales..
Westall, A. (2019) Volunteer street patrols : an ethnographic study of three Manchester volunteer street patrols and their role in community safety and the policing family.