Policy Thinker


Professor Michelle McManus


Specialities: Multi-Agency Safeguarding, child protection and criminal exploitation.

Roles: Professor in Safeguarding and Violence Prevention

Host Organisation: Vulnerability Knowledge and Practice Programme as part of the College of Policing / National Police Chiefs Council

Recent Publications:

Almond, L., McManus, M.A., Rainbow, L. & Ramos, M. (2023). UK and Spanish Stranger Sexual Offenders Crime Scene behaviours and Previous Convictions: A Cross-Cultural Comparison. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling. https://doi.org/10.1002/jip.1610

Almond, L., McManus, M.A., Hankey, N., Trevett, N. & Mee, R. (2022). Exploring the Impact of Population Density on Journey-to-Crime in Cases of Stranger Sexual Assault and Stranger Homicide. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling. https://doi.org/10.1002/jip.1598

Invited submission for Special Edition: McManus, M.A., Steele, R., & Crofts, N. (2022). Alternative approaches to achieving community safety and well-being across law enforcement and criminal justice: Western European findings. The Journal of Community Safety and Wellbeing. DOI: https://doi.org/10.35502/jcswb.251

Contact Details: M.McManus@mmu.ac.uk

Chancellor’s Fellow

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