Crime, Law and Criminal Justice
Crime, Law and Criminal Justice
Manchester Law School
Professor Mark James
Professor of Sports Law mark.james@mmu.ac.ukExpertise: Sports Law and Olympic Law
Dr Kay Lalor
Reader in Human Rights Law k.lalor@mmu.ac.ukExpertise: LGBTQ+ Rights, feminist legal theory, critical approaches to law, asylum
Dr Mohammad Mazher Idriss
Senior Lecturer m.idriss@mmu.ac.ukExpertise: honour-based abuse, human rights, criminology, criminal justice
Dr Rossella Pulvirenti
Senior Lecturer r.pulvirenti@mmu.ac.ukExpertise: criminal law, human rights, asylum seekers, refugee rights
Dr Seamus Bryne
Reader in Law S.Byrne@mmu.ac.ukExpertise: Children's rights, education law, human rights, sport and disability law.
School of Sociology
Professor Hannah Smithson
Professor of Criminology and Youth Justice h.l.smithson@mmu.ac.ukExpertise: Criminology and Youth Justice* Chancellor’s Fellowship (2024)
Professor Rob Ralphs
Professor of Criminology and Social Policy r.ralphs@mmu.ac.ukExpertise: substance misuse, youth crime, violent crime, gangs, criminal justice policy* Chancellor’s Fellowship (2019)
Dr Deborah Jump
Research Fellow and Deputy Director for the Manchester Centre for Youth Studies (MCYS) d.jump@mmu.ac.ukExpertise: trauma, youth justice, forensic psychotherapeutic methods
Kevin Wong
Reader in Community Justice & Director of Manchester Crime and Justice Film Festival kevin.wong@mmu.ac.ukExpertise: criminal justice, evaluation, community and voluntary justice organisations* Chancellor’s Fellowship (2025)
Dr Rebecca Askew
Reader in Criminology r.askew@mmu.ac.ukExpertise: drug policy and reform, participation in drug policy debates, critical discourse studies, narrative interviewing
School of Psychology
Dr Hannah Fawcett
Senior Lecturer of Forensic Psychology h.fawcett@mmu.ac.ukExpertise: courtroom psychology, juror wellbeing, witness and offender behaviour
Dr Matt Brooks
Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology m.brooks@mmu.ac.ukExpertise: trauma, stress and well-being, forensic psychology
School of Nursing and Public Health
Professor Michelle McManus
Professor in Safeguarding and Violence Prevention M.McManus@mmu.ac.ukExpertise: Safeguarding, domestic abuse* Chancellor’s Fellowship (2025)
Dr Alina Haines
Associate Professor in Mental Health and Coercion a.haines@mmu.ac.ukExpertise: offender rehabilitation, youth mental health, policing, forensic mental health
