I completed my undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at the University of Wales, Bangor. Whilst studying for my PhD in Criminology I worked for 5 years with the Institute of Medical and Social Care Research, first with the North Wales Support Service for Research and Development and latterly with its successor, the All Wales Alliance for Research and Development in health and social care (AWARD). During this time I was also a distance-learning project supervisor for Masters level students at the Department of Criminology, Leicester University. Since 2004 I have taught on the BA and MA courses in Criminology and Sociology at Bangor and joined the University of Huddersfield in 2007.

I am External Examiner for BA (Hons) Community Justice for university of Bradford

Teaching Responsibilities

Module Co-ordinator:

• Introduction to Crime and Criminal Justice
• Criminalisation: Crime Society and the Law
• Experiencing Punishment and the Penal System
• Key Issues in Criminology
• Myths and Realities of Crime
• Working with Offenders and Victims
• Criminology Final Year Project

Other Modules and Teaching responsibilities:

• Crime and Criminal Justice (HFB1011)
• Professional Work Placement (HIX1004)
• Key Ideas in Criminology (HIB1021)

Other Responsibilities

• Course Leader for BSc (Hons) Criminology, Personal Tutor.
• Subject Leader in Criminology

Research Interests

Sex offender management, sex offender networks, hostel accommodation for offenders, offender institutions, rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders, control and surveillance mechanisms, qualitative research methods and social exclusion.

Projects

I completed my PhD in the lived experiences of high risk sex offenders accommodated in a probation hostel in 2008. Previous projects include: support needs of survivors of sexual abuse; sex education and sexual health services for young people; evaluations of the Carers Strategy in England and Wales; evaluation of the Carers Special Grant; school meal preference and habits of children and young people; and evaluation of the support services and activities for children and young people in a Welsh County.  

2012

Reeves, C. and Cowe, F. (2012) ‘Residential Work with Sex Offenders - Places of Collusion and Segregation or Preparation for Resettlement and Reintegration’. In: Sex Offenders: Punish, Help, Change or Control? Theory, Policy and Practice Explored. London, UK: Taylor and Francis. . ISBN 9780415676984

Reeves, C (2012) ‘The experts within : the nature of multi-agency public protection panels’ Probation Journal . ISSN 0264-5505

Reeves, C (2012) ‘How Multi-Agency are Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Committees?’ Probation Journal . ISSN 0264-5505

Reeves, C (2012) ‘Fantasy depictions of child sexual abuse: The problem of ageplay in Second Life’ Journal of Sexual Aggression , pp. 1-11. ISSN 1355-2600

2011

Reeves, C (2011) ‘The changing role of probation hostels: voices from the inside’ British Journal of Community Justice , 9 (3), pp. 51-64. ISSN 1475-0279

2010

Reeves, C (2010) ‘Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders: A Handbook by A.R. Beech, L.A. Craig, and K.D. Browne(Eds.).’ The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice , 49 (3), pp. 312-312. ISSN 02655527

Reeves, C (2010) ‘A difficult negotiation: fieldwork relations with gatekeepers’ Qualitative Research , 10 (3), pp. 315-331. ISSN 1468-7941

2009

Reeves, C (2009) Hostel Life: Sex offenders' experiences of a probation approved premises . : VDM Verlag . ISBN 9783639165722

2008

Reeves, C (2008) Sex offenders' lived experiences of institutional life: A case study of a probation hostel Doctoral thesis, University of Bangor.

2007

Tommis, Y., Seddon, D., Woods, R., Robinson, C., Reeves, C. and Russell, I. (2007) ‘Rural-urban differences in the effects on mental well-being of caring for people with stroke or dementia’ Aging & Mental Health , 11 (6), pp. 743-750. ISSN 13607863

2006

Reeves, C., Whitaker, R., Parsonage, R., Robinson, C., Swale, K. and Bayley, L. (2006) ‘Sexual health services and education: young people's experiences and preferences ’ Health Education Journal , 65 (4), pp. 368-379. ISSN 0017-8969

Seddon, D., Robinson, C. and Reeves, C. (2006) ‘In their own right: translating the policy of carer assessment into practice’ British Journal of Social Work , 37 (8), pp. 1335-1352. ISSN 00453102