Background

Grainne studied Social Psychology at the University of Ulster, followed by an MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice at The Queen’s University, Belfast, and a DPhil in Law (Criminology) at the University of Oxford (Christ Church). Grainne joined the University of Huddersfield in 2009. Previously, Grainne was a Research Officer in the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford where she worked on a variety of research and evaluation projects involving young and adult offenders.

Teaching Responsibilities

Module co-ordinator for:

• Principles of Criminological Thought
• Skills for Criminologists

Contributions to:

• Introduction to Criminology
• Crime and Criminal Justice
• Doing Research in the Social Sciences
• Investigating the Social World
• Justifying Crime Reduction
• Youth Crime, Youth Justice
• Key Issues in Criminology

Other responsibilities

• Personal tutor (BSc Hons Criminology)
• Open Days co-ordinator (Division of Criminology, Politics and Sociology)
• Member of School Learning and Teaching Committee (School of Human and Health Sciences)

Desistance from crime

Youth offending and youth justice

‘Education, training and employment’ programmes in the criminal justice system

Female offending and offenders

Masculinity and offending

Desistance from crime

Rehabilitation and resettlement of offenders

Youth offending

Female offenders

Masculinity and offending