Dr Carla Reeves

In January 2012 I was appointed Principal Lecturer and Subject Leader in Criminology, having initially joined the University of Huddersfield in August 2007 as a Senior Lecturer in Criminology. During this time I have worked as Divisional academic admissions officer (2007-9) and the course leader for the BSc (Hons) Criminology (2009-present).

Prior to this I completed my undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at the University of Wales, Bangor (now Bangor University). Whilst studying for my PhD in Criminology exploring how sex offenders experience institutional life, as exemplified in a Probation Approved Premises, I worked as a qualitative research officer with the Institute of Medical and Social Care Research; first with the North Wales Research and Development Support Service (NWRDSS) and latterly with its successor, the All Wales Alliance for Research and Development in health and social care (AWARD). In this role I worked in mixed-method, multi-disciplinary research teams on a number of projects, the most notable of which evaluated the Carers Strategy in both England and Wales (funded by the Department of Health and Welsh Assembly Government).

Between 2002-7 I taught on the BA and MA courses in Criminology and Sociology at the University of Wales, Bangor as well as a distance-learning project supervisor for Masters level students at the Department of Criminology, Leicester University.

Research Interests

Sex offender management, sex offender networks (in the virtual and real worlds), hostel accommodation for offenders, offender institutions, rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders, social control and surveillance mechanisms, qualitative research methods and social exclusion.

Research Projects

I completed my PhD in the lived experiences of high risk sex offenders accommodated in a Probation Approved Premises 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.

2013

Reeves, C (2013) ‘“The Others”: Sex Offenders’ Social Identities in Probation Approved Premises ’ Howard journal of criminal justice . ISSN 0265-5527

Reeves, C (2013) ‘The role of Probation Approved Premises in supporting the formation of pro-offending social networks amongst sex offenders’. In: One Day Symposium on Incarceration, 1st February 2013, Sheffield, UK

Reeves, C (2013) ‘How Multi-Agency are Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Committees?’ Probation Journal . ISSN 0264-5505

2012

Reeves, C (2012) ‘Blurring Fantasy and Action: the problem of virtual sexual ageplay’. In: British Society of Criminology Conference 2012: ‘Criminology at the Borders’, 4th - 6th July 2012, Portsmouth, UK

Reeves, C (2012) ‘‘The Others’: Sex offenders’ social experiences of hostel accommodation’. In: British Society of Criminology Conference 2012: ‘Criminology at the Borders’, 4th - 6th July 2012, Portsmouth, UK

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) ‘Sex offender grouping and the normalisation of offending attitudes’. In: Yorkshire and Humberside British Society of Criminology seminar series, 22nd Mrach 2012, Leeds University

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

Reeves, C (2010) ‘All together now! : Sex offender grouping and the normalisation of offending attitudes’. In: Sex offenders - punish, help, change or control, 29th April 2010, Newport centre for criminal and community justice

2009

Reeves, C (2009) ‘Negotiating Research Relationships: undertaking fieldwork with sex offenders and probation staff’. In: European society of criminology conference, 9-12th September 2009, University of Ljubjiana, Slovenia

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

Reeves, C (2009) ‘From the inside : the purpose of probation hostels’. In: British society of criminology conference, 29th June - 1st July 2009, University of Glamorgan, Cardiff

2008

Reeves, C (2008) ‘Sex offender grouping within a probation approved premises’. In: European society of criminology conference, 2-5th Sept 2008, University of Edinburgh

Reeves, C (2008) ‘Experiences of sex offenders in a probation approved premises : neutralisation and normalisation’. In: British society of criminology conference, 2008, University of Huddersfield

Reeves, C (2008) ‘How multi-agency are multi-agency public protection panels’. In: British society of criminology conference, 2008, University of Huddersfield

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 1360-7863

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 0045-3102

• External Examiner BSc (Hons) Community Justice at the University of Bradford (2010-present)
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2008 – present)
• Member of the British Society of Criminology (2010 – present)
• Member of the Yorkshire and Humberside regional group of British Society of Criminology (2011-present)
• Member of the the steering group for Leeds Circle of Support and Accountabilty (2010-11)

Areas of research interested in supervising:

• Sex offender and/or high risk offender reintegration and rehabilitative work (especially in terms of the experiences of offenders, staff and other stakeholders, such as local communities)
• Sex offender social networks and relationships in the real and virtual environments, including Sexual Ageplay online
• Circles of Support and Accountability
• Work undertaken in Probation Approved Premises, particularly in respect to high risk and/or sex offenders
• The experience of offender transitions between prison and Probation Approved Premises, and Approved Premises and community residence
• Qualitative research methods and ethics in research, particularly relating to ethnographic work

Current roles on doctoral supervisory teams:

• Jacqui Bent: Psychopathy and the non-offender: Exploring the affective, cognitive, neurological deficits and incidence of atypical sexual fantasy and practice associated with psychopathic traits in non-offender populations. (Main Supervisor: Dr Helen Gavin)
• Salah Adabib: The relationship between relative economic deprivation and delinquency in Libya (Main Supervisor: Dr Helen Gavin)

• Subject Leader in Criminology (from January 2012)
• Course Leader BSc (Hons) Criminology (from May 2009)
• Member of the School Accreditation and Validation Panel (from April 2012)
• School Academic Conduct Officer (from September 2012)

I currently contribute to teaching across the Criminology undergraduate programme provision. This includes current module leadership of:

• Criminology Final Year Project
• Experiencing Punishment and the Penal System
• Myths and Realities of Crime
• Contemporary and Comparative Criminology
• Introduction to Criminology (at the University Campus)
• I am also the current course leader for the BSc (Hons) Criminology degree programme.