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Yr Athro Amanda L Robinson

Yr Athro Amanda L Robinson

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Email
robinsona@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
+44(0) 29 2087 5401
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1.01A Glamorgan Building, sbarc|spark, Heol Maendy, Cathays, Caerdydd, CF24 4HQ
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After completing my postgraduate training at Michigan State University in 2001 (a PhD in Interdisciplinary Social Science with concentrations in criminology, sociology, and industrial/organisational psychology), I moved to Cardiff and am now a Reader in Criminology.

My research generally includes a strong policy focus, and my research has made a significant policy impact. Most notably, I have undertaken a series of inter-related research projects that have contributed to significant changes in the services afforded to victims of domestic and sexual violence. These initiatives have become the common framework for how services are delivered across the UK and Europe.

Closer to home, I was directly involved in shaping the Welsh Government's White Paper proposals and legislative priorities for 'ending violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence' in Wales. It is not often that academics are able to trace an idea from inception, through research, implementation and expansion, into new legislation, and I feel fortunate to have had this experience.

Over the years, I have acquired extensive experience collecting and analysing both qualitative and quantitative data. I have been the Principal Investigator on a number of projects, ensuring the research is conducted ethically, sensitively and delivered to cost and on time. I am very adept at drawing out the main conclusions from complex multi-site and multi-method projects, and have acquired a reputation for my ability to produce 'digestible' practice-based messages for practitioners and policy-makers.

I live in Cardiff with my husband Ed and our three young children.

Supervision

I welcome PhD applicants to work on topics related to:

  • Violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence
  • Interpersonal violence, workplace violence
  • Police and policing
  • Specialist courts
  • Multi-agency approaches
  • The criminal justice system

I have used a wide range of methodological approaches in my research and am particularly interested in supervising PhD students who want to used mixed methods.

Bywgraffiad

2002

PhD  Interdisciplinary Social Science, Michigan State University

1996

MS  Criminal Justice, University of Alabama

1994

BA  Criminal Justice and Psychology (double major), University of Alabama

Anrhydeddau a Dyfarniadau

2016 

Cardiff University Policy Innovation & Impact Award: “From White Paper to Royal Assent: Academic Input into the Development of the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse, and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015” (with Professor Emma Renold)

2014

Article shortlisted for the SAGE Prize for Innovation and/or Excellence (Fevre, R., Robinson, A. L., Jones, T., & Lewis, D. 'Disabled Employees' Perceptions of Ill-treatment in the Workplace', Work, Employment & Society, 27(2), 296-315).

2009

Runner up best article (Robinson, A. L. & Tilley, N. 'Factors Influencing Police Performance in the Investigation of Volume Crimes in England and Wales', Police Practice and Research, 10(3), 1-15).

2000

Winner of the American Society of Criminology's Division of Women and Crime student paper award (Robinson, A. L. & Chandek, M. S. 'Differential Police Response to Black Battered Women', Women and Criminal Justice, 12(2/3), 29-61).

Aelodaethau proffesiynol

  • British Society of Criminology (Editor, British Journal of Criminology)
  • American Society of Criminology (Editorial Board, International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice)
  • European Society of Criminology (organising committee for the 2017 annual conference)
  • Associate Member of Cardiff University’s Crime & Security URI, Universities’ Police Science Institute (UPSI), Cardiff Centre for Crime Law & Justice (CCLJ), Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD)

Ymrwymiadau siarad cyhoeddus

2016

Invited presentation to Justice Analytical Services (JAS) for the Scottish Government, “New research informing new responses to domestic abuse perpetrators” (September 2016).

Invited presentation at the University of Manchester, “Expressing Priorities: A New Practitioner Tool for Domestic Abuse Perpetrators” (April 2016). 

2015 

Keynote presentation at a two-day domestic abuse seminar on risk assessment and management organised by the Control and Human Resources Directorate of the Portuguese government, Lisbon, Portugal (November 2015).

Keynote presentation at a symposium on tackling domestic abuse organised by the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR) on behalf of the Scottish Government, Edinburgh (October 2015).

Keynote presentation at the Domestic Abuse Champions National Awards Event, organised by the College of Policing, London (October 2015).

Paper given at the European Domestic Violence Conference “Identification and management of priority domestic abuse perpetrators in Wales”, Belfast Ireland (September 2015).

Dae H. Chang International Visiting Scholar presentation “Under the radar: Policing non-violent domestic abuse in the US and UK”, with Gillian Pinchevsky and Jennifer Guthrie, Michigan State University (24 April 2015). A version of this paper also given at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting, Washington DC (November 2015) with Gillian Pinchevsky (presenter) and Jennifer Guthrie, as well as to the Survey Users Brown Bag Seminar Series, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University (January 2016).

2014

"Policing domestic violence in the US and UK: risk identification, assessment and management", American Society of Criminology annual meeting, San Francisco (21 November 2014).

"A risk-led approach to domestic abuse: Development, evidence and critique", keynote speech delivered at Scotland's National Domestic Abuse Conference, sponsored by COPFS (Scotland's Prosecution Authority). Other keynote speakers included the Solicitor General of Scotland and the Chief Constable of Police Scotland (8 May 2014).

"Serial domestic abuse perpetrators", an invited talk given to the Wales branch of the British Society of Criminology (09 April 2014).

In addition to academic talks, in 2014, I gave three media appearances on the day a major government inspection of the police response to domestic violence in England and Wales was published by HMIC (Her Majesty's Inspectorate of the Constabulary), which was very critical of the police: 1) Good Morning Wales live radio programme, 2) ITV television news and 3) BBC television news. I was also a participant in the 1-hour BBC1 live television debate show The Big Questions, discussing the national implementation of Clare's Law (domestic violence disclosure scheme).

2013

"A risk-led approach to domestic violence: The MARAC model in the UK" Keynote speech delivered at the international conference "Violence in close relationships and stalking: Police dealings with high risk cases", Rhineland-Palatinate Police Academy, University of Applied Science, Faculty of Policing, Rhineland-Palatinate, Hahn-Flughafen, Germany (05 November 2013).

"Can Interventions Reduce Recidivism and Re-victimization Following Adult Intimate Partner Violence Incidents?" (with Prof Christopher D Maxwell). This invited talk was delivered in three settings:

* Tackling Domestic Violence: Evidence, Expertise and Experience, Birmingham Voluntary Service Council, Birmingham, England (26 April 2013). Keynote Speech: ALR

* Cardiff 2020 Vision Conference, International Women's Day, Cardiff, Wales (8 March 2013). Keynote Speech: ALR

* Workshop on the Evidence for Violence Prevention Across the Lifespan and Around the World: Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science, Washington, DC (23 January 2013). Presenter: CDM

2012

"Overcoming attrition in domestic violence cases: An objective requiring a victim-centred multi-agency approach." Keynote speech delivered at the CEPOL (European Police College) Presidency Conference, Cyprus (10-12 July 2012).

Pwyllgorau ac adolygu

2016-present:     Member of the Senior Management Team

2015-present:     Member of the Research Committee, Co-Director of Research (Impact)

2012-14:             Director of the MSc/Diploma in Social Science Research Methods

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Addysgu

  • Gender-based violence (domestic violence, sexual violence, 'honour-based' violence); 
  • Police and policing (multi-agency approaches, crime prevention); 
  • Criminal justice (responses to crime, attrition, specialist courts); 
  • Decision-making by victims, offenders and practitioners; 
  • Violence and abuse in the workplace; 
  • Comparative analyses of crime and criminal justice.

Current Projects

Member of the Task and Finish Group within the Welsh Government, advising on the forthcoming Violence Against Women and Domestic Abuse (Wales) Bill (2012-14).

Professional Member of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Public Health Programme Development Group, charged with formulating evidence-based guidelines for health practitioners for preventing domestic violence (2012-14)

Member of the International Advisory Board for two projects funded by the European Commission: Daphne III Project PROTECT I and PROTECT II: Capacity Building in Risk Assessment and Safety Management to Protect High Risk Victims (2011-13)

Supervision

Past projects

Meysydd arbenigol

Newyddion cysylltiedig

Prosiect Phoenix yn sicrhau Statws Canolfan ar gyfer addysg merched

Partneriaeth i rymuso menywod Namibia

27 Gorffennaf 2021

More than 1100 delegates from across the world visited Cardiff University for the European Society of Criminology annual conference.

Criminology community come to Cardiff for prestigious conference

19 Medi 2017

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