Dr Wendy Laverick

Biography	Having previously studied and taught at the University of Hull, I returned as a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Policing in October 2019. I was the Programme Director for the BSc Degree in Professional Policing and am currently a Programme Director for the MA Criminal Justice and Crime Control, and MA Criminal Justice and Crime Control (Contemporary Slavery). Specialising in equality and diversity within policing, hate crime and transnational crime, I am the author of Global Justice and Crime Control (Routledge, 2016), co-author (with Liz Cain) of ‘The Gender Agenda in an Age of Austerity’ (Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 2015), ‘The Menopause and the Older Police Workforce’ (British Journal of Community Justice, 2019) and (with Peter Joyce) Racial and Religious Hate crime: The UK from 1945 to Brexit (Palgrave, 2019), Criminology (Hodder & Stroughton), Policing: Development & Contemporary Practice (Sage, 2021), Criminal Justice (Routledge, 2022) and (with Emma Cunningham) ‘Advances in Gender Equity in British Policing’ in Prenzler, T (Ed) Gender Inclusive Policing: Challenges and Achievements (2023, Routledge). I contribute regularly as an author to Policing Insight and have an established history of research and publication-led teaching covering hate crime, gender and policing / CJS, counter-terrorism, wildlife trafficking, modern day slavery and the policing of vulnerability.
Research Interests	Transnational Crime and Cross Border Crime Organised Crime Gender Based Crime and Security Hate Crime Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Women and Policing Policing Criminal Justice
Teaching and Learning	I am the Co-Programme Director for the MA Criminal Justice and Crime Control at University of Hull. I am also module leader for a range of undergraduate and post graduate modules including: Becoming a Criminologist (L4); Policing Communities (L4); Applied Research Methods and Professional Practice (L4); Global Issues in Criminal Justice and Crime Control (L7); Gender, Sexuality and Crime (L7).
Scopus Author ID	56153330900
PhD Supervision Availability	Yes
PhD Topics	Research interests My research interests lie in the interdisciplinary study of equality, diversity and the continuum of hatred (spanning bullying, extremism and radicalisation, hate incidents and crimes, terrorism and genocide). My doctoral research ‘Girls will be boys: Problematising the links between Masculinity and Violence’, focused on risk factors associated with individual propensity towards violence within the narrative accounts of male and female offenders with established histories of violence. I am an experienced researcher in the qualitative field with particular experience and understanding pertaining to use of in-depth narrative interviews, focus groups and survey methods, conducting national policing research into the impact of austerity upon the female police workforce. I have also conducted evaluative work on behalf of local community safety partnerships and OPCC into hate crime third party reporting and safe place initiatives. Recent evaluative work has examined policing responses to serious and organised crime. Postgraduate supervision I am very interested in supervising doctoral students in the areas of: policing / CJS, vulnerability and resilience, gender, crime and security, and specific areas of transnational / cross-border crime.