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Professor Iain Brennan
Iain Brennan
Professor of Criminology
| Biography | Iain Brennan is a Professor of Criminology and a chartered research psychologist. He is the University of Hull Institutional Lead for Open Research, Director of Research for the School of Criminology, Sociology & Policing and Chair of the University Research Concordat Steering Group. He is a founding member of the Humberside Police-Academic Partnership and its academic lead. Iain's research interests are in violence prevention including weapon-carrying and serious violence, domestic abuse and violence in night-time economies. He is particularly interested in evaluating interventions in these areas and has led many evaluation studies incorporating randomised controlled trials, quasi-experimental designs and process evaluations. He is an adviser on violence prevention to local and national governmental and non-governmental organisations including Home Office, Youth Endowment Fund, College of Policing, National Police Chiefs' Council and many police forces across the UK. He has been a principal or co-investigator on research projects worth over £5m from funders including ESRC, Home Office, ADR-UK, NPCC, Jacobs Foundation and the European Commission. He is currently principal investigator on several research projects including a £1.5m evaluation of focused deterrence interventions on behalf of Youth Endowment Fund. He is the author of over 40 journal articles, reports, chapters and books and is a member of the editorial board of British Journal of Criminology. |
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| Research Interests | Iain's research is on the application of psychological and criminological theory to the understanding and prevention of community violence. He undertakes research work in: - Weapon use - Serious youth violence - Domestic abuse - Evaluation of violence prevention interventions - Crime reporting and victim responses to crime - Evidence-based policing and use of experiments in criminal justice - Information sharing for violence prevention - Diversion from custody |
| Teaching and Learning | BA Criminology - Offending and Victimisation BSc Psychology (Hull) - Forensic Psychology |
| Scopus Author ID | 24483136500 |