Research Activities
Mongolia
I am a member of the Manchester Institute of of Social and Spatial Transformations. My research includes assessing the current position of the rape crisis movement in the UK.
2005 brought a visit to Mongolia to begin a project – ‘Women, Crime and Social Change in the Republic of Mongolia since 1990’ – to liaise with the Mongolian Women Lawyers Association in evaluating new legislation on Domestic Violence (see blog in Links). This was funded by the Committee for Central and Inner Asia (CCIA) Faculty of Oriental Studies, Cambridge.
To see some photos from this trip please go to Flickr.
An article has been published about this research - Mongolian Research - Jones, H. (2006) ‘Working Together: Local and Global Imperatives for Women in Mongolia’. Asia Europe Journal Vol. 4, (3): 417-430. (ISSN 1612-1031).
Comparative Criminology and Pedagogy
I currently lead an international network which is exploring comparative criminology.
There are two distinct projects - IEE Project and Focus on Crime
The IEE student comunication project began with the University of West Florida and comprises four UK universities and four in the US. The initial pilot, developed by the two universities, contained material relevant to the field of criminology but is readily applicable and transferable to other disciplines. The key objective is to facilitate critical, comparative analysis of contemporary issues in criminology. The project has been disseminated at conferences in the USA, Europe and the UK and has produced a number of peer-reviewed articles.
The project was mentioned in MMU's Annual Report and in 2005 I was awarded the Teaching Innovation and Excellence award.
This was followed in 2006 by a grant from C-SAP (£10,350) to evaluate the international e-communication initiative for which I am the academic lead.
Other research interests involve developing teaching practice. I was awarded a project grant in 2004 by the MMU Learning and Teaching Unit to consolidate e-learning opportunities across all three stages of the student career in criminology. WebCT is the university's Virtual Learning environment. I was involved in a project on WebCT mentoring during 2005/6 in partnership with the Learning and Teaching Unit. This scheme complemented the central training provided by the Learning and Teaching Unit by providing a first point of contact in the Faculty for 9 mentees and their course teams. I have also conducted research on the student experience of this form of course delivery. The focus group approach covered areas such as:
- Level of support given to students
- Issues of functionality and flexibility
- Skills development
- Design of WebCT, online seminars and assessment
- General student experience
The research helps to inform the future design of blended learning within the Criminology curriculum specifically and the use of e-learning by the Sociology department in general. The full findings of the research was published in Learning and Teaching in Action Issue 10 in 2005.
In 2008 I was awarded the title of C-SAP National Associate (C-SAP is the HEA subject centre for Sociology). It comes with a funding award which will be used to develop the Focus on Crime project.
Government Liaison and Community Involvement
My academic work has practical application outside academia as I have been involved with the rape crisis movement for a number of years and was a Trustee of the Board of the Rape Crisis Federation for three years. I am currently a consultant to a number of rape crisis groups on legislative and media-based issues and often speak to the media (see page 7 of this document) also see Media Articles.
At a national level, I belong to two key campaign groups, Campaign to End Rape and Truth About Rape.
I was a member of the External Reference Group on the recent Sexual Offences Review conducted by the Home Office that led to the publication ‘Setting The Boundaries’ and which culminated in the Sexual Offences Act 2003. In recognition of this work I was invited to an evening reception with the Prime Minister at 10 Downing St in 2004 see page 7 of this document.
I am a member of the Inter-Ministerial Advisory Panel on Sexual Violence.
I currently hold a position of ‘expert adviser’ on the development and implementation of the ‘Victims of Violence and Abuse Prevention Programme’ which is a joint initiative between the Department of Health and the National Institute for Mental Health in England. This programme is headed by Professor Catherine Itzin.
Invited Lectures and External Appointments
2009 Invited guest at the University of West Florida.
2009 Invited guest at Searchy Hospital in Alabama.
2009 Invited guest of California State University Fresno.
2009 Invited guest of the School of Applied Social Science, University of Brighton.
2008 Invited guest of North Carolina University Wilmington.
2008 Invited guest of Vancouver Rape Relief Shelter Canada.
2008 Invited speaker at ‘Breaking the Silence: Healing the Wounds’: Women’s Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (Cornwall) in partnership with the Home Office and the Eden Project.
2008 Invited speaker at the Annual Rape Crisis Conference, Leeds.
2008 Invited speaker at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
2007 Invited speaker - 'Rape: A Four Lettered Word' Brighton University.
2007 Invited speaker at ‘Teaching Criminology’ - a cross-disciplinary workshop at Sheffield Hallam University.
2006 Delivered a Graduate Course on Violence and Criminal Justice for the University of West Florida.
2005 Invited speaker - ‘Rape Crisis in Crisis’ Liverpool John Moores University.
2005 Invited speaker - ‘The English Criminal Justice System’ University of West Florida.
2004 Invited speaker - 'Safe Sanctuary for Women?' Edge Hill College.
2004 Invited speaker - Bristol University ‘Criminalising Gendered Violence? Local, National and International Perspectives’.
2005 External on the degree validation panel for Edge Hill College. ‘Law and Critical Criminology’.
2006 External Examiner for MA by Research, Women’s Studies, York University.
2006 – present External Examiner. University of Westminster.
I organised or co-organised the following:
· * Manchester March 2004 MMU Socio-legal Research Group – Is the Wish List Complete on Sexual Offences Legislation?
· * Manchester March 2006 MMU Gender and Sexuality Research Group - Domestic Violence: 21st Century Responses.
· * Manchester March 2007 MMU International Conference - International E-Communication Exchange. Speakers included Professor Janet Beer, Dr Paula Wilcox, Maggie Sumner and Dr Julie Kunselman and Dr Kathy Johnson from the USA.
* Manchester September 2007 WebCT Event for the English Department.
Journal - Editorial and Review
I am an editor for the journal ELiSS and review articles for Feminist Criminology, Violence and Victims and other journals.
Conferences
Cardiff July 2009 British Society of Criminology - Annual Conference - 'It's only a game? Sex and Rape in Second Life'. (with Dr Nicole Westmarland, Durham).
Liverpool April 2009 British Society of Criminology (North West branch) - Symposium on Violence ''I'll say it again, very little has changed': Telling the same stories of rape'.
San Diego February 2009 Western Society of Criminology – 36th Annual Conference: Crime and Criminal Justice on the Border 'International Collaboration: Comparative Criminology in CyberSpace'.
London January 2009 C-SAP The Virtual University. 'Rehash or Mashup: Assessing Generation-Y in CyberSpace'.
Edinburgh November 2008 C-SAP Annual Conference. 'Doing Internationalisation on the Cheap: Transforming the Classroom'.See here for abstract:
http://www.c-sap.bham.ac.uk/events/conference_08/abstracts/Jones.html
Huddersfield July 2008 British Criminology Conference. Co- presenter on an HEA sponsered panel on research informed teaching ‘Combining Research And Teaching In Criminology’ with Tom Ellis, University of Portsmouth, Richard Lynch, SheffieldHallamUniversity and Stephen Case, University of Swansea.
Cornwall February 2008 Women’s Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre in partnership with the Home Office and the Eden Project. Breaking the Silence: Healing the Wounds ‘Providing Effective Community Led Services for Victims of Sexual Violence: Rape Crisis is Valuable’.
Leeds February 2008 Annual Rape Crisis Conference. ‘Responding for 30 Years’.
Atlanta, USA November 2007, American Society of Criminology Annual Conference 'Cross Cultural Criminology: An International Exchange'
Invited speaker - Sheffield July 2007 Teaching Criminology - cross-disciplinary workshop at Sheffield Halam University, organised in collaboration with the Higher Education Academy Subject Centres for Law (UKCLE), Sociology, Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP), and Social Policy and Social Work (SWAP) 'e-learning and criminology'
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Harrogate July 2007 HEA annual conference 'e-communication unleashed'
Ormskirk May 2007, SOLSTICE conference Edge Hill University - Reflection v Soundbites: the potential of VLEs to enhance the quality of students’ communication, participation and learning (with Dr Eileen Berrington) Conference Abstract
London April 2007 British-Irish Section of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control, “Things Can Only Get Better": Crime and Deviance after Ten Years of New Labour - F+ Must Try Harder: A Report Card to Government on Violence Against Women
Conference Abstracts
Manchester March 2007 International E-Communication Exchange Conference - Communicating Across Boundaries: E-communication on Criminal Justice Issues. (see IEE Project)
Nice March 2007 BBWorld Conference - International Collaboration: Two Nations Separated by a Common Language Conference Details
Barcelona October 2006 EDEN Conference - Beyond the Classroom: International Collaboration 2 http://www.eden-online.org/eden.php?menuId=306
Ormskirk May 2006 Edge Hill University - SOLSTICE Conference - Beyond the Classroom: International Collaboration http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/Sites/SOLSTICE/Conference2006/NEWPapersPresentations.htm
Atlanta October 2005 International Association for Computer Information Systems 2005 Conference – Communicating Across the Atlantic: US and British Students Discuss Criminal Justice Issues. (Paper nominated for the best pedagogic award)
Aberdeen September 2005 Feminist & Women’s Studies Association (UK & Ireland) 18th Annual Conference ‘Gender and Violence’ - Working Together: Local and Global Imperatives for Women in Mongolia.
Belfast September 2005 European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control, Crime Justice and Transition – Modern Nomads: Women in Mongolia.
Leicester July 2005 Women’s Aid Federation England National Conference – Rape: The Last Taboo of Domestic Violence.
Ormskirk October 2004 Safe Sanctuary? Conference on Asylum-seeker and Refugee issues - No Recourse to Public Funds: Domestic Violence and Immigration Status.
Bristol September 2004 European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control.
Bristol September 2004 Criminalising Gendered Violence? Local, National and International Perspectives - Watching over the rights of women.
London Feb 2004 Reporting and Investigation of Rape and Serious Sexual Assault - The Sexual Offences Act 2003 - Legislation and practice.
Manchester Mar 2004 Socio-legal Research Group – Is the Wish List Complete on Sexual Offences Legislation?
London April 2004 European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control, English Section Conference, ‘Crime and the City’.
London April 2004 A unified e-learning strategy, NATFHE
E-learning conference.
London April 2004 Home Office, Victims Unit, ‘Supporting and Protecting Victims – Making it Happen’.
Wirral June 2004 Promoting Community Safety through Partnership Working – Revising Domestic Violence Legislation.
Helsinki Sept 2003 European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control, ‘Critical Perspectives on Crime Prevention’ - UNinterested in women’s rights? Using United Nations Conventions as a Platform of Violence against Women.
Sheffield Oct 2003 Rape Crisis Federation Annual Conference – The Sexual Offences Bill: What have we gained?
Funding Grants in Brief
2008 Award: C-SAP National Associate. Funder:C-SAP.
2006 Award: 'The Borderless Classroom'. Funder:C-SAP.
2004 Award: ‘Women, Crime and Social Change in the Republic of Mongolia since 1990’ in collaboration with Dr S. D’Cruze, Manchester Metropolitan University . Funder: Committee for Central and Inner Asia (CCIA) Faculty of Oriental Studies, Cambridge.
2004 Award: ‘A WebCT-based Blended Learning Package for the Criminology Curriculum’. Funder: MMU Learning and Teaching Unit.
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