Sarah Connelly

I currently teach across social sciences including BSc Criminology, BSc Sociology, MSc Inequality and Society, and MSc Leadership in Criminal Justice and Policing. I also supervise dissertations across both undergraduate and masters provisions.

I am the module leader for:

• CRM101 – Criminology Theories, Trends, and Myths
• CRM105 – Becoming a Criminologist
• LCPM08 – Practitioner and Lived Experience Perspectives in Criminal Justice
• SSCM25 – Inequalities, Diversity, and Intersectionality: Theory and Practice
• SOC232 – Researching Society: Private, Public and Third Sector Organisations
• SOC233 – Researching Society with Placement

You will find me teaching across:

• CRM101 – Criminology Theories, Trends, and Myths
• CRM105 – Becoming a Criminologist
• LCPM08 – Practitioner and Lived Experience Perspectives in Criminal Justice
• SOC232 – Researching Society: Private, Public and Third Sector Organisations
• SOC233 – Researching Society with Placement
• SSCM25 – Inequalities, Diversity, and Intersectionality: Theory and Practice
• SWKM42 – Advanced Safeguarding Children
• SOC332 – Social Science Dissertation
• SOC333 – Social Science Work-Based Dissertation
• LCPM03 – Leadership in Criminal Justice and Policing Dissertation
• SSCM26 – Inequality and Society Dissertation

• Vulnerability and criminal justice
• The role of the Appropriate Adult in practice and policy
• Policy custody, risk, and safeguarding
  
• Identity, inequality, and power 
• The medicalisation of the bodies
• Transgender and non-binary support in the UK
• Neurodiversity
• Legitimacy and power in relation to how bodies are understood 

Supporting Staff to Research

This project (in collaboration with Dr Nicola Roberts) adopts an institutional ethnography approach to analyse institutional texts and 'work knowledge' to inquire how an HEI can best support staff to research.

Exploring the experiences of trans and non-binary people in custody in the UK: implications for policy and practice)

This project (in collaboration with Dr Helen Williams) will explore the experiences of trans and non-binary people in relation to being processed within a custody suite. Trans and non-binary people face unique challenges within custody. A person’s rights and treatment are based on the custody officer involved and their understanding and decision-making around gender identity. We will gather the perceptions and experiences of people with lived experience and practitioners within custody to explore how guidance from governmental bodies is negotiated by officers, and how this is experienced by individuals.

Continuity of Appropriate Adult Services for Vulnerable Suspects During the Covid-19 Pandemic

This paper (in collaboration with Dr Donna Peacock and Samantha Reveley) draws upon qualitative data collected from providers of AA services to develop an understanding of the impact of Covid-19 on service provision. We conclude that while demand during the pandemic remained at a similar level, the availability of volunteer AAs was impacted, and that PPE provision was inconsistent.

Social Science Placement Research Project

This project (in collaboration with Dr Liz Henry) will use a mixed methods approach to explore the experiences and initiatives behind choosing a social science placement to feed into supporting provisions in future for students, staff, and providers.

Nightstop

For this project, I worked as a research assistant for Dr Lesley Deacon and Dr Sarah Lonbay on a project to support a third-sector organisation. The role includes designing a data collection tool that will explore awareness, service usage, and procurement processes.

I am also currently applying to start a PhD which aims to unpack the term ‘vulnerability’ and the mechanisms impacted by it.

Past research

My master's dissertation explored the ways in which medical diagnoses reinforce heteronormativity. Using the sociology of diagnosis, this body of work analysed the reification of binary coding upon bodies and the nosological approaches cast upon social identities.

• Intersectionality
• Experiences of trans and non-binary people online and offline
• The role of appropriate adult provisions as a safeguarding protocol in custody
• Discourse around the term ‘vulnerability’
• Qualitative research methods
• Quantitative research methods