Dr Jane Healy
- Principal Academic in Criminology
- Bournemouth Gateway Building BG501a, St Pauls Lane, Bournemouth, BH8 8GP
- Keywords:
- Criminal Justice
- PhD Supervisor
Biography
Dr Jane Healy is Principal Academic in Criminology, in the Department of Social Science and Social Work, in the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at Bournemouth University. She joined BU in 2017 as a Lecturer in Sociology and Crime & Deviance, and was Deputy Head of Department from 2019 to 2023. She completed her PhD on disablist hate crimes at Middlesex University, where she worked as a research assistant and part-time lecturer prior to coming to BU. Jane has Masters degrees in Social Science Research Methods and Criminology with Forensic Psychology and an undergraduate degree in Psychology, as well as a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education.
Jane is currently working on a British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant on inclusivity and diversity at Eurovision, as well as a community-based project on domestic violence and abuse with Yellow Door and Stop Domestic Abuse, and a BU-funded project on the extent to which safeguarding teams use restorative and strengths-based practices... She has previously worked on a number of projects at BU, including "The Other Side of the Story: Perpetrators in Change", a two year research project funded by Horizons 2020, in collaboration with University of Bristol and international partners; the "Respect at BU Hate Crime Project", which engaged in forum theatre events for undergraduate and postgraduate students in hate crime awareness; and "the Making of the Museum of Education" funded by AHRC/Leeds as part of an international collaboration with colleagues in Kosovo.
Jane is Chair of the CPS Wessex Modern Slavery Scrutiny Panel, and is an independent Panel member of the CPS Wessex Hate Crime Panel. She is a Senior Fellow of Advance HE, and a steering group member of the British Society of Criminology's Hate Crime Network.
Dr Healy teaches across sociology and criminology programmes, as well as being Programme Lead for the MA Criminology and Criminal Justice. She welcomes PhD enquiries related to hate crimes, gender and crime, intersectionality and victimology.
moreFavourites
- Healy, J. and Colliver, B., 2022. Contemporary Intersectional Criminology in the UK Examining the Boundaries of Intersectionality and Crime. Policy Press.
- Healy, J., Levell, J. and Cole, T., 2022. An intersectional analysis of domestic abuse perpetrator service adaptation during COVID-19: findings from the UK, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Romania. Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 6 (2), 348-363.
- Healy, J.C. and Dray, R., 2022. Missing links: safeguarding and disability hate crime responses. Journal of Adult Protection, 24 (1), 43-53.
- Healy, J.C., 2020. ‘It spreads like a creeping disease’: experiences of victims of disability hate crimes in austerity Britain. Disability and Society, 35 (2), 176-200.
- Healy, J., 2019. Thinking outside the box: intersectionality as a hate crime research framework. Papers from the British Criminology Conference, 19, 60-83.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:
Good health and well-being
"Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages"
Peace, justice and strong institutions
"Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels"
