Dr Joanna Jamel
| Position: | Senior Lecturer in Criminology |
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| School: | School Of Sociology, Criminology And Psychology |
| Email: | J.Jamel@kingston.ac.uk |
| Extension: | 67483 |
| Location: | Room Pr-327, Penrhyn Road |
Profile
Dr. Joanna Jamel is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Kingston University, London. She has a multi-disciplinary background in Sociology, Investigative and Forensic Psychology as well as being a Criminologist. Her current research areas include the policing response to transgender issues. She has conducted previous research on male rape examining the police response to this type of sexual victimization with the assistance of Project Sapphire of the London Metropolitan Police. The findings of this research were disseminated to Project Sapphire and the Crime Academy to inform specialist police training and have also been used by West Mercia Police in this regard. She has also conducted research investigating client-perpetrated sexual violence within the commercial male sex industry, and the print media representation of male rape. Her other research interests include rape victim resistance strategies and transphobic hate crime.
Educational and professional qualifications
| 2009 | PhD in Psychology , University of Leicester |
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| 1999 | MSc in Investigative Psychology , University of Liverpool |
| 1997 | MA in Criminology , Keele University |
| 1995 | BA (Hons) Sociology with Applied Psychology , University College Cork |
Professional experience (post-1990)
| 2010 - | Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Kingston University |
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| 2009-2010 | Lecturer in Criminology, Kingston University |
| 2003-2009 | Part-Time Lecturer in Sexual Violence - Department of Criminology, University of Leicester |
| 2002-2009 | Senior Teaching Assistant (Assistant Lecturer) - Forensic Psychology Section, University of Leicester |
| 2001 | Research Officer - Centre for Criminal Justice, John Moores University |
Teaching
(UG) Level 4 Evidence and Issues (Module Leader)
(UG) Level 5 Diversity and Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System (Module Leader)
(PG) Level 7 Criminological Psychology (Course Leader)
(PG) Level 7 Criminology Dissertation (Module Leader)
Research supervision
Print Media Representation of Ethnic Minority Homicide Victims
Sex Offenders and ViSOR,
Sex Offenders and the Impact of Gender on Sentencing
Male Victims of Domestic Violence
Professional activity
Reviewer for the following journals:
International Journal of Police Science and Management
The Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology
British Journal of Psychotherapy
Applied Cognitive Psychology
Criminal Justice and Behavior
Sociological Research Online
Research outputs
Article
Jamel, Joanna (2011) An investigation of the incidence of client-perpetrated sexual violence against male sex workers. International Journal of Sexual Health, 23(1), pp. 63-78. ISSN (print) 1931-7611
Jamel, Joanna (2010) Researching the provision of service to rape victims by specially trained police officers: the influence of gender - an exploratory study. New Criminal Law Review, 13(4), pp. 688-709. ISSN (print) 1933-4192
Jamel, Joanna, Bull, Ray and Sheridan, Lorraine (2008) An investigation of the specialist police service provided to male rape survivors. International Journal of Police Science & Management, 10(4), pp. 486-508. ISSN (print) 1461-3557
Conference or Workshop Item
Jamel, Joanna (2013) Praxis: the policing response to transphobic hate crime in London. In: ‘Sexuality in theory and practice’ Mid-term conference of the European Sociological Association Sexuality Research Network; 14 - 15 Jan 2013, Kingston upon Thames, U.K.. (Unpublished)
Jamel, Joanna (2012) Theoretical perspectives on the policing of transphobic hate crime in London. In: 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology: Thinking about context: challenges for crime and justice ; 14 - 17 Nov 2012, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.. (Unpublished)
Jamel, Joanna and King, Andrew (2011) Policing diversity and engendering the confidence of the Transgender community: an exploratory study. In: Eleventh International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations; 20-22 Jun 2011, Cape Town, South Africa.. (Unpublished)
Gaffney, Justin, Jamel, Joanna and Kowalski, Christopher (2010) Contemporary harm reduction & support service needs of male sex workers in the UK: the Sohoboyz Male Sex Worker Needs Assessment and Skills Development Programme. In: Harm reduction: the next generation; 25 - 29 Apr 2010, Liverpool, U.K.. (Unpublished)
Gafney, Justin and Jamel, Joanna (2009) Findings from male and trans sex worker on-line survey. In: UK Network of Sex Work Projects (UKNSWP) Annual Conference: Research, practice and funding: how to survive in the current climate; 22 Oct 2009, Manchester, U.K.. (Unpublished)
Jamel, Joanna, Bull, Ray and Sheridan, Lorraine (2009) An investigation of the prevalence of client-perpetrated sexual violence against male sex workers in the commercial male sex industry. In: 1st Global Conference - Good Sex, Bad Sex: Sex Crime, Law and Ethics; 4 - 6 May 2009, Budapest, Hungary. (Unpublished)
Jamel, Joanna, Bull, Ray and Sheridan, Lorraine (2008) Do the print media provide a gendered representation of rape? In: 18th Conference of the European Association of Psychology and Law; 02-05 Jul 2008, Maastricht, Netherlands. (Unpublished)
Jamel, Joanna, Bull, Ray and Sheridan, Lorraine (2007) Researching the provision of service by specially trained police officers to male rape victims: an exploratory study. In: 7th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology; 26 - 29 Sep 2007, Bologna, Italy.