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Dr Paula Bowles

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2435-4052

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20082019

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Biography

I have worked within Criminology at the University of Northampton since 2008. I have taught across both undergraduate and postgraduate modules. Until stepping away in September 2025 I was the course leader for BA (Hons) Criminology and had previously fulfilled the same role for Joint Honours Criminology courses. 

Until the Fishmongers Hall tragedy in 2019, I co-taught CRI3006 Beyond Justice in HMP Onley to a group made up of University students and prison students. In March 2020 I was a recipient of a High Sherriff's Award, along with my colleague, Dr Manos Daskalou and colleagues from the prison.Since that time, university/prison partnerships have ceased, but we are hopeful that we will soon be able to deliver the module again. 

Research Interests

My research interests are focused on critical and historical criminology, war, institutional violence, discrimination, intersectionality, Violence Against Women and Girls [VAWG], zemiology, pacifist and feminist methodologies.

I am also interested in the writing of Agatha Christie and how it connects to popular understanding of crime and victimisation. 

 

 

Teaching Interests

Since joining the University in 2008, I have taught across most of the Criminology curriculum. Currently, I led a year one module: CRI1009 Imagining Crime where we develop curiousity around utopic and dystopic ways of thinking in relation to crime, criminality and victimisation. In year 3 I lead CRI3003 Violence utilising pacifist and feminist methodologies to explore the complexities of institutional and interpersonal violence. I also lead CRI4003 Criminology Dissertation and CRI4004 Criminology with Psychology Dissertation, as well as supervising a number of undergraduate students. Additionally, I contribute to CRI1010 From Delinquency to Criminal Careers and CRI3001 Crime and Punisment. I also supervise doctoral students. 

 

 

 

External Roles

I am currently a trustee for Northamptonshire Rape Crisis. 

I am the co-founder and regular contributor to the Thoughts from the Criminology Team. This has been going since 2017 and has attracted a readership of almost 100,000 from across the globe. 

 

 

Other Responsibilities

I am a Senior Academic Integrity Officer with a focus on contract cheating and other complex cases. 

Supervision

I supervise a number of undergradate dissertations each year. In addition, I supervise coctoral students. 

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, The Anti-Thesis of Criminological Research, University of Northampton

Award Date: 6 Jul 2022

Supervised by

    Master, Eugenic Visions of the Great War in Britain and the United States of America, 1914-1918, Oxford Brookes University

    Award Date: 27 Nov 2009

    Supervised by
    • Turda, Marius

    Bachelor, Thinking the Unthinkable: Criminology and the Holocaust, University of Northampton

    Award Date: 27 Jun 2007

    External positions

    Trustee, Northamptonshire Rape Crisis

    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 SDG(s):

    1. SDG 1 - No Poverty
      SDG 1 No Poverty
    2. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
      SDG 5 Gender Equality
    3. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
      SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
    4. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
      SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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