Miss April Smith
Biography
I am a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Psychology at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. My teaching responsibilities span Full-Time Undergraduate (FTUG), Distance Learning (DL), and Postgraduate (PG) levels. My research interests include penology and prison, peer mentoring, desistance, and female offenders. My doctoral research examined the experiences of peer mentoring in an operational women's prison in England and Wales. Currently, I am the School lead for employability and fulfil the role of Module Coordinator for the core campus-based undergraduate Psychology and Criminal Justice module. Additionally, I oversee the Distance Learning undergraduate module Forensic Psychology: Investigation. I also serve as the course leader for the campus-based MSc Criminal Psychology programme. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2017).
Research interests
Prison/Desistance/Female offending/Implict bias/Peer mentoring
Research outputs
2024
Peer mentoring and identity transformation in a women’s prison
Smith, A.
11 Oct 2024, In: Journal of Criminal Psychology
Prison is a disaster for women – here’s what would work instead
Smith, A.
16 Aug 2024, In: The Conversation