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Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova

Katarina’s research interests lie in the areas of forensic psychology vulnerability and evidence based practice.

Katarina Mozova finished her BSc at Canterbury Christ Church University in Psychology with Applied Criminology and later continued enriching her knowledge within the area by pursuing MSc in Forensic Psychology at the University of Kent where she graduated in 2011.

She worked with Professor Theresa Gannon exploring and assessing needs of firesetters. She also worked with Prof. Jane Wood exploring characteristics of incarcerated and street gang members. She has assisted in a pilot intervention program targeted at firesetters in prisons. She completed her PhD examining the group processes behind street gang membership. Since 2015, she is a lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University in Policing, leading on research surrounding vulnerability in the Criminal Justice System and teaching across a variety of degrees. She is Deputy Director of the Justice Support Dogs International lab and in collaboration with Dr. Elizabeth Spruin (department of Psychology) she is researching the impact of specially trained dogs as a form of witness support.  

I am the module leader for several modules across different programmes. Currently, I am the module lead for: The Criminal Justice System and How To Tell What Works (L4), Wicked Problems in Policing (L5), Young People and the Youth Justice System (L5), Research Informed policing (L6), Evidence Based Policing and Research Methods (L6), Gangs and Serious Youth Offending (L6). I also teach on postgraduate degree programmes. My specific teaching interests lie in the area of Youth Justice, Vulnerability and Professional Policing. 

Currently, Katarina’s main areas of interest are in street gang membership, witness experiences in the CJS, youth justice (e.g. CSE) and evidence based police practice.  She has also been involved in research surrounding the personal officer scheme in the HM Prison Service, male and female firesetting, and mental health and gang membership. Katarina has successfuly won internal funding bids relating to a variety of projects. She is also a member of project teams on research which gained external funding. Katarina has presented her research in applied and academic setting, as BPS Division of Forensic Psychology conference, College of Policing Research Showcase, Scotland Yard, Kent Police Leadership Day, and more. Katarina supervises both MSc and PhD students relating to topics of police professionalisations nationally and internationally, as well as vulnerability, and more. 

Research Projects

  • ‘Austerity, policing and safeguarding – Has austerity caused a deficit in the protection of youth and young people?’. Researcher(s): Mrs Joanne Prichard. Supervisor(s): Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova, Dr Martin O'Neill. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • 'Investigating the Impact of Facility Dogs in the Criminal Justice System'. Researcher(s): Miss Sanjidah Islam. Supervisor(s): Dr Philip Ulrich, Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova, Dr Liz Spruin. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • A comparative analysis of public and police perceptions of youth involvement in gangs. Researcher(s): Mr Luke Castle-Jordan. Supervisor(s): Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova, Dr Katja Hallenberg. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • A contemporary insight into Islamist extremist radicalisation and an exploration of the effectiveness of prevention and reformative strategies. Researcher(s): Mr Daniel Blanchfield. Supervisor(s): Dr Erika Brady, Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova, Dr Sarah Lieberman. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • A critical analysis of perceptions of street-based sex workers, as victims of crime, by police officers and staff in a police service in the United Kingdom. Researcher(s): Miss Amy Laidler. Supervisor(s): Dr Martin O'Neill, Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova, Professor Steve Tong. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • A critical evaluation of the historical development of policing in the Kent County Constabulary from 1950-1970. Researcher(s): Mrs Pam Mills. Supervisor(s): Dr Maryse Tennant, Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova, Dr Martin O'Neill. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • A critical evaluation of the roles within Safer School Partnerships: Understanding best practice from the perspectives of the police, school staff, parents and pupils.. Researcher(s): Mr Steven Sweeney. Supervisor(s): Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova, Dr Martin O'Neill. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • A Study into the Professionalisation of Policing by Examining the Link Between the Epistemic Authority and Self-Legitimacy of Frontline Police Constables.. Researcher(s): Mr Rich Honess. Supervisor(s): Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova, Dr Dominic Wood. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • An evaluation of a fast track detective scheme carried out by a Police service in the South of England. Researcher(s): Miss Bethany VANIDA. Supervisor(s): Dr Martin O'Neill, Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Assessing the effectiveness of a Home Counties Police Service’s sexual risk matrix in identifying sexual misconduct amongst Service employees.. Researcher(s): Mrs Natalie Snyder. Supervisor(s): Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova, Dr Martin O'Neill. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Critically analysing current policies and strategies of human trafficking within the United Kingdom.. Researcher(s): Miss Emilia Clarke. Supervisor(s): Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova, Professor Steve Tong. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • Digital vigilantism and its involvement in the arrest, conviction and sentencing of child sex offenders in England and Wales: Does unauthorised public involvement in criminal investigations hinder police progress and to what extent does this impact the outcome of the trial?. Researcher(s): Miss REBECCA MCGUIRE. Supervisor(s): Dr Martin O'Neill, Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Doctoral Research Project. Researcher(s): Mr Toby George. Supervisor(s): Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova, Dr Martin O'Neill. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • Dyslexia and law enforcement. Internally- how as an organisation the workforce is supported, how it affects key areas of policing, externally – how best to communicate with the dyslexic public.. Researcher(s): Mr Julien Lawton. Supervisor(s): Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova, Dr Martin O'Neill. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Evolving police responses to vulnerability in adolescence and extra-familial harm – The impact of the Vulnerability Knowledge and Practice programme.. Researcher(s): Mr PHIL ASHFORD. Supervisor(s): Dr Tara Dickens, Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova, Professor Susan Millns. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • How does the threatened become the threat? A critical analysis of public awareness of law and the perceived risk to public security that asylum seekers and refugees pose to the UK.. Researcher(s): Miss Amy Klosek. Supervisor(s): Dr Erika Brady, Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova, Dr Martin O'Neill. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • How have organisations that support survivors of sexual abuse and rape been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic?. Researcher(s): Miss Chloe Neal. Supervisor(s): Dr Martin O'Neill, Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • I would like to research victims withdrawals from rape cases they have reported to police. I would also like to research police perceptions of why victims withdraw.. Researcher(s): Mr Cameron Doyle. Supervisor(s): Dr Martin O'Neill, Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Intersectionality of performances of warrior masculinity by the Metropolitan police, societal interpretation of what ‘doing’ male gang member masculinity represents and the impact this has on deadly interactions by male gang affiliates in London.. Researcher(s): Ms Imogen Hirst. Supervisor(s): Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova, Professor Steve Tong, Dr Katja Hallenberg. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • Opportunities for police staff. Researcher(s): Ms Kylie Dine. Supervisor(s): Dr Perry Stanislas, Dr Dominic Wood, Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • People not just books: An investigation into the knowledge and experience of Trauma Informed Practice in the Justice System. Researcher(s): Miss Catherine O'Neill. Supervisor(s): Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova, Dr Martin O'Neill, Dr Sarah Cant. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Perceptions of Survivors and Police Officers Regarding the Police Response to Coercive Control. Researcher(s): Miss Sara Elgezouli. Supervisor(s): Dr Martin O'Neill, Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • Perceptions of the police and public in relation to human trafficking.. Researcher(s): Miss SOPHIE MCPHERSON. Supervisor(s): Dr Martin O'Neill, Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Preventing and countering CSE in SE Kent school-based peer mentorship schemes. Researcher(s): Professor Robin Bryant, Dr Sarah Christie, Mr Rob Heaton, Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova, Ms Becky Thomson. [Project report]
  • Response officer perceptions and use of discretion in modern policing. Researcher(s): Miss Jayde Nichols. Supervisor(s): Dr Martin O'Neill, Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • The Impact of Behaviour Detection Officer Training on proactive policing.. Researcher(s): Miss Mary Bolton. Supervisor(s): Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova, Dr Tara Dickens, Dr Paul Swallow. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Understanding, predicting and preventing those at risk of committing child homicide or critically injuring children in New Zealand. Researcher(s): Mr Bruce O'Brien. Supervisor(s): Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova, Dr Tara Dickens, Professor Robin Bryant. [Postgraduate Research Project]

Achievements

  • Won a 50th Anniversary PhD Scholarship at the University of Kent.
  • Successfully obtained internal funding for three projects and external funding for a project relating to CSE.
  • Presented research at a variety of conferences nationally and internationally. Engaged in international knowledge exchange.
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Faculty of Science, Engineering and Social Sciences
School of Law, Policing, and Social Sciences