Kevin Lawton-Barrett

I joined CCCU in 2004 from Kent Police to teach on the Forensic Investigation and Policing degrees.

I joined CCCU as a Senior Lecturer in 2004 after helping with teaching on an ad hoc basis for the Forensic Investigation degree.

Before that, I was a Senior Crime Scene Investigator with Kent Police. In that role I initially managed the forensic intelligence process and was responsible for managing the forensic aspects of major and serious crimes, such as murders, as well as the force's forensic response to CBRN offences after 9/11.

Previously I had been an operational CSI and trained police officers in crime scene management and forensic investigation at Kent Police's Centre for Investigative Skills. Occasionally, I consult for Historic England and have been called upon to review the crime scene management in R v Gilfoyle, and forensic strategies for other cases as well as examining forensic processes surrounding sexual assault in Kenya for the German government.

I have also contributed to Blackstone's Handbook for Policing Students since its inception.

My teaching and research focus are on crime scene investigation, forensic strategies and heritage crime.

I have taught on many modules in forensic investigation for a range of degree schemes.

Currently, I teach on:

Level 4 (Introducing Forensic Investigation)
Level 6 (Major and Critical Scene Investigation) as well as supporting other related modules.

In the past I have taught on Expert Witnesses, Volume and Serious CSI and other forensic related modules.

My main research interests are in:

Crime scene investigation
Forensic strategies in major and volume crime
Where forensic science can be used to prevent or investigate offences against cultural heritage.

I routinely support Historic England's agenda to protect and investigate crimes against heritage assets and am currently co-authoring a book on the subject.

In 2017 I was briefly appointed to the National Police Chief's Council Heritage and Cultural Property Working Group.

I was appointed an expert witness in the case of R v Gilfoyle and have consulted for a number of other cases.

Blackstone's handbook for policing students 2023 Graca, S., Bryant, R., Lawton-Barrett, K., Gilbert, P., Hooper, G., Jones, N., Blackburn, B., McCormack, T., Mitchell, S., Nunn, J., O'Neill, M., Owens, J., (04 Oct 2022). Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Book]
Blackstone's handbook for policing students 2021 Graca, S., Bryant, R., Lawton-Barrett, K., Gilbert, P., Hooper, G., Jones, N., Blackburn, B., McCormack, T., Mitchell, S., Nunn, J., O'Neill, M., Owens, J.. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Book]
Blackstone's handbook for policing students 2020 Graca, S., Bryant, R., Lawton-Barrett, K., Gilbert, P., Hooper, G., Jones, N., Blackburn, B., McCormack, T., Mitchell, S., Nunn, J., O'Neill, M., Owens, J.. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Book]
Blackstone's handbook for policing students 2018 Graca, S., Bryant, R., Lawton-Barrett, K., Gilbert, P., Hooper, G., Jones, N., Blackburn, B., McCormack, T., Mitchell, S., Nunn, J., O'Neill, M., Owens, J., (31 Aug 2017). Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Book]
Blackstone's handbook for policing students 2017 Graca, S., Lawton-Barrett, K., Gilbert, P., Hooper, G., Jones, N., Lerpiniere, P., McCormack, T., Mitchell, S., Nunn, J., O'Neill, M., Owens, J., (08 Sep 2016): Open University Press. [Book]
Blackstone's handbook for policing students 2017 Blackburn, B., Graca, S., Lawton-Barrett, K., Gilbert, P., Hooper, G., Jones, G., Lerpiniere, P., McCormack, T., Mitchell, S., Nunn, J., O'Neill, M., Owens, J., Straine-Francis, V., Underwood, R., Wood, D., (08 Sep 2016). Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Book]
Blackstone's handbook for policing students 2016 Graca, S., Lawton-Barrett, K., O'Neill, M., Tong, S., Underwood, R., Wood, D., (10 Sep 2015). Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Book]
Capacity building at the Kenyan Government Chemist Lawton-Barrett, K.. Bonn, Germany: GIZ. [Report]

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