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Dr Martin O'Neill

Dr Martin O'Neill is a Senior Lecturer in Criminal Investigation at CCCU within the School of Law, Criminal Justice and Policing.

Dr O'Neill currently has responsibility as Programme Director for the new BSc Criminal Investigation degree, and the University Diploma in Criminal Investigation. He heads the following modules: Criminal investigation (Professional Policing degree), Investigating Crime, Evidence relating to Criminal Investigation and Investigative Interviewing (all level 5), major crime and investigating sexual and domestic abuse modules at level 6.

His research interests include all aspects of homicide investigation, investigative decision-making, investigating suspicious deaths, major crime reviews, and threat to life.

Dr O'Neill has the following qualifications:

LLB (law degree), LLM (master in law), MSc (research), MA (Education), PhD, PGCE. PGCAP, and is now FHEA

His PhD (2011) is entitled: “What makes a successful volume crime investigator?”

He supervises both Masters and PhD students and has experienced supervisor status.

See profile for subject matter expertise. Dr ONeill currently has responsibilities in the following areas:

Programme director

  • Criminal Investigation BSc
  • University Diploma in Criminal Investigation

Module leader

  • Level 5: Criminal Investigation (Canterbury)
  • Level 5: Investigating Crime (Canterbury)
  • Level 5: Evidence (Canterbury)
  • Level 5: Investigative Interviewing (Canterbury)
  • Level 6: Major Crime Investigation (Canterbury)
  • Level 6: Investigating Sexual and domestic abuse (Canterbury)

Dr O'Neill currently has supervision for Masters Students and a PhD student.

He is currently conducting research into an Advanced Detective Programme undertaken by Kent Police officers between 2003 and 2008, fast track detective scheme, and the direct entry detective scheme in the Metropolitan Police.

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]
  • 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]
  • 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]
  • ASEAN Bridging the Gap in AI governance. Researcher(s): Ms Josephine Chee. Supervisor(s): Associate Professor Jaspal Kaur Sadhu Singh, Dr Martin O'Neill. [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]
  • Development of a multipurpose competency device that links police practice to police training. Researcher(s): Mr HARRY PEETERS. Supervisor(s): Professor Robin Bryant, Dr Martin O'Neill. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • 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]
  • Do not require it, but strongly suggest it - see notes in attachment. Researcher(s): Miss Susanna Mitchell. Supervisor(s): Dr Martin O'Neill, Professor Robin Bryant. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Doctoral Research Project. Researcher(s): Mr Ross Evans. Supervisor(s): Dr Martin O'Neill, Professor Steve Tong. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • Doctoral Research Project. Researcher(s): Mr Bradley Barton. Supervisor(s): Dr Martin O'Neill, Professor Steve Tong. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • Doctoral Research Project. Researcher(s): Mr Andrew Whittle. Supervisor(s): Dr Martin O'Neill, Dr Dominic Wood. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • Doctoral Research Project. Researcher(s): Mr Philip Tovey. Supervisor(s): Dr Dominic Wood, Dr Martin O'Neill. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • 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]
  • How Can Community Policing be used to improve Public Perception of the Police in Current Times of Austerity?. Researcher(s): Miss CARLY MCILWAIN. Supervisor(s): Dr Martin O'Neill, Professor Steve Tong. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • 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]
  • Investigating homicide in a digital era. Researcher(s): Ms Tiggey May. Supervisor(s): Dr Martin O'Neill, Professor Steve Tong. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • Male Survivors of Sexual Offences and the Criminal Justice System: Current Practice and The Implications of DSD v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.. Researcher(s): Miss Kathryn Phillips. Supervisor(s): Dr Martin O'Neill, Professor David Bates. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • National Security and Culture of the Police: A Critical Comparative Legal Analysis of Statutory Interpretation of Police Provisions and Judicial Powers in the UK, Australia, Botswana and Nigeria.. Researcher(s): Mr Lawrence Adele. Supervisor(s): Dr Narissa Ramsundar, Dr Martin O'Neill. [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]
  • PIP level 1 investigators investigating PIP level 2 crime. Researcher(s): Mr David Richardson. Supervisor(s): Dr Martin O'Neill, Dr Richard McManus. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • POLICING THE POLICE: AN ANALYSIS OF PRACTITIONER VIEWS OF THE IOPC’S LEARNING THE LESSONS BULLETINS.. Researcher(s): Mr Luke Staddon. Supervisor(s): Professor Steve Tong, Dr Martin O'Neill. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • 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]
  • Simply brilliant or brilliantly simple? Practitioners perspectives of the utility of the national decision model in relation to criminal investigations.. Researcher(s): Mr Joshua Edwards. Supervisor(s): Dr Martin O'Neill, Professor Steve Tong. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • The media’s effect on new police recruits. A review of whether the media narrative regarding policing has any effect on new recruits to policing.. Researcher(s): Mr SIMON HUTCHISON. Supervisor(s): Dr Perry Stanislas, Dr Martin O'Neill. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • The professional development of state and corporate criminal investigators and governance processes that oversee these arrangements. Researcher(s): Mr Stewart Hill. Supervisor(s): Dr Martin O'Neill, Dr Sarah Lieberman. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Toward a Holistic Model for Criminal Investigations: Identification and Critical Evaluation of Existing Criminal Investigative Models available to Senior Investigating Officers. Researcher(s): Mr ERIK VALBERG. Supervisor(s): Dr Martin O'Neill, Professor David Bates. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • What is the value of Covert Human Intelligence Sources to policing?. Researcher(s): Miss KRISTINA GRZIBOVSKA. Supervisor(s): Dr Martin O'Neill, Professor Steve Tong. [Postgraduate Research Project]

Occasional lecturer (gratis) for Maidstone charity RubiconCares in areas such as sexual offences, domestic abuse and stalking.

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Faculty of Science, Engineering and Social Sciences
School of Law, Policing, and Social Sciences