Profile Summary
I completed an MSc in Applied Policing Practice at CCCU in 2019 as part of the in-service Policing Programme. Upon completion of my degree, I went straight into a part time PhD in February 2020.
Research Topic
Assessing the longitudinal impact of Participatory Action Research (PAR) on police perceptions and engagement with homeless people
Research Outline
My MSc research sought to establish the usefulness of PAR as a means of facilitating police occupational and organisational culture change in relation to homelessness using a mixed methods research framework. My initial research results were positive in terms of the observed shift in police culture and attitudes in relation to homeless people, but I acknowledged that extenuating factors (Hawthorne Effect) could have impacted my work. My PhD is the second phase of what has become an ongoing project; I am engaged in a longitudinal realistic evaluation study of PAR as a viable research approach for changing officer perceptions of homelessness.
Supervisory Team
1st Supervisor - Professor Steven Tong
2nd Supervisor - Dr Jennie Burstow
Research Outputs
To establish if PAR had an impact on police occupational and organisational culture in relation to homeless and whether the PAR research approach had an influence on officer perceptions of homeless people encountered through routine policing activity.