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CIRN Members

Membership criteria


  • Researcher Members: Those who have carried out and/or published research on criminal investigations.
  • Practitioner Members: Those who have (or have had) practical experience of involvement in crime investigation, who are dedicated to advancing the field and who are actively supportive of scholarship in this area.
  • Policy Makers: Those who have (or have had) a role in the formulation of crime investigation policy.

Director


Professor Fiona Brookman
Professor of Criminology
University of South Wales
Email: [email protected]


Co-Director

Professor Edward Maguire
Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice
Arizona State University
Email: [email protected]


CIRN Executive

Professor Martin Innes
Director of Crime and Security Research Institute
School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +44 (0) 292 087 5307

Professor Mike Maguire
Professor in Criminology
University of South Wales
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +44 (0) 144 348 2310

Dr Jorge Román Gárate
Business Excellence & Benchmarking
Dubai Police HQ
Dubai, UAE
Email: [email protected]


CIRN Members


Dr Rafael Alcadipani
Associate Professor of Organisational Studies, São Paulo School of Management of Getulio Vargas Foundation (EAESP-FGV), Brazil
Telephone: + 5511 3799 7740
Email: [email protected]


Dr Clare Allely
Lecturer in Psychology and affiliate member of the Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, Gothenburg University
University of Salford 
Email: [email protected]


Dr Cheryl Allsop
Centre for Criminology
University of South Wales
Email: [email protected]


Laura Baynton
Safeguarding Unit
Home Office
Email: [email protected] 


Dianne Beer-Maxwell
Manager of Strategic Partnerships 
The Pretrial Justice Institute
Gaithersburg, Washington DC
Email: [email protected]


Professor Richard R. Bennett
Department of Justice, Law & Society
American University, Washington DC
Email: [email protected]


Laure Brimbal, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Criminal Justice and Criminology
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX 78666
Email: [email protected]

 

Henrique Britto
Investigative Reasoning Researcher
Laboratory of Teaching and Research in Cognition and Justice
Brazilian Academy of Criminal Sciences (ABCCRIM)
Email: [email protected]


Professor Rod Broadhurst
Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing & Security
Australian National University
Email: [email protected]


Chief Superintendent Sally Burke
Divisional Commander 
South Wales Police
Email: [email protected]


Dean Dabney
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology 
Georgia State University 
Email: [email protected]

Professor Jim Fraser
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Email: [email protected]

Dr F. Jeane Gerard
Research Associate
Research Centre in Psychology, Behaviour and Achievement
Coventry University
Email: [email protected]

Jorge Gonzalez S
Master of Education.
Comisario PDI Chile (and former homicide detective).  
Email: [email protected]
 

Francis Christopher Hall CPP, PCI
Private Investigator
Daly City, California
Email: [email protected]


Dr Peter Hall
Senior Lecturer, Forensic & Investigative Studies
Coventry University
Email: [email protected]


Dr Charlotte Harris
British Society of Criminology Executive Director
Email: [email protected]


Professor Eric W. Hickey
Dean, California School of Forensic Studies, Alliant International University, California
Email: [email protected]


Joseph R. Hoffman
Director of Training at the Burroughs Group/Consultant and Expert Witness
Washington D.C., USA


CIRN Members


Dr Richard Hough
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
University of West Florida
Email: [email protected]


Paul Hurley QPM
Managing Director 
TIER Consultants ltd.
Email: [email protected]

Dean Jones
Senior Forensic Pathology Manager
Forensic Pathology Unit 
Regulatory and Strategic Support
Home Office Science
Email: [email protected]

Dr Helen Jones
Research Fellow 
Department of Criminology
University of South Wales 
Email: [email protected]


Dr Imogen Jones
Associate Professor in Law
University of Leeds
Email: [email protected]


Detective Superintendent Nev Kemp
Sussex Police Commander for the City of Brighton and Hove, Sussex Police
Email: [email protected]

Paul Kemp
Regional SIO Adviser (West), Crime Operational Support 
National Policing Improvement Agency
Email: [email protected]


Williams R.King, PhD
Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, Boise State University
Boise, Idaho
E-mail: [email protected]


Dr Peter Klerks
Strategic Advisor to the Board of Procurators General in The Hague
Email: [email protected]

Dr Christopher Lawless
Associate Professor
Durham University
Email: [email protected]


Phil Lee
Award Leader
Policing and Criminal Investigation Studies
Staffordshire University
Email: [email protected]


Chief Superintendent Dorian Lloyd
Head of Professional Standards 
South Wales Police
Email: [email protected]


Martyn Lloyd-Evans 
Independent Review Consultant
Email: [email protected]

Ashley Mancik, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
University of South Carolina
Email: [email protected]


Marni Manning
PhD Candidate 
Tony Fitzgerald Scholarship recipient
School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Griffith University
Queensland, Australia.
Email: [email protected]


DCI Julie MacKay
Detective Chief Inspector
Criminal Standards, Gloucestershire Constabulary
Email: [email protected]


Professor Kimberly D. McCorkle
Professor and Chair, Department of Legal Studies, Public Administration, and Sport Management
University of West Florida
Email: [email protected]

Duncan McGarry MBE
National Police Family Liaison Advisor, Specialist Crime Operational Support
National Policing Improvement Agency
Email: [email protected]


Associate Professor Amber C McKinley
Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security
Charles Sturt University
Email: [email protected]

Professor Barry Mitchell
Professor of Criminal Law & Criminal Justice
Coventry University
Email: [email protected]


Captain G. Nichols Jr.
Deputy Chief, Prince George’s County Police Department
Upper Malboro, Maryland 
Email: [email protected]


Dr Martin O'Neill
Senior Lecturer
Criminal Investigation
Canterbury Christchurch University
Email: [email protected]


Detective Chief Inspector John Oldham
Metropolitan Police Service
Email: [email protected]


Professor Ken Pease
Visiting Professor, Loughborough University, UCL, University of Manchester
Email: [email protected]


Jonathan Dantas Pessoa
Criminal Investigator
Policia Civil do Estado de Pernambuco -Brasil.
Email: [email protected]

CIRN Members


DCI Chris Persurich
Detective Chief Inspector
Criminal Investigation Department, Carabinieri Milano
2^ Section, Homicide Unit
Email: [email protected]


Dr Sophie Pike
Senior Lecturer in Criminology
Bath Spa University
Email:  [email protected]


Juliet Prince
Lecturer
Policing and Criminal Investigation Studies
Staffordshire University
Email: [email protected]


Detective Chief Inspector Colin Richards 
Policing Consultant at Bluelight Space Ltd, UK

Detective Sergeant David Steven Roberts 
Investigative Training Unit 
Learning Development Services 
South Wales Police 
Email: [email protected]

Assistant Chief Constable Louisa Rolfe
Avon & Somerset Police
Email: [email protected]

Malcolm Ross
Crime Investigation, Crisis Management & Training Consultant
Email: [email protected]

Chief Inspector Mark Scoular
Police Military Liaison Officer
Office of the National Coordinator – Protect and Prepare 
Email: [email protected]

Gerard Snel
EMTP Programme Manager 
Police Academy of the Netherlands
Email: [email protected]

Dr Peter Stelfox
Major Crime Investigation Consultant
Editor of ACPO Homicide Working Group Journal of Homicide and Major Incident Investigation
Email: [email protected]

Dr Joakim Sturup
Swedish National Board of Forensic Medicine
Email: [email protected]


Professor Gillian Tully CBE
Professor of Practice for Forensic Science Policy and Regulation
Email: [email protected]


Interim Chief of Police H. Velez
Bureau of Investigation
Prince George’s County Police Department
Email: [email protected]


Chief Superintendent Ian Waterfield
Nottinghamshire Police
Chair of the Professional Development Committee of the National Homicide Working Group
Email: [email protected]

Professor Charles Wellford
Professor Emeritus of Criminology and Criminal Justice
University of Maryland
Email: [email protected]

William Wells, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Director of Research
Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas
Sam Houston State University
Email: [email protected]

Dr Louise Westmarland
Senior Lecturer in Criminology & Social Policy, Open University
Email: [email protected]

Professor Dana Wilson-Kovacs
Senior Lecturer in Sociology
Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology
University of Exeter
E-mail: [email protected]


Jan-Martin Winter
Investigative Psychologist
Dutch National Police
Central Unit, DSO
E-mail: [email protected]


Dan Winterich, J. D.
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Lakeland Community College
Email: [email protected]


Dr Christina Witt
Detective, Homicide Unit
Calgary Police Service
Email: [email protected]


Dr Penny S. Woolnough
Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology
Associate Director Scottish Institute for Policing Research, Division of Psychology & Forensic Science, School of Applied Science, Abertay University, Dundee
Email: [email protected]


Dr Michelle Wright
Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology
Manchester Metropolitan University
Email: [email protected]

Dr David Wyatt
Research Fellow in Social Science
King's College London
Email: [email protected]


Dr Debbie Zeraschi
Temporary Detective Inspector
Head of Major Crime Review Unit
South Wales Police
E-mail: [email protected]