Dr Sarah Goodwin MPhil, MA (Cantab), PG

I gained my PhD from the University of Sheffield in 2016, researching how women move on from (or "desist") from crime. For this, I spent significant time based at Together Women Sheffield- a community centre in Sheffield that caters for women involved (and at risk of involvement) in the Criminal Justice System. 

I joined Sheffield Hallam in September 2014 and have taught on a variety of Law, Criminology, and Clinical modules. I have also received my PGCert for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.

In 2018 I was awarded, with my module team, the British Society of Criminology's Award for Excellence in Teaching Criminology for our design and delivery of our Level 6 module "Making Desistance and Recovery a Reality". We continue to work with a number of external partners on this.

I am research active and have presented at a number of national and international conferences.

I cover both Law and Criminology modules, and am interested in possibilities for integrating good quality innovation (both technological and artistic) into my teaching. I also enjoy preparing students for the reality of work in Criminal Justice and Legal professions.

Department Of Law and Criminology

Social Sciences and Arts

Law and Criminology

Making Desistance and Recovery a Reality
Undergraduate Criminology Supervisions
Criminal Law and Practice
Academic Advising

Law and Criminology

Criminal Law, Forms of Crime, Graduate Research and Development, Streetlaw Prisons and Mentally Disordered Offenders

I am engaged in a new collaborative project researching desistance among Muslim Women in the UK. I also have interests in artistic methods and dissemination in research.
I continue to present and publish based on my doctoral research.

Journal articles

Goodwin, S. (2020). 'Keeping busy' as agency in early desistance. Criminology and Criminal Justice. http://doi.org/10.1177/1748895820939223

Goodwin, S. (2013). Arts groups as community-based criminal justice interventions: Sarah Goodwin looks at the benefits for the people who attend and the organisations that run them. Criminal Justice Matters, 93 (1), 30-31. http://doi.org/10.1080/09627251.2013.833796

Book chapters

Goodwin, S. (2016). Lived desistance: understanding how women experience giving up offending. In Robinson, A., & Hamilton, P. (Eds.) Moving on from crime and substance use: transforming identities. (pp. 67-90). Bristol: Policy Press: http://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1t88xzs.8

Goodwin, S. (2014). Relatively supported? : desisting women and relational influences. In Shapland, J., de Maillard, J., Farrall, S., Groenemeyer, A., & Ponsaers, P. (Eds.) Desistance, Social Order and Responses to Crime: Today's Security Issues. GERN Research Paper Series 2014. (pp. 13-28). Antwerpen: Maklu

I am a member of the British Society of Criminology, European Society of Criminology, and the Howard League for Penal Reform's Early Career Academics Network.