Senior Lecturer in Criminology Tom Brown MA Ed., PG Dip Ed., BA Hons Community Justice., BA Hons Psych.
Senior Lecturer in Criminology
Summary
I spent 10 years as an operational Probation Officer in Sheffield, specialising in work with the 'Prolific and Priority Offending' team. I also worked with individuals on Drug Rehabilitation Requirements of Community Orders. I was lead Probation Officer for the 'Guns and Gangs' initiative in Sheffield. For the last 5 years in Probation I was a Practice Tutor Assessor, mentoring and assessing Probation Trainees on the vocational aspect of the Professional Qualification In Probation (PQiP).
I teach in a variety of fields including the Professional Qualification in Probation (PQiP), Policing Degree routes, and on UG criminology at level 5.
My research interests are diverse including; visual representation of the Probation Service 'Probation in Objects', Probation in the Pandemic, barriers to Probation as a career and the promotion of access to the Probation Service as a career more widely. I am currently working to establish outreach work regarding the Probation Service in local FE colleges and to HE establishments in England.
About
I spent 10 years as an operational Probation Officer in Sheffield, specialising in work with the 'Prolific and Priority Offending' team. I also worked with individuals on Drug Rehabilitation Requirements of Community Orders. I was lead Probation Officer for the 'Guns and Gangs' initiative in Sheffield. For the last 5 years in Probation I was a Practice Tutor Assessor, mentoring and assessing Probation Trainees on the vocational aspect of the Professional Qualification In Probation (PQiP).
I teach in a variety of fields in Probation. In the UG field I am currently involved in the UG Social Enterprise module.
My research interests are diverse, and growing; with work in 'Probation in Objects', Probation in the Pandemic, barriers to Probation as a career and promotion of access to Probation Service more widely. I have a long-standing professional interest in substance misuse recovery.
Senior Lecturer
Teaching
Sheffield Institute of Law and Justice
College of Social Sciences and Arts
Probation, Criminology, Police.
PQiP, Policing, Criminology.
Penal Policy and Punishment of Offenders
Understanding Crime and Criminal Behaviours
Risk and Society
Risk Assessment and Management
Victims, Vulnerability and Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice Realities
Real world Practice
Professional Practice on Placement
Evidence Based Policing Research Project
Operational Policing: Counter Terrorism & Digital Policing
Research
- Social and Economic Research Institute
Journal articles
Brown, T., Hudson, J., Rodgers, Z., & D'Arcy, B. (2024). How can we 'inspire' people to want to become Probation Officers? Probation Quarterly, (34), 36-41. http://doi.org/10.54006/ijqn9394
Oliver, C., Fowler, A., & Brown, T. (2024). Probation in objects. Probation Quarterly, 31, 20-25. http://doi.org/10.54006/WOMR9373
Book chapters
Fowler, A., Martin, L., Watson, A., & Brown, T. (2023). Professional Qualification in Probation and COVID-19. In Crime, Justice and COVID-19. (pp. 190-216). Policy Press: http://doi.org/10.2307/jj.3485533.14
Simulated Probation Seminars in FE providers and within HE.
Publications
Journal articles
Brown, T., Hudson, J., Rodgers, Z., & D'Arcy, B. (2024). How can we 'inspire' people to want to become Probation Officers? Probation Quarterly, (34), 36-41. http://doi.org/10.54006/ijqn9394
Oliver, C., Fowler, A., & Brown, T. (2024). Probation in objects. Probation Quarterly, 31, 20-25. http://doi.org/10.54006/WOMR9373
Book chapters
Fowler, A., Martin, L., Watson, A., & Brown, T. (2023). Professional Qualification in Probation and COVID-19. In Crime, Justice and COVID-19. (pp. 190-216). Policy Press: http://doi.org/10.2307/jj.3485533.14
Other activities
Board of Trustees; Emmaus, Sheffield.