Mr Tom Brown BSc Hons, BA Hons
Senior Lecturer in Criminology
Summary
I am a Senior lecturer in Criminology. I predominantly teach on the Professional Qualification in Probation (PQiP), although do also have involvement in the Criminology Under-Graduate Programme.
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
Criminology - Criminal Justice Learning
Professional Qualification in Probation.
Criminology UG
Research
Fowler, A., Martin, L., Watson, L., & Brown, T. (Forthcoming) Professional Qualification in Probation and COVID-19. In Kay, C. & Case, S. (Eds.) Crime, Justice and COVID19. U.K.
Probation in 40 Objects
Barriers to Probation as a career
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