I am a Senior Lecturer at Edge Hill University in the Psychosocial Analysis of Offending Behaviour and Programme Leader for the MSc in Applied Management of Offending Behaviour. My PhD investigated the social and psychological risk factors associated with young people who are gang-involved and their relationship to desistance from gangs and crime. I was a recipient of a National Gang Crime Research Centre Frederick Milton Thrasher Award in 2017 for Superior Research into Gangs, and in 2020 for Superior Accomplishments in Gang Training.

In the UK I have worked on youth-offending intervention projects in the north west of England with a focus on preventing and supporting young people involved in violent offending, and is committed to researching and implementing ways to support young people away from criminal involvement.

I am also currently conducting a study on the role of military veterans in law enforcement and crisis intervention with one of the agencies who hosted me for my Churchill Fellowship.