Dr Jayne Price

I currently share the programme leader role for Criminology. I am the leader for level four modules Contemporary Youth Justice and Policing, Crime and Society.

In addition, I teach on the level six module Punishments and Penology and have also taught on the following modules: Crime Continuities and Change and Crime Prevention and Community Safety.

My principal research interests lie within the youth justice agenda and young adults experience of the Criminal Justice System. My PhD was a collaborative project with Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. This research aimed to ‘explore pathways and transitions between juvenile and adult penal institutions’ and sought to establish the most effective and progressive ways of supporting young people through their transition. The research findings intend to contribute to the on-going collective reflexive learning of policy and practise. As an early career researcher, I have worked on a participatory research project exploring staff, children and young peoples’ perspectives of Youth Offending Services during Covid-19 which received internal funding. I have also led a project exploring widening participation and the involvement of those with criminal convictions accessing and participating in University life.

Funding

2021 University of Chester QR funding call

Internal QR funding for research projects. Successful for £2000 to continue research project entitled: ‘The experiences of staff and young people in the criminal justice services during COVID-19’. The additional funding allowed for further data collection and dissemination of findings including providing the opportunity for young people who write lyrics as part of the data collection to record their music. Dr Dean Wilkinson (Principal Investigator), Charlene Crossey (Co-Investigator) and Dr Jayne Price (Co-Investigator).

2020 University of Chester Covid-19 priorities short-term QR funding call

Internal QR funding for research projects with a Covid-19 focus. Successful for £9419.10 application for research project entitled: ‘The experiences of staff and young people in the criminal justice services during COVID-19’ Charlene Crossey (Principal Investigator), Dr Dean Wilkinson (Co-Investigator) and Dr Jayne Price (Co-Investigator).

Wilkinson, D., Price, J. and Crossley, C. (2022) Developing creative methodologies: using lyric writing to capture young peoples’ experiences of the youth offending services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Criminological Policy and Practice. Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print.

Price, J. (2021). Ethically sensitive research with ‘children’ and ‘adults’ in custody, in G. Spencer (ed.) Ethics and Integrity in Research with Children and Young People (pp. 57-72). Emerald Publishing.

Price, J. (2021). The impacts of the drop in staffing provision in the transition between the youth custody estate and young adult/adult estate. Prison Service Journal, 256, pp. 23-29. PSJ 256 September 2021 Inside Pages

Price, J. (2021) Violence, Control and Restraint: The Harms to Young Adults Particularly Upon Transition, The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice.

Price, J. & Turner, J. (2021) (Custodial) spaces to grow? Adolescent development during custodial transitions, Journal of Youth Studies.

Price, J. (2020) The experience of young people transitioning between youth offending services to probation services. Probation journal. Advance online publication.

Price, J. (2020) Life Imprisonment from Young Adulthood: Adaptation, Identity and Time. By Ben Crewe, Susie Hulley and Serena Wright [book review]. British Journal of Criminology. Advance online publication.

Conference presentations

British Society of Criminology 2022

Chaired and presented in Youth stream, paper entitled: Using creative methods to explore the experiences of staff and young people in Youth Justice Services during Covid-19.

European Society of Criminology Conference Presentation and Chair 2021

Chaired Juvenile Justice, Reactions, Responses and Interventions session. Presented a paper entitled ‘The criminal age of majority in England and Wales and the case for a distinct approach for young adults’.

British Society of Criminology 2021 Online Conference

The harms experienced by young adults transitioning from the youth custody estate to the adult estate.

University of Chester Learning and Teaching Institute Conference 2021

Writing retreats as spaces to build community within online learning.

Howard League for Penal Reform 2020

The particular needs of young adults who have become ‘adult’ in the criminal justice system. Paper accepted – conference cancelled due to Covid-19.

British Sociological Association – Youth Transitions workshop 2020

3rd September - Invited panel discussant PGR to ECR and youth transitions

British Society of Criminology Conference 2019 Lincoln

4th July

Youth Violence Seminar 2019 Nottingham Trent University

28th June - Attended by academics and local practitioners

Postgraduate Conference 2018 University of Liverpool

3rd July

British Sociological Association 2017 Manchester

5th April – Exploring the pathways and transitions young people experience between the juvenile secure estate and adult penal institutions.

The Politics of Marginalised Groups 2016 University of Manchester

21st September - Exploring the pathways and transitions young people experience between the juvenile secure estate and adult penal institutions.

Leeds Centre of Youth Research Child and Youth Poverty Conference 2016 Leeds

16th September - Exploring the pathways and transitions young people experience between the juvenile secure estate and adult penal institutions.

Working with Young Adult Offenders Conference 2016 Norway

1st September - Exploring the pathways and transitions young people experience between the juvenile secure estate and adult penal institutions.

British Society of Criminology Postgraduate Conference 2016 Nottingham

6th July - Exploring the pathways and transitions young people experience between the juvenile secure estate and adult penal institutions.

POP Fest Conference 2016 Manchester

5th July - Exploring the pathways and transitions young people experience between the juvenile secure estate and adult penal institutions.

• Postgraduate Certificate Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
• PhD Criminology ‘Exploring pathways and transitions between the juvenile secure estate and young adult/adult estate’ University of Liverpool
• MA Criminal Justice Liverpool John Moores University
• BA (Hons) Criminology with psychology Liverpool John Moores University

Membership

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy