Dr Wayne Campbell
Senior Lecturer, Criminology
Wayne was appointed as a lecturer in Criminology at the University of Chester in September 2019. He has previous teaching experience as a Visiting Lecturer at multiple Universities, having taught across both undergraduate and postgraduate levels of study. Wayne was awarded his doctorate in 2019 for his thesis titled “The roles, motivations, and capacities of the community in the desistance process: A case study of the Knowsley area”.
He has a keen interest in criminal justice policy and practice, specifically; the experiences of offenders pre-, during and post custody. With the aim of finding solutions in practice to improve rehabilitation and reduce offenders future likelihoods of re-offending.
Wayne is module leader and lecturer on the following modules:
- Level 4 – Crime Histories
- Level 6 – Criminal Representations
- Level 6 – Punishments and Penology
He also provides dissertation/thesis supervision to undergraduate & postgraduate students.
- Desistance
- Re-integration and Re-settlement of Ex-prisoners
- Penal Policy and Practice
- Citizenship and Civil Society
- Research Methods
Campbell, W. (2017) Desistance. In: Turner, J., Taylor, P., Morley, S. and Corteen, K. (eds.) A Companion to the History of Crime & Criminal Justice. Bristol: Policy Press. pp. 63-65. 9781447325871.
- PhD Criminal Justice, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom
- MA Criminal Justice (Distinction), Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom
- BA (Hons) Criminal Justice, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom
Membership
- Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy