Our team

DPSC Team

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Dr Rebecca Askew

DPSC Director

Reader Criminology

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Dr Rob Ralphs

DPSC Deputy Director

Professor Criminology and Social Policy

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Mike Salinas

Global Drug Studies Pathway Lead

Senior Lecturer Criminology

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Liviu Alexandrescu

Crime, Media, and Culture

Lecturer Criminology

Jessica Williamson

Student Engagement Lead

Lecturer Criminology

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Anna Norton

Lecturer

Criminology

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Jim McVeigh

Emeritus Professor

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Maria Hunter

Associate Lecturer

Criminology

Verity Smith

Lecturer

Criminology

DPSC Visiting Fellows

Niamh Eastwood

Visiting Professor

Release

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Zoë Welch

Visiting Fellow

Change, Grow, Live

Fiona Hutton

Visiting Fellow

Associate Professor in Criminology

Paul Kelaita

Visiting Fellow

UNSW

Isabelle Volpe

Visiting Fellow

UNSW