Melindy Duffus
Melindy is the Course Leader for Criminology, Policing and Investigation, and Security Studies at BCU, and has been a lecturer in Criminology with BCU since August 2018.
Her main areas of research are around the topics of desistance, the criminal justice system and substance use.
Areas of Expertise
- Probation
- Substance Misuse
- Prisons
- Desistance
Qualifications
- BA (Honours) Criminology
- MA (Honours) Criminology
- SEDA Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Association
- Postgraduate Certificate in Research Practice
- Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching
Teaching
- UG Criminology
- PG Criminology
Research
- Service users’ experiences of the support provided in the community, with a particular focus on alcohol-related offending.
Publications
- *Brown, M., Williams, J. and Kane, D. (2018) ‘Higher Education Institutions Responding to Issues: Gender-based Violence on Campus’ (pp. 91-109). In. P. Teixeira, A. Veiga,, M. J. Rosa & A. Magalhães (eds) Under pressure? Higher Education Institutions Coping with Multiple Challenges. Leiden: Brill Publishers
- Brown, M. (2019) ‘Fact #14 The police and security services are keeping around 3000 people in the UK under surveillance for suspected terrorist activities’ (pp.83-85). In. J. Treadwell & A. Lynes. 50 Facts Everyone Should Know About Crime & Punishment in Britain. Bristol: Policy Press
- Brown, M. and Osman, S. (2020) ‘Addiction and Gaming: Chasing the Digital Dragon’ (pp. 99-111). In C. Kelly, A. Lynes & K. Hoffin (Eds.) Next-Gen Deviance. Bristol: Polity Press
- Brown, M. (2020) ‘An aging prison population’. In J. Brooke (Ed.) Dementia in Prison: An ethical framework to support research, practice and prisoners. London: Routledge
- Colliver, B. and Duffus, M. (2021) ‘Queer Space: Toilet Provision, Access and Inclusion in the West Midlands’. Sexuality Research and Social Policy
- Duffus, M. (2022) ‘Navigating Probation and Managing Substance Use: The Roles of Gender and Class’. In J. Healy and B. Colliver (Eds.) Contemporary Intersectional Criminology in the UK: Examining the Boundaries of Intersectionality and Crime. Bristol: Policy Press
- Duffus, M. (2022) ‘Karosta Prison’. In. C. Kelly, A. Lynes & J. Treadwell (Eds.) 50 Dark Destinations: A criminological analysis of contemporary tourism. Bristol: Policy Press
- Duffus, M. and Brooke, J. (2023) ‘Prison Populations, Culture, Violence, and Drug Misuse’. In J. Brooke (Ed.) Nursing in Prison. London: Springer Nature
- Duffus, M. and Colliver, B. (2023) ‘Gender, sexuality and race: An intersectional analysis of racial consumption and exclusion in Birmingham’s gay village’. Sexualities
*Previously Melindy Brown
Media Work
Television:
- Good Morning Britain (2019) ITV Television, 3 May 2019
Radio:
- Somerset Live (2019), 3 May 2019
- Lancashire Live (2019), 3 May 2019
- Shopshire Live (2019), 3 May 2019
- Surrey Live (2019), 3 May 2019
- Free Radio, 5 May 2019
Newspapers:
- Brown, M. (2019) ‘Extremists living in UK under secretive counter-terror programme'. In. J. Grierson, The Guardian [online]
- Yardley, E., Osman, S. & Brown, M. (2017) ‘If Doctor Foster was real life it would end with someone dead say criminologists’, RadioTimes [online]
Blogs:
- Brown, M. (2019) ‘Who is ‘H’? Criminologists share their theories ahead of ‘Line of Duty’ finale’, [online]
- Brown, M., Colliver, B. & Bakkali, Y. (2018) ‘Grenfell Tower Walk’, [online]
- Brown, M. (2018) ‘Positive Criminological Research – BLSS Academic Blogs’, [online]