Lecturer in Criminology
Ethnography, Neurodiversity, Gender, Mental health, Learning disabilities, Forensic services
I research people's experiences of health, criminal justice, and social care services. I have published research on self-harm, violence and abuse, and behavioural management strategies such as physical restraint, seclusion, and constant observation. I have also written about NHS leadership, drug use, domestic abuse, accessibility, families, and social care. I have presented my work at conferences in the UK, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Denmark, including keynotes about self-harm and gender at the Royal Society for Medicine, and about women's experiences of seclusion in mental health units at the Restraint Reduction Network. My PhD study was an ethnography of forensic wards for women with learning disabilities and/or autism. Some of my work was featured in NICE Guidance evidence reviews, and
more...I research people's experiences of health, criminal justice, and social care services. I have published research on self-harm, violence and abuse, and behavioural management strategies such as physical restraint, seclusion, and constant observation. I have also written about NHS leadership, drug use, domestic abuse, accessibility, families, and social care. I have presented my work at conferences in the UK, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Denmark, including keynotes about self-harm and gender at the Royal Society for Medicine, and about women's experiences of seclusion in mental health units at the Restraint Reduction Network. My PhD study was an ethnography of forensic wards for women with learning disabilities and/or autism. Some of my work was featured in NICE Guidance evidence reviews, and mentioned in a recent Hansard Debate (Vol 815, 2021).
I have taught modules on Gender, Sex and Bodies, Violence and Society, Drugs and Society, Contemporary Social Problems.
I am Managing Editor of the journal Disability & Society.
Please see my featured research summaries here: https://drrebeccafish.wordpress.com/
BA, MA, PhD