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Dr Matthew Millings

School of Justice Studies

Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies

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Matthew Millings is a Reader in Criminal Justice in the School of Justice Studies. He teaches across the Criminal Justice programmes and supports the development of practitioner-led research through his role as Course Leader for the MA/PG Dip in Evidence-Informed Practice. Matthew's research interests concern 1) the structure and delivery of multi-agency working within criminal justice; 2) organisational change, innovation, and reform within criminal justice; and 3) exploring and developing the role of research in informing criminal justice policy and practice.

As Principal Investigator, Matthew is currently (2021-2024) working on a three-year ESRC funded project titled ‘Rehabilitating Probation: Rebuilding culture, identify and legitimacy in a reformed public service’ (Ref ES/W001101/1). The project is examining and tracking the experiences and consequences of the reunification of probation services in England and Wales in 2021 and the profound reorganisation of rehabilitation services that have ensued. The project is capturing experiences (a) at local, regional and national levels; and (b) from a range of perspectives, both internal and external to the probation service, see project website here - https://rehabilitating-probation.org.uk/. The study builds upon a previous ESRC-funded study in 2014-15, that Matthew led as Principal Investigator, which examined the experiences of probation staff in one case study area as they transitioned from public to private sector employment as the Transforming Rehabilitation Reform programme created a mixed economy of probation service provision (Ref ES/M000028/1).

Matthew has on-going and recent experience working as a Co-Investigator on projects concerned with the operation and impact of the work of multi-agency Violence Reduction Units in reducing victimisation and promoting public safety; on an EU funded project titled 'Reducing Reoffending in the EU' that examined the challenges and potential of transforming innovative criminal justice policy and practice in three European jurisdictions; and has previously conducted funded research into the innovation practice of the North Liverpool Community Justice Centre and British Academy funded research that explored the role of the police in young British Asian men's situated negotiation of identity (Ref SG102069). Between 2015-2017 Matthew worked, on secondment, as the Senior Research Fellow and Project Manager on a joint College of Policing and HEFCE funded Police Knowledge Partnership between LJMU, the Office of the Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner and Merseyside Police. The project involved teams of LJMU Research Fellows and Seconded Officers (working as Advanced Practitioner Fellows) from Merseyside Police delivering formal research training and supervision to cohorts of officers and staff to stimulate engagement with, and implementation of, evidence-based practice.

During his time at LJMU Matthew has had course leadership responsibilities of the MA Criminal Justice programme(s), the MA/Postgraduate Diploma in Evidence-Informed Practice, module leadership and/or teaching involvement across a range of modules at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and supported 7 PhD students through to completion.

Degrees

2009, Keele University, United Kingdom, PhD, Criminology
2001, University of Hull, United Kingdom, MA, Criminology
1999, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, BA (with first-class honours), Criminology and Social Policy

Academic appointments

Reader in Criminal Justice, School of Justice Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, 2019 - present
Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice, School of Law, Liverpool John Moores University, 2006 - 2019
Temporary Lecturer in Criminology, Department of Criminology, Keele University, 2004 - 2005

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