Charlotte Rigby is a Lecturer in Criminology within the School of Criminal Justice. Charlotte’s academic career started at Staffordshire University, where she obtained a BA (Hons) in Sociology, followed by an MA in Sociology and Social Justice. Whilst reading for her doctorate, Charlotte worked as a lecturer in Criminology and undertook further pedagogical development by studying for her Postgraduate Certificate in Higher and Professional Education (PgCHPE). She was awarded Fellowship of Advanced HE upon completion.
Akua Arthur is a Lecturer within the School of Criminal Justice. Along with a BA (Joints hons) in Criminology and International Relations, Akua has successfully completed an MA in Social Policy and Development from Middlesex University as well as a MA in Research Methods from the University of Nottingham. Akua is currently in the closing stages of a 6-year part-time PhD at the University of Nottingham, where she has spent extensive time researching on prostitution and sexual and reproductive health policy in her home country of Ghana, West Africa.
Dr. David Honeywell is a lecturer in criminology at Arden University. He is also currently a co-Investigator for large scale study funded by the NHIR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) working on the PROSPECT programme (Prevention of suicide behaviour in prison: enhancing access to therapy).
Dr. David Temple is a Lecturer in Criminology within the School of Criminal Justice. joined Arden University as a lecturer in Criminology after previously working at as a research associate at Teesside University and lecturer at Leeds Trinity University. His previous research experience includes working with older male offenders in their desistance attempts within a probation setting, which informed his doctoral research. David holds a PhD in criminology from Teesside University and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Dr. Darren Woodward completed his PhD in Criminology in 2018. It was a qualitative research project that examined the community experiences of men who had been convicted of child sex offences. He has worked at The University Centre Grimsby where he was a Programme Leader for criminology, and Coventry University (Scarborough Campus) where he taught on the Professional Policing (pre-join) programme, before joining Arden’s School of Criminal Justice in May 2022. Darren is also an ex-prison officer, having served for just under 17 years.
Dr. Saeb El Kasm is a Lecturer in Criminology at Arden University’s School of Criminal Justice and leads the Academic Personal Tutor (APT) scheme which provides students with active academic support and guidance. His research explores the challenges and possibilities of digital technology as a medium for fighting corruption, upholding human rights, resisting state crime and ‘unmasking the crimes of the powerful.’
Richard embarked on his academic journey at Monash University in South Africa, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminology (with Honours) and International Studies. His exceptional performance in his Honours Degree and thesis earned him the Certificate of Excellence in 2011. His thesis was a mixed methods research endeavor entitled “Exploring the philosophical values of Ubuntu, as a mechanism of healing and reconciliation, in a Post-Apartheid South African Township”.
Christina completed her PhD conducting the first UK and European study exploring how youth disengage from violent youth street gangs. Christina has over 20 years’ experience working primarily with NGO’s. she is co-founder and former Executive Chair of the Charity Mothers Against Violence, established in 1999 to support victims and their families of homicide and other serious violent crimes.
Dr Robert Lee joined Arden University in 2023 and is a senior lecturer in Criminology within the School of Criminal Justice. He completed his PhD in Sociology at the University of Leeds where he focussed on the social productivity and function of anonymity and the ways in which expanding surveillance technologies and practices are eroding the capacity to be anonymous in the 21st century. His research and subject knowledge is interdisciplinary in nature, located within and across Surveillance Studies and Digital Sociology with a wider interest in the social theory of Zygmunt Bauman.
Dr. Mark Horsley joined Arden University in 2023 as a Senior Lecturer. He is part of the school management team for criminal justice and teaches on the criminology programme at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Mark has conducted research on financial markets, debt-based economies, legal/illegal forms of consumer finance, use of consumer finance for illegal purposes and on a few different aspects of criminological theory. He is the author of The Dark Side of Prosperity, a book about the consequences of mass indebtedness in the aftermath of the 2008/9 financial crisis.
