Academic Profile

I graduated with a Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield in 2007 having previously graduated from Sheffield's MA in International Criminology programme. I am now Lecturer in Criminology and Law.

Member of the Centre for Criminological Research Cluster.

Qualifications

PhD, University of Sheffield
MA in International Criminology, University of Sheffield
LL.B., University of Leicester

Teaching and Learning

I am committed to research–led teaching and frequently draw upon my specific research areas, as well as my more general experience of research, to ensure students are getting the most exciting, cutting-edge perspectives on the topic at hand. Most recently my new Green Criminology module draws extensively on research I am presently undertaking (and a book I am in the process of writing) on Environmental Victims in national and international legal systems. The course also allows students to contribute to this research.

The modules I teach are:

Undergraduate	Postgraduate and MA
Victimisation, Policing and Crime Prevention	The Cultures of Criminology
Green Criminology	Gender and Violence
Understanding Criminology	Responding to Crime In Europe
Understanding Criminology: Advanced Level Introduction
Criminal Evidence
Criminal Law
Criminal Process
Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice
The Rehabilitation of Offenders

Research Interests

My main research focus has been on victimisation and, in particular, victims of crime within the criminal justice system, on which I am the author of two research monographs. I am interested in criminal procedure generally and the applicability of concepts of narrative and therapeutic jurisprudence to this procedure. I also have an interest in the gender issues, the mediatisation of crime and, most recently, green criminology.

Key Publications

Hall, M. (2011), Être Victime dans les Systèmes de Justice Criminelle: Relever le Défi International? (Victims in Criminal Justice Systems: Meeting the international challenge?). Criminologie, 44(2), 1-35.

Hall, M. (2010) Victims and Policy Making: A comparative perspective. Cullompton, Willan Publishing.

Hall, M. (2010) The Relationship between Victims and Prosecutors: Defending Victims’ Rights?. Criminal Law Review, 1, 31-45.

Hall, M. (2009) Victims of Crime: Policy and Practice in Criminal Justice. Cullompton, Willan Publishing.

Hall, M. (2009) Victims of Crime in Policy-Making: Local Governance, Local Responsibility?. The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 48, 267-279.

Hall, M. (2009) Children giving evidence through special measures in the criminal courts: progress and problems. Child and Family Law Quarterly, 21(1), 65-86.

View my full publication list

Recent Invited Papers and Keynote Lectures

Hall, M. (2010), Plenary Session ‘Are Victims used as Tools for the State? Are there parallels to Penal Populism?’. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of Victim Support Europe, Berlin, 27th – 29th May 2010.

Hall, M. (2010), Environmental Victims: Assessing the Liability of the State. Paper presented at the Legal and Criminological Consequences of Climate Change conference, Onati, 29th – 30th April 2010.

Professional Activities and Recognition

• I have been interviewed on behalf of the European Commission as an expert contributor in the field of victimology to assist the development of a new Directive on victims’ rights (to be announced next year).
• I have been Consulted by the South African Department of Justice and Constitutional Development for a review of South Africa’s Victim Empowerment Scheme.
• I was also consulted by the South Korean Department of Justice on matters related to state compensation for victims of crime.
• I am presently serving as an Editor for the International Review of Victimology.

Areas of Research Supervision

• Victims of crime
• Procedural justice
• Court procedure