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Ashley Bushell

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Penology, Rehabilitation, Risk Assessment, Risk Management, Offender Profiling, Criminal Justice, Offender Management, Public Protection, Punishment, Criminal Justice Response, Domestic Abuse, Masculinity

Job title:

Associate Lecturer in Criminology

Biography:

Ashley has been an Associate Lecturer at the University of Worcester since August 2024. Ashley identifies himself as a ‘Pracademic’ bringing experiences from practice to help inform academic perspectives, drawing upon his own experiences of working within practice within the Criminal Justice System, specialising over the years in working with specific groups of males who have been convicted of criminal offences. Ashley enjoys teaching and researching on a variety of different criminological topics. Although his specialisms are Penology and Offending Behaviour. Ashley’s PhD research which is currently ongoing, is exploring the Normalisation and Acceptance of Violence amongst Prison Staff, using practice and lived experiences of staff to provide an understanding of violence within prisonmore...

Qualifications:

PhD in Criminal Justice Studies - Ongoing MSc in Criminal Psychology and Criminal Justice (2021) BA (Hons) in Criminology and Criminal Justice (2019)

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Bushell, Ashley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5967-2069 (2026) 'Behind Bars and Beyond Boundaries': Prison Violence and the Normalisation of Harm. In: British Society of Criminology Conference 2026, From: Tuesday 7 July 2026, 9 am To: Friday 10 July 2026, 6 pm, Nottingham. (Submitted)
Bushell, Ashley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5967-2069 (2026) Boundaries and Barriers: Navigating the Ethics of Prison-Based Research. In: British Society of Criminology Conference 2026, From: Tuesday 7 July 2026, 9 am To: Friday 10 July 2026, 6 pm, Nottingham. (Submitted)
Bushell, Ashley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5967-2069 (2026) Domestic Violence and Masculinity. In: Encyclopaedia of Domestic Violence. Springer Nature. (In Press)
Bushell, Ashley Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5967-2069 (2025) Prison Violence, a staff perspective: An initial exploration of the identified themes within adult male prisons within the Midlands Region. In: Criminal Justice and Society: Diverse Perspectives on Crime and Solutions, 16th May 2025, University of Worcester. (Unpublished)
Bushell, Ashley Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5967-2069 (2025) Prison the false environment. In: British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2025: Social Transformations, 23-25 April 2025, University of Manchester, UK. (Unpublished)
Bushell, Ashley Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5967-2069 (2024) Insider perspective: Violence the view from a Pracademic Lens to PhD. In: Institutional Care or Control: Past & Present Symposium, Monday 16th December 2024, Edgbaston Campus, University of Birmingham. (Unpublished)

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#	Item title
1.	Prison Violence, a staff perspective: An initial exploration of the identified themes within adult male prisons within the Midlands Region	95
2.	Insider perspective: Violence the view from a Pracademic Lens to PhD	76
3.	Prison the false environment	73
4.	'Behind Bars and Beyond Boundaries': Prison Violence and the Normalisation of Harm	18
5.	Boundaries and Barriers: Navigating the Ethics of Prison-Based Research	9
6.	Domestic Violence and Masculinity	2

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