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Dr Lindsey Metcalf McGrath

School of Justice Studies

Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies

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Lindsey is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and member of the Centre for the study of Crime, Criminalisation and Social Exclusion (CCSE). She has a background in sociology, criminology and voluntary sector research. Her research interests include the implications of social policy for socially marginalised groups; inequalities; stigma; and social harm. Her early research examined the relationship between the state and the voluntary sector, the role of volunteer charity trustees, and university-community partnerships.

More recently, Lindsey established the @MedCanProject to investigate the issues arising from medical cannabis policy. She has a particular interest in the experiences of people who need access to cannabis-based medicines, and the stigma, social harms and health inequalities connected with drug policy. Lindsey published the first sociological study in the UK to qualitatively interview people with cannabis prescriptions about their experiences. She was invited to present the findings in UK Parliament to the APPG on Medical Cannabis under Prescription and her work has been cited in parliamentary briefings. She continues to research and write about various aspects of cannabis policy, including the experiences of people self-medicating without a prescription.

In addition to this, Lindsey is passionate about public engagement, knowledge exchange and creative approaches to research participation and dissemination. She is fascinated by the process of writing and has for many years facilitated a regular writing group for people at all career stages to write communally in a supportive environment to achieve their publication goals.

Informed by her research experience, Lindsey’s teaching interests include community-university partnerships, work-based learning, the relationships between criminology & practice, and theorisations of stigma and inequalities. She is Employability Lead for Criminology and is committed to developing partnerships with local employers and opportunities for Work-Based Learning and Practice-Based Research. She leads the Practice-based Research module (L7) on our MA Criminology programme and undergraduate modules Criminology into Practice, Criminology at Work (work-based learning and employability) and Understanding Inequalities and Stigma.

Lindsey previously worked in senior management and policy roles in the civil service. She has been a trustee of charities working with the LGBTQI+ community, young people, people living with HIV and women experiencing domestic violence. She is a board member of Interchange, a local charity that links universities with local voluntary and community organisations for participatory research and work-based learning projects.

Degrees

University of Liverpool, UK, PhD in Sociology
University of Liverpool, UK, MA Research Methodology
University of Essex, UK, BA (Hons) Philosophy & Sociology

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