Dr Corinne Funnell
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
• The gender agenda: The impact of austerity and reform on female police officers (2015) – team based project. This utilises a quantitative survey methodology to investigate the potential double jeopardy experienced by female officers during the current period of austerity driven reform and is funded by UWE.
• ‘Strengthening protection: an investigation into police understanding of hate crime victim identity and needs’ (2014) Principal Investigator (PI). Employing a range of qualitative approaches including an ethnographic study of specialist investigators at the core of the project, this project was funded by UWE. Innovative approaches to penetrate the ‘blue code of silence’ include shadowing response officers on shifts. Semi-structured interviews of neighbourhood beat officers are also included as is a thematic analysis of a year of police generated data.
• ‘Impact Evaluation of Lighthouse project’ (2014) - team based project. Funded by Avon and Somerset Constabulary this project involves multiple forms of data collection including through semi-structured questionnaires.
• Investigating Academic and Professional Practice in Higher Education - The impact of guest speakers on student learning: “It was more than just a careers talk” (2014) Principal Investigator. Conducted as part of the PGCHE and funded by UWE this project involved the use of focus groups with undergraduate students to investigate the impact guest speakers have on student learning and knowledge of career options.
• PhD research ‘Racism by stealth: the construction of racist hate crimes’ (2009-2013). Funded by and ESRC 1+3 award and used ethnographic methods such as participant observation, formal and informal interviews, walking and driving interviews and case file analysis to understand victim perceptions of hate crime.
• MSc Social Science Research Methods (2008-2009). Two research projects were undertaken for this degree, one involving an SPSS based analysis of British Crime Survey data and the other a mini ethnography. The degree was funded by an ESRC 1+3 award.
• LLM (1998-2005) Funded by a scholarship by Bristol University and matched funding from the home office this project included interviews with a range of key informants.
Teaching at Masters level in:
- Qualitative research methods
Led modules at undergraduate level on:
- Punishment, Discipline and Control
- Media Culture and the Law
- Introduction to Criminal Justice
- Understanding Crime
I have extensive experience of teaching criminal justice as well as penal theory and practice at three universities at all three undergraduate levels. Relevant courses that I have taught include: Victimology (Year 3); Critical Criminology (Year 3); Responses to Crime (Year 2); Offending and Victimisation (Year 2); Images of Criminality (Year 2); and Punishment Discipline and Control (Year 2); Introduction to Criminal Justice (Year 1); Understanding Crime (Year 1).
I have also delvered contributed to lectures on social policy and victimology.
I worked for the Home Office and Government Office South West for seven years. My portfolios included drug prevention, violent crime and performance management.
I was the North Somerset Drug Action Team Leader for 18 months.
I have obtained the following qualifications:
• 2013-2014 – Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (UWE) Distinction
• 2009 - 2013 – PhD: Racism by stealth: the construction of racist hate crimes (Cardiff University) (ESRC 1+3 scholarship) Category A pass
• 2008 - 2009 – MSc: Social Science Research Methods (Socio Legal) (Cardiff University) (ESRC 1+3 scholarship) Distinction
• 1998 - 2005 – LLM: Law (Bristol University) (Bristol University scholarship)
• 1992 - 1997 – LLB: Law (Bristol University) (2:1 Honours) (Roman Law prize)
Supervisors: Professor Paul Atkinson and Professor Gordon Hughes
Phone: +44 (0)117 3282521
Address: Department of Health and Social Sciences (HSS),
Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences
University of the West of England
(Bristol),
Frenchay Campus,
Room 3L5,
Coldharbour Lane,
Bristol BS16 1QY
• The gender agenda: The impact of austerity and reform on female police officers (2015) – team based project. This utilises a quantitative survey methodology to investigate the potential double jeopardy experienced by female officers during the current period of austerity driven reform and is funded by UWE.
• ‘Strengthening protection: an investigation into police understanding of hate crime victim identity and needs’ (2014) Principal Investigator (PI). Employing a range of qualitative approaches including an ethnographic study of specialist investigators at the core of the project, this project was funded by UWE. Innovative approaches to penetrate the ‘blue code of silence’ include shadowing response officers on shifts. Semi-structured interviews of neighbourhood beat officers are also included as is a thematic analysis of a year of police generated data.
• ‘Impact Evaluation of Lighthouse project’ (2014) - team based project. Funded by Avon and Somerset Constabulary this project involves multiple forms of data collection including through semi-structured questionnaires.
• Investigating Academic and Professional Practice in Higher Education - The impact of guest speakers on student learning: “It was more than just a careers talk” (2014) Principal Investigator. Conducted as part of the PGCHE and funded by UWE this project involved the use of focus groups with undergraduate students to investigate the impact guest speakers have on student learning and knowledge of career options.
• PhD research ‘Racism by stealth: the construction of racist hate crimes’ (2009-2013). Funded by and ESRC 1+3 award and used ethnographic methods such as participant observation, formal and informal interviews, walking and driving interviews and case file analysis to understand victim perceptions of hate crime.
• MSc Social Science Research Methods (2008-2009). Two research projects were undertaken for this degree, one involving an SPSS based analysis of British Crime Survey data and the other a mini ethnography. The degree was funded by an ESRC 1+3 award.
• LLM (1998-2005) Funded by a scholarship by Bristol University and matched funding from the home office this project included interviews with a range of key informants.
Teaching at Masters level in:
- Qualitative research methods
Led modules at undergraduate level on:
- Punishment, Discipline and Control
- Media Culture and the Law
- Introduction to Criminal Justice
- Understanding Crime
I have extensive experience of teaching criminal justice as well as penal theory and practice at three universities at all three undergraduate levels. Relevant courses that I have taught include: Victimology (Year 3); Critical Criminology (Year 3); Responses to Crime (Year 2); Offending and Victimisation (Year 2); Images of Criminality (Year 2); and Punishment Discipline and Control (Year 2); Introduction to Criminal Justice (Year 1); Understanding Crime (Year 1).
I have also delvered contributed to lectures on social policy and victimology.
I worked for the Home Office and Government Office South West for seven years. My portfolios included drug prevention, violent crime and performance management.
I was the North Somerset Drug Action Team Leader for 18 months.
I have obtained the following qualifications:
• 2013-2014 – Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (UWE) Distinction
• 2009 - 2013 – PhD: Racism by stealth: the construction of racist hate crimes (Cardiff University) (ESRC 1+3 scholarship) Category A pass
• 2008 - 2009 – MSc: Social Science Research Methods (Socio Legal) (Cardiff University) (ESRC 1+3 scholarship) Distinction
• 1998 - 2005 – LLM: Law (Bristol University) (Bristol University scholarship)
• 1992 - 1997 – LLB: Law (Bristol University) (2:1 Honours) (Roman Law prize)
Supervisors: Professor Paul Atkinson and Professor Gordon Hughes
Phone: +44 (0)117 3282521
Address: Department of Health and Social Sciences (HSS),
Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences
University of the West of England
(Bristol),
Frenchay Campus,
Room 3L5,
Coldharbour Lane,
Bristol BS16 1QY
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The literature review sets the foundations for the thesis, arguing that empirical research is required to understand victims’ perceptions of racist hate crimes at the micro-level and the process of victimization as it extends to claiming and negotiating hate crime victim status with, for example, police officers. The analysis and findings build on the idea of racist hate crime as a process and shows how people become victims and how hate crimes are interactional accomplishments.
Whilst making the case for the use of embodied ethnography for research into hate crime, the thesis addresses a range of complex ethical and epistemological issues – from cross-cultural research to researcher safety. The research also addresses gaps in knowledge, including the significance and operation of the Stephen Lawrence definition of hate crime. It adds granularity to our understanding of who is victimized and how, including less blatant forms of victimisation – racism by stealth. The thesis thereby contributes to our understanding of the ways in which racism is encoded in victims’ lives and how they perceive risk and suffer harm.
hate crime for such victims in England, the research project investigated inter alia how victims and their caseworkers defined racist hate crimes and incidents and what meanings they gave those experiences. Ethnographic research revealed how proximate relationships were perceived to generate ‘risk’ for victims and how, in response, they developed a range of behavioural modification strategies, including isolation of themselves and significant others to avoid further hate
crime encounters. A comparison is made between Goffman’s ‘inmate’ and that of the racist hate
crime victim in his or her home and neighbourhood. Like inmates in total institutions, many who experience racist hate crime are effectively closed to the outside world. In consequence, they undergo processes of ‘loss and mortification’ within the home and neighbourhood context,
including ‘role dispossession’, and become victims.
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The literature review sets the foundations for the thesis, arguing that empirical research is required to understand victims’ perceptions of racist hate crimes at the micro-level and the process of victimization as it extends to claiming and negotiating hate crime victim status with, for example, police officers. The analysis and findings build on the idea of racist hate crime as a process and shows how people become victims and how hate crimes are interactional accomplishments.
Whilst making the case for the use of embodied ethnography for research into hate crime, the thesis addresses a range of complex ethical and epistemological issues – from cross-cultural research to researcher safety. The research also addresses gaps in knowledge, including the significance and operation of the Stephen Lawrence definition of hate crime. It adds granularity to our understanding of who is victimized and how, including less blatant forms of victimisation – racism by stealth. The thesis thereby contributes to our understanding of the ways in which racism is encoded in victims’ lives and how they perceive risk and suffer harm.
hate crime for such victims in England, the research project investigated inter alia how victims and their caseworkers defined racist hate crimes and incidents and what meanings they gave those experiences. Ethnographic research revealed how proximate relationships were perceived to generate ‘risk’ for victims and how, in response, they developed a range of behavioural modification strategies, including isolation of themselves and significant others to avoid further hate
crime encounters. A comparison is made between Goffman’s ‘inmate’ and that of the racist hate
crime victim in his or her home and neighbourhood. Like inmates in total institutions, many who experience racist hate crime are effectively closed to the outside world. In consequence, they undergo processes of ‘loss and mortification’ within the home and neighbourhood context,
including ‘role dispossession’, and become victims.
• the rationale for this approach;
• a description of the methods
• an epistemological and ethical dilemma
• I will conclude by commenting on the contribution ethnographic methods can make in advancing our understanding of hate crimes.
The practical experience of using these methods will be discussed in detail in a second paper for the conference.
Professor Barbara Perry will be the opening keynote speaker, and she will revisit her paper Where do we go from here? Researching hate crime (2003). This will be followed by a session where hate crime scholars will showcase their research. After lunch an expert panel will pick up on the morning’s proceedings and discuss where the hate crime scholarship agenda is going. This will include an opportunity for the audience to make contributions and ask questions. The possibility of establishing a hate crime network will also be deliberated. Hosted by Cardiff University’s Social Science and Law departments, the symposium will be followed by debate, discussion, food and wine.
The symposium will focus on theory building, empirical study and policy and practice development. The first aim is to create an opportunity for interdisciplinary discussions about hate crime scholarship in terms of empirical work and theoretical development. The second aim is to advance the understanding of hate crime on a national and interdisciplinary basis by establishing a specialist network to bring together those with an interest in hate crime in order to share research, ideas, and to stimulate interest in the field. It is hoped that contributions to the symposium will be published in a special edition of the Cardiff Working Papers Series.
The event is open to all and is free, however due to limited capacity registration is necessary and entry will be for confirmed registrants only. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
For more information and to register your attendance please contact Corinne Funnell at funnellcg@cardiff.ac.uk
The 2012 Hate Crime Symposium is funded by the Cardiff Centre for Crime, Law and Justice and Cardiff University Graduate College.
Ar ran Ysgol y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol ac Ysgol y Gyfraith ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd, hoffem eich gwahodd i ddod i symposiwm Troseddau Casineb Prifysgol Caerdydd 2012. Cynhelir y digwyddiad ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd, Ysgol y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol, Adeilad Morgannwg, Rhodfa’r Brenin Edward VII, Caerdydd CF10 3WT ddydd Iau 26 Ebrill 2012.
Yr Athro Barbara Perry fydd prif siaradwr cychwynnol y symposiwm a bydd hi’n ailystyried ei phapur Where do we go from here? Researching hate crime (2003). Yna, cynhelir sesiwn lle bydd ysgolheigion troseddau casineb yn arddangos eu hymchwil. Ar ôl cinio, bydd panel o arbenigwyr, gan gynnwys yr Athro Barbara Perry a Dr Nathan Hall, yn cydio yn llinyn trafodaethau’r bore ac yn trafod i ba gyfeiriad y mae agenda ysgolheictod troseddau casineb yn mynd. Bydd hynny’n cynnwys cyfle i’r gynulleidfa gyfrannu a holi. Ystyrir hefyd y posibilrwydd o sefydlu rhwydwaith troseddau casineb. Ar ôl y symposiwm, a gynhelir gan Adrannau’r Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol a’r Gyfraith ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd, ceir dadl, trafod, bwyd a gwin.
Er bod y digwyddiad yn rhad ac am ddim, bydd nifer y lleoedd yn gyfyngedig. Cofrestrwch yn gynnar, felly, drwy e-bostio Corinne: funnellcg@caerdydd.ac.uk. Edrychwn ymlaen at glywed oddi wrthych.