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Dr Ruth Weir

Senior Research Fellow in Criminology

School of Policy & Global Affairs Violence and Society Centre

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Dr Ruth Weir is a Senior Research Fellow in Criminology in the Violence and Society Centre, which she joined in April 2022.

She completed her PhD at the University of Essex, which was funded by the ESRC and Essex County Council. Her research used quantitative methods and Geographic Information Systems to identify predictors of domestic abuse at the individual, relationship and neighbourhood level. At the University of Essex Ruth also worked as a Research Fellow on the HEFCE funded Catalyst Project and as a Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology.

She is a steering group member of the Domestic Abuse Research Network (DARNet) and has worked on a number of research projects funded by UKRI ESRC, Comic Relief and the Home Office. Prior to working in academia Ruth held several research, intelligence and policy positions in local government and for the Home Office.

Qualifications

  • Fellow of Higher Education Authority (FHEA), Advance HE, United Kingdom, Mar 2021
  • PhD Criminology, University of Essex, United Kingdom, Oct 2013 – Feb 2020
  • Diploma in Management, Oxford Brookes University, Apr 2005
  • MSc Geographical Information Science, University College London, United Kingdom, Oct 2002 – Jan 2005
  • BSc Geography, University College London, United Kingdom, Oct 1998 – Jun 2021

Employment

  • Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology, University of Essex, Jul 2019 – Mar 2022
  • Research Fellow, University of Essex, Sep 2018 – Jun 2019
  • Assistant Lecturer, University of Essex, Oct 2014 – Aug 2018
  • Research Officer, Essex County Council, Apr 2008 – Sep 2013
  • Regional Intelligence Officer, East of England Trading Standards Association, Aug 2006 – Mar 2008
  • Research Officer, Home Office, Aug 2004 – Jul 2006
  • Research and Information Officer, Suffolk County Council, Jul 2001 – Jul 2004

Visiting appointments

  • Visiting Fellow, University of Essex, Apr 2022 – present
  • Senior Visting Fellow, University of Suffolk, Jun 2021 – present

Awards

  • University of Essex (2019) Celebrating Impact Award
    Finalist
  • University of Essex (2018) Three Minute Thesis Competition
    Commended
  • University of Essex (2017) Faculty of Social Science Celebrating Excellence Award

Research

Research interests

Gender based violence and abuse
Geographical Information Systems
Evaluation
Quantitative Methods

Recent Grants

2021 - Home Office Perpetrator Fund (x2)
2020 - Comic Relief
2019 - Colchester Borough Homes
2019 - Data Analytics Innovation Voucher

Research students

Morgan Owen Cranshaw

Attendance: Oct 2021 – present, full-time

Thesis title: Neighbourhood, Transport, and Allostatic Load: How does inequality of access to public space get under the skin?

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Taylor Skevington

Attendance: Oct 2021 – present, full-time

Thesis title: An exploratory investigation on the application of Stalking Protection Orders across the criminal justice system in England and Wales

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Publications

Publications by category

Book

  • Barrow-Grint, K., Sebire, J., Turton, J. and Weir, R. (2022). Policing Domestic Abuse: Risk, Policy and Practice. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-367-68415-0.

Chapters (2)

  • Weir, R. (2022). Using Community Asset Mapping to understand neighbourhood level variation in the predictors of domestic abuse. In Bows, H. and Bianca, F. (Eds.), Geographies of Gender-Based Violence Bristol University Press.
  • Day, A.S., Jenner, A. and Weir, R. (2018). Domestic Abuse: Predicting, Assessing and Responding to Risk in the Criminal Justice System and Beyond. Women and the Criminal Justice System (pp. 67–94). Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-76773-4.

Journal articles (4)

  • Lundrigan, S., Weir, R., Newton, A., Agudelo, K. and Dhami, M. (2022). Patterns and Predictors of Stranger Rape Locations. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research. doi:10.1007/s10610-022-09535-5.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Bland, M., Weir, R., Adisa, O., Allen, K., Ferreira, J. and Maitra, D.R. (2022). Describing Patterns of Known Domestic Abuse Among Different Ethnic Groups. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.917543.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Weir, R. (2019). Using geographically weighted regression to explore neighborhood‐level predictors of domestic abuse in the UK. Transactions in GIS, 23(6), pp. 1232–1250. doi:10.1111/tgis.12570.

    [publisher’s website]

  • GILL, A.K., COX, P. and WEIR, R. (2018). Shaping Priority Services for UK Victims of Honour-Based Violence/Abuse, Forced Marriage, and Female Genital Mutilation. The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, 57(4), pp. 576–595. doi:10.1111/hojo.12287.

    [publisher’s website]

Reports (8)

  • Adisa, O., Bland, M., Weir, R., Allen, K. and Joana, F. (2021). Identifying predictors of harm within Black, Asian , and other racially minoritised communities. University of Suffolk.
  • Adisa, O., Allen, K., Kumari, M., Weir, R. and Bond, E. (2020). Mapping the VAWG funding ecosystem in England and Wales. University of Suffolk.
  • Reinhardt, G. and Weir, R. (2019). Safe and Well Evaluation Report. University of Essex.
  • Weir, R. (2019). Colchester Borough Homes - Community plan analysis. https://www.essex.ac.uk/research-projects/catalyst.
  • Cox, P., Cornish, C. and Weir, R. (2018). Young Colchester: Life Chances, Assets and Antisocial Behaviour..
  • Gill, A.K., Cox, P., Weir, R. and Walklate, S. (2017). Honour Based Violence and Abuse, Forced Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation: Shaping Services for Priority Victims in Hertfordshire..
  • Weir, R. and Crawley, J. (2014). Domestic Abuse Needs Assessment..
  • Weir, R. and Bangs, M. (2007). The use of Geographic Information Systems by crime analysts in England and Wales. Home Office.

Thesis/dissertation

  • Weir, R. Individuals, Families and Neighbourhoods: Predictors of Domestic Abuse in Essex. (PhD Thesis)

Professional activities

Media appearances (3)

  1. Heart/LBC News. Speaking about domestic abuse in lockdown.
  2. Victoria Derbyshire Show.
  3. Colchester Gazette.

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