Dr Katie Hunter
Lecturer in Criminology and ADR UK Research Fellow
My profile
Biography
I am a Lecturer in Criminology and an Administrative Data Research (ADR) UK Research Fellow. My Fellowship research uses linked Ministry of Justice and Department for Education data to explore the intersections between ethnicity, care experience and youth justice involvement.
Prior to joining MMU, I worked as Research Associate on the ‘Disrupting the Routes between Care and Custody’ project at Lancaster University. Funded by the Nuffield Foundation, the project utilised extensive interview data to explore routes into justice systems for care-experienced girls and women.
Before this, I completed ESRC-funded PhD research at University of Liverpool. My PhD project focused on the disproportionate representation of Black and minoritised children and looked after children in the youth justice system in England and Wales. My doctorate was awarded in June 2019.
Projects
ADR UK Fellowship Project: Understanding the intersections between care experiences and ethnicity in criminal justice involvement (January 2022 to present)
Disrupting the Routes between Care and Custody for Girls and Women (April 2019 to May 2022)
Teaching
Currently, I teach on Criminology in Practice (Level 4) and co-lead Crime, Deviance and Control (Level 5).
Research outputs
Hunter, K., Francis, B. & Fitzpatrick C. (2023) Care Experience, Ethnicity and Youth Justice Involvement: Key Trends and Policy Implications. Available at: https://www.adruk.org/fileadmin/uploads/adruk/Documents/Policy_Briefings/Policy-briefing-Katie-Hunter.pdf
Fitzpatrick, C., Hunter, K., Shaw, J. & Staines, J. (2023) Confronting intergenerational harm: Care experience, motherhood and criminal justice involvement, The British Journal of Criminology, azad028, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azad028
Hunter, K., Fitzpatrick, C., Staines, J., & Shaw, J. (2023). A Difficult Balance: Challenges and Possibilities for Local Protocols to Reduce Unnecessary Criminalisation of Children in Care and Care Leavers. Youth Justice, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/14732254231154153
Hunter, K. (2022) Data Explained. Available at: https://www.adruk.org/fileadmin/uploads/adruk/Documents/Data_Explained/Data-Explained-MoJ-DfE-Katie-Hunter.pdf
Hunter, K. (2022) ‘Out of place’: The criminalisation of Black and minority ethnic looked after children in England and Wales. Prison Service Journal. No. 258. Available at: https://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/sites/crimeandjustice.org.uk/files/PSJ%20258%20January%202022.pdf
Hunter, K. (2022) ‘Exploring ethnicity, care experience and justice systems involvement’, 12 April 2022. ADR UK [online]. Available at: https://www.adruk.org/news-publications/news-blogs/exploring-ethnicity-care-experience-and-justice-systems-involvement/
Fitzpatrick, C., Staines, J. & Hunter, K. (2022) Care-experienced women in the criminal justice system. In: Masson, I. and Booth, N. (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Women’s Experiences of Criminal Justice, Oxfordshire: Routledge.
Fitzpatrick, C., Hunter, K., Shaw, J. & Staines, J. (2022) Painful lives: understanding self-harm amongst care-experienced women in prison. Criminology & Criminal Justice. Available at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17488958211067914
Fitzpatrick, C., Hunter, K., Shaw, J. & Staines, J. (2022) Final Report: Disrupting the Routes between Care and Custody for Girls and Women. Available at: https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/care-custody/resources/
Fitzpatrick, C., Hunter, K., Shaw, J. & Staines, J. (2019) Exploring the Pathways between Care and Custody for Girls and Women: A Literature Review. Available at: http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/care-custody/files/2019/10/CareCustodyLiteratureReview.pdf
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Chapters in books
Staines, J.C., Fitzpatrick, C., Hunter, K. (2022) 'Care-Experienced Women in the Criminal Justice System.' The Routledge Handbook of Women's Experiences of Criminal Justice. Routledge,
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Reports
Hunter, K., Francis, B., Fitzpatrick, C. (2023) Care experience, ethnicity and youth justice involvement: key trends and policy implications. ADR (Administrative Data Research) UK.
Fitzpatrick, C., Hunter, K., Shaw, J., Staines, J. (2022) Policy Briefing: Disrupting the Routes Between Care and Custody for Girls and Women. Centre for Child and Family Justice Research, Lancaster University.
Fitzpatrick, C., Hunter, K., Shaw, J., Staines, J. (2022) Final Report: Disrupting the Routes between Care and Custody for Girls and Women. Centre for Child and Family Justice Research, Lancaster University.
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Internet publications
Hunter, K. (2022) Using Linked Administrative Data to Explore Ethnicity, Care Experience and Justice Systems Involvement: Challenges and Possibilities.. https://www.adruk.org/news-publications/news-blogs/exploring-ethnicity-care-experience-and-justice-systems-involvement/.
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Journal articles
Hunter, K., Fitzpatrick, C., Staines, J., Shaw, J. (2024) 'A difficult balance: challenges and possibilities for local protocols to reduce unnecessary criminalisation of children in care and care leavers.' Youth Justice: an international journal,
Fitzpatrick, C., Hunter, K., Shaw, J., Staines, J. (2024) 'Confronting intergenerational harm: care experience, motherhood and criminal justice involvement.' The British Journal of Criminology,
Staines, J., Fitzpatrick, C., Shaw, J., Hunter, K. (2023) '‘We need to tackle their well being first’: understanding and supporting care-experienced girls in the Youth Justice System.' Youth Justice,
Fitzpatrick, C., Hunter, K., Shaw, J., Staines, J. (2022) 'Painful lives: understanding self-harm amongst care-experienced women in prison.' Criminology and Criminal Justice,
Hunter, K. (2022) '‘Out of place’: the criminalisation of Black and Minority Ethnic looked after children in England and Wales.' Prison Service Journal, (258) pp. 13-18.
Fitzpatrick, C., Hunter, K., Staines, J., Shaw, J. (2019) 'Exploring the pathways between care and custody for girls and women: a literature review.'
Fitzpatrick, C., Hunter, K., Staines, J., Shaw, J. (2019) 'Exploring the Pathways between Care and Custody for Girls and Women.'
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Theses and dissertations
Hunter, K. (2019) Institutionalised criminalisation: Black and minority ethnic children and looked after children in the youth justice system in England and Wales.
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Other
Fitzpatrick, C., Hunter, K., Staines, J., Shaw, J. (2021) Written Evidence to the Justice Select Committee's Inquiry on Women in Prison.
Fitzpatrick, C., Hunter, K., Staines, J., Shaw, J. (2021) Written Evidence to the Education Select Committee's Inquiry on Children's Homes.
Career history
January 2022 to December 2022
ADR UK Research Fellow, Lancaster University
April 2019 to December 2021
Research Associate, Lancaster University
January 2018 to March 2019
Lecturer in Criminology, University of Chester
Press and media
Childhood in care raises risk of entering English youth justice system eightfold - The Guardian
One in three children in care enter youth justice system, study finds - Children and Young People Now
Councils must review behaviour policies - Children and Young People Now
Behaviour management approach ‘increases criminalisation of children in care’ - Children and Young People Now