Yr Athro Amanda Robinson

Darllenydd mewn Troseddeg

: Sylwebydd y cyfryngau
: Ar gael fel goruchwyliwr ôl-raddedig

After completing my postgraduate training at Michigan State University in 2001 (a PhD in Interdisciplinary Social Science with concentrations in criminology, sociology, and industrial/organisational psychology), I moved to Cardiff and am now a Reader in Criminology.

My research generally includes a strong policy focus, and my research has made a significant policy impact. Most notably, I have undertaken a series of inter-related research projects that have contributed to significant changes in the services afforded to victims of domestic and sexual violence. These initiatives have become the common framework for how services are delivered across the UK and Europe.

Closer to home, I was directly involved in shaping the Welsh Government's White Paper proposals and legislative priorities for 'ending violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence' in Wales. It is not often that academics are able to trace an idea from inception, through research, implementation and expansion, into new legislation, and I feel fortunate to have had this experience.

Over the years, I have acquired extensive experience collecting and analysing both qualitative and quantitative data. I have been the Principal Investigator on a number of projects, ensuring the research is conducted ethically, sensitively and delivered to cost and on time. I am very adept at drawing out the main conclusions from complex multi-site and multi-method projects, and have acquired a reputation for my ability to produce 'digestible' practice-based messages for practitioners and policy-makers.

I live in Cardiff with my husband Ed and our three young children.

Supervision

I welcome PhD applicants to work on topics related to:

Violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence
Interpersonal violence, workplace violence
Police and policing
Specialist courts
Multi-agency approaches
The criminal justice system

I have used a wide range of methodological approaches in my research and am particularly interested in supervising PhD students who want to used mixed methods.

2024

Melendez-Torres, G., Pell, B., Evans, R., Buckley, K., Coles, N., Retter, E. and Robinson, A. 2024. Impacts from delivering a whole health response strategy to domestic violence and abuse: an evaluation from the UK. Journal of Gender-Based Violence (10.1332/23986808Y2024D000000056)
Pell, B., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Buckley, K., Evans, R. and Robinson, A. 2024. A realist evaluation of a “whole health” response to domestic violence and abuse in the UK. Violence Against Women (10.1177/10778012241265364)
Watson, D. V. C., Amin, S. N. and Robinson, A. L. 2024. Responding to domestic and family violence in resource-constrained contexts: a case study on rural policing innovations in Melanesia. Policing: An International Journal 47(3), pp. 380-393. (10.1108/PIJPSM-11-2023-0154)
Robinson, A. L. and Davies, B. 2024. Specialist units for tackling violence against women and girls across Wales. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
Robinson, A. and Davies, B. 2024. Evaluation of South Wales Police ‘Operation Diogel’: Final Report. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University.

2023

Hester, M. et al. 2023. What is justice? Perspectives of victims-survivors of gender-based violence. Violence Against Women (10.1177/10778012231214772)
Watson, D., Amin, S. and Robinson, A. 2023. Developing contextually appropriate responses to family and domestic violence in Melanesia: Project report from stakeholder engagement workshops. Project Report. Unpublished.

2022

Verbruggen, J., Blokland, A. A. J., Robinson, A. L. and Maxwell, C. D. 2022. General offending and intimate partner violence perpetration in young adulthood: A Dutch longitudinal study. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 66(16), pp. 1796-1820. (10.1177/0306624X211022657)
Verbruggen, J., Maxwell, C. D. and Robinson, A. L. 2022. The relationship between the development of general offending and intimate partner violence perpetration in young adulthood. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 37(3-4), pp. 1179-1205. (10.1177/0886260520922340)

2017

Robinson, A. and Clancy, A. 2017. New initiatives to tackle domestic violence using the Priority Perpetrator Identification Tool (PPIT). Technical Report.
Robinson, A. 2017. Establishing the efficacy of a telephone-based police response to domestic abuse: Hampshire Constabulary’s Resolution Centre. Technical Report.
Payton, J., Robinson, A. and Brookman, F. 2017. United Kingdom. In: Dawson, M. ed. Domestic Homicides and Death Reviews: An International Perspective. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 91-124., (10.1057/978-1-137-56276-0_4)
Robinson, A. and Eisenstadt, N. 2017. Just interactions? Victims’ accounts of their involvement with criminal justice agencies in England and Wales. Presented at: American Society of Criminology (2017), Philadelphia, PA, 15 -18 November 2017.
Robinson, A. and Maxwell, C. 2017. Typifying American exceptionalism: homicide in the USA. In: The Handbook of Homicide. Wiley-Blackwell
Maguire, M. and Robinson, A. 2017. Preventing violent crimes. In: Tilley, N. and Sidebottom, A. eds. Handbook of Crime Prevention and Community Safety. Routledge, pp. 407-438.
Robinson, A. 2017. Serial domestic abuse in Wales: an exploratory study into its definition, prevalence, correlates, and management. Victims & Offenders 12(5), pp. 643-662. (10.1080/15564886.2016.1187691)

2016

Medina Ariza, J. J., Robinson, A. L. and Myhill, A. 2016. Cheaper, faster, better: expectations and achievements in police risk assessment of domestic abuse. Policing 10(4), pp. 341-350. (10.1093/police/paw023)
Robinson, A. L., Pinchevsky, G. M. and Guthrie, J. A. 2016. Under the radar: policing non-violent domestic abuse in the US and UK. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice 40(3), pp. 195-208. (10.1080/01924036.2015.1114001)
Robinson, A. and Clancy, A. 2016. All-Wales implementation testing of the Priority Perpetrator Identification Tool (PPIT) for domestic abuse. Technical Report.
Robinson, A. L., Pinchevsky, G. M. and Guthrie, J. A. 2016. A small constellation: risk factors informing police perceptions of domestic abuse. Policing and Society 28(2), pp. 189-204. (10.1080/10439463.2016.1151881)
Howarth, E. and Robinson, A. 2016. Responding effectively to women experiencing severe abuse: identifying key components of a British advocacy intervention. Violence Against Women 22(1), pp. 41-63. (10.1177/1077801215597789)

2015

Robinson, A. and Clancy, A. 2015. Development of the Priority Perpetrator Identification Tool (PPIT) for domestic abuse. Project Report. Cardiff, UK: Cardiff University.
Payton, J. and Robinson, A. 2015. Motivating respect: A Welsh intervention into youth-perpetrated domestic abuse. Technical Report.

2014

Robinson, A. 2014. Pie in the sky? The use of criminal justice policies and practices for intimate partner violence.. In: Johnson, H., Fisher, B. S. and Jaquier, V. eds. Critical Issues on Violence Against Women: International Perspectives and Promising Strategies. London: Routledge, pp. 66-76.
Robinson, A. L., Clancy, A. and Hanks, S. 2014. Prevalence and characteristics of serial domestic abuse perpetrators: multi-agency evidence from Wales. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
Clancy, A., Robinson, A. L. and Hanks, S. 2014. Defining and profiling serial domestic abuse perpetrators: an all-Wales feasibility review. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University.

2013

Fevre, R. W., Robinson, A. L., Lewis, D. and Jones, T. D. B. 2013. The ill-treatment of employees with disabilities in British workplaces. Work, Employment and Society 27(2), pp. 288-307. (10.1177/0950017012460311)
Hubbard, A., Payton, J. and Robinson, A. L. 2013. Uncharted territory: violence against migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women in Wales. Project Report. [Online]. Wales Migration Partnership. Available at: http://www.wmp.org.uk/documents/wsmp/WSMP%20Info/Uncharted%20territory%20violence%20against%20migrant%20refugee%20and%20asylum%20seeking%20women%20in%20Wales.pdf
Maxwell, C. D. and Robinson, A. 2013. Can interventions reduce recidivism and revictimization following adult intimate partner violence incidents?. In: Carroll, L., Perez, M. and Taylor, R. eds. The Evidence for Violence Prevention Across the Lifespan and Around the World. The National Academies Press, pp. II-15.

2012

Robinson, A. L., Brisbane, J., Farrar, J., Hardy, P., Jones, B., Pickles, J. and Shepherd, J. P. 2012. The Welsh Government's proposed 'Ending Violence Against Women and Domestic Abuse (Wales) Bill': Recommendations from the Task & Finish Group. Technical Report.
Fevre, R. W., Lewis, D., Robinson, A. L. and Jones, T. D. B. 2012. Trouble at work. London: Bloomsbury Academic. (10.5040/9781849664677)
Robinson, A. L. and Howarth, E. 2012. Judging risk: Key determinants in British domestic violence cases. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 27(8), pp. 1489-1518. (10.1177/0886260511425792)

2011

Robinson, A. L. and Hudson, K. J. 2011. Different yet complementary: two approaches to supporting victims of sexual violence in the UK. Criminology and Criminal Justice 11(5), pp. 515-533. (10.1177/1748895811419972)
Jones, T. D. B., Robinson, A. L., Fevre, R. W. and Lewis, D. 2011. Workplace assaults in Britain: Understanding the influence of individual and workplace characteristics. British Journal of Criminology 51(1), pp. 159-178. (10.1093/bjc/azq064)
Robinson, A. L. 2011. Risk and intimate partner violence. In: Kemshall, H. and Wilkinson, B. eds. Good practice in assessing risk current knowledge, issues and approaches. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp. 119-138.

2010

Robinson, A. L. 2010. Domestic violence. In: Brookman, F. et al. eds. Handbook on Crime. Cullompton: Willan Publishing, pp. 245-269.
Fevre, R., Robinson, A. L., Jones, T. D. B. and Lewis, D. 2010. Researching workplace bullying: the benefits of taking an integrated approach. International Journal of Social Research Methodology 13(1), pp. 71-85. (10.1080/13645570802648671)
Robinson, A. L., Tregidga, J. and Rees, A. 2010. HomeSafe: final evaluation report on the Cardiff HomeSafe Project. Project Report. Cardiff: Women’s Safety Unit/Cardiff University School of Social Sciences.

2009

Robinson, A. L. 2009. Independent sexual violence advisors: a multisite process evaluation funded by the Home Office. Technical Report.
Howarth, E. L., Stimpson, L., Barran, D. and Robinson, A. L. 2009. Safety in numbers: a multisite evaluation of independent domestic violence advisor services. Project Report. [Online]. London: The Henry Smith Charity. Available at: http://www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk/documents/SafetyinNumbersFullReportNov09.pdf
Maxwell, C. D., Robinson, A. L. and Klein, A. R. 2009. The prosecution of domestic violence across time. In: Stark, E. and Buzawa, E. S. eds. Violence Against Women in Families and Relationships., Vol. 3. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, pp. 91-113.
Robinson, A. L. and Rowlands, J. 2009. Assessing and managing risk among different victims of domestic abuse: limits of a generic model of risk assessment?. Security Journal 22(3), pp. 190-204. (10.1057/sj.2009.2)
Robinson, A. L. 2009. Independent sexual violence advisors: a process evaluation. Technical Report.
Robinson, A. L., Hudson, K. J. and Brookman, F. 2009. A process evaluation of Ynys Saff, the sexual assault referral centre in Cardiff: final evaluation report. Project Report. [Online]. The South Wales Criminal Jusitice Board. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/resources/CardiffSARC.pdf
Jones, T. D. B., Robinson, A. L., Fevre, R. W. and Lewis, D. 2009. Assaults and violence in the workplace. Presented at: British Society of Criminology annual meeting, Cardiff, UK, 29 June - 1 July 2009.
Robinson, A. L. and Tilley, N. 2009. Factors influencing police performance in the investigation of volume crimes in England and Wales. Police Practice and Research 10(3), pp. 209-223. (10.1080/15614260802381091)

2008

Robinson, A. L. 2008. Measuring what matters in specialist domestic violence courts. Presented at: Stop Domestic Violence Against Women Conference, Vienna, Austria, 5 -7 November 2007 Presented at Krenn, M., Weiss, K. and Logar, R. eds.Ten years of Austrian anti-violence legislation: international conference in the context of the Council of Europe campaign to combat violence against women, including domestic violence, Vienna and St. Pölten, Austria, 5 -7 November 2007. Vienna: Federal Chancellery – Federal Minister for Women and Civil Service pp. 227-234.
Robinson, A. L., Hudson, K. J. and Brookman, F. 2008. Multi-agency work on sexual violence: challenges and prospects identified from the implemenation of a Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC). The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice 47(4), pp. 411-428. (10.1111/j.1468-2311.2008.00531.x)
Fevre, R. W., Robinson, A. L., Jones, T. D. B. and Lewis, D. 2008. Work fit for all – disability, health and the experience of negative treatment in the British workplace. Project Report. [Online]. London: Equality and Human Rights Commission. Available at: http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/uploaded_files/research/work_fit_for_all_-_final.pdf
Joshua, F., Rix, A. and Robinson, A. L. 2008. Evaluation of Welsh Women’s Aid. Project Report. [Online]. Welsh Assembly Government. Available at: http://wales.gov.uk/docs/dsjlg/research/090209womensaidreporte.pdf
Robinson, A. L. and Tregidga, J. 2008. Interim evaluation report on the Cardiff HomeSafe Project: year 2 findings. Project Report. School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University.
Robinson, A. L. and Maxwell, C. D. 2008. The challenge of responding effectively to violence against women in a global context. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice 32(2), pp. 133-147. (10.1080/01924036.2008.9678783)
Robinson, A. L. 2008. Measuring what matters in specialist domestic violence courts. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/resources/wp102.pdf

2007

Robinson, A. L. 2007. Improving the Civil-Criminal Interface for Victims of Domestic Violence. The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice 46(4), pp. 356-371. (10.1111/j.1468-2311.2007.00482.x)
Moore, L. et al. 2007. Social science quantitative methods capacity building in Wales: ESRC/HEFCW scoping study. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
Williams, M. L. and Robinson, A. L. 2007. Counted in! The all Wales survey of lesbian, gay and bisexual people [report]. Stonewall. Available at: http://www.stonewall.org.uk/other/startdownload.asp?openType=forced&documentID=1187
Williams, M. L. and Robinson, A. L. 2007. Homophobic hate crime in Wales: patterns, predictors and consequences. Presented at: British Society of Criminology Annual Conference, London School of Economics, London, UK, 2007.

2006

Robinson, A. 2006. Advice, Support, Safety & Information Services Together (ASSIST): The benefits of providing assistance to victims of domestic abuse in Glasgow. Technical Report.
Robinson, A. L. 2006. Reducing repeat victimisation among high-risk victims of domestic violence: The benefits of a coordinated community response in Cardiff, Wales. Violence Against Women 12(8), pp. 761-788. (10.1177/1077801206291477)
Robinson, A. and Cook, D. 2006. Understanding Victim Retraction in Cases of Domestic Violence: Specialist Courts, Government Policy, and Victim-Centred Justice. Contemporary Justice Review 9(2), pp. 189-213. (10.1080/10282580600785017)
Williams, M. L. and Robinson, A. L. 2006. Homophobic victimisation amongst lesbian, gay & bisexual people. Presented at: American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2006.

2004

Williams, M. L. and Robinson, A. L. 2004. Problems and prospects with policing the lesbian, gay and bisexual community in Wales. Policing and Society 14(3), pp. 213-232. (10.1080/1043946042000241811)

2003

Robinson, A. L. 2003. The Impact of Police Social Capital on Officer Performance of Community Policing. Policing An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management 26(4), pp. 656-689. (10.1108/13639510310503569)
Maxwell, C. D., Robinson, A. L. and Post, L. A. 2003. The Impact of Race on the Adjudication of Sexual Assault and other Violent Crimes. Journal of Criminal Justice 31(6), pp. 523-538. (10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2003.08.005)
Robinson, A. L. and Williams, M. L. 2003. Counted out: findings from the Stonewall Cymru LGB survey. Project Report. Stonewall.
Williams, M. L. and Robinson, A. L. 2003. Problems and prospects with policing the lesbian, gay and bisexual community. Presented at: American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Denver, CO, USA, 2003.

Gender-based violence (domestic violence, sexual violence, 'honour-based' violence);
Police and policing (multi-agency approaches, crime prevention);
Criminal justice (responses to crime, attrition, specialist courts);
Decision-making by victims, offenders and practitioners;
Violence and abuse in the workplace;
Comparative analyses of crime and criminal justice.

Current Projects

Member of the Task and Finish Group within the Welsh Government, advising on the forthcoming Violence Against Women and Domestic Abuse (Wales) Bill (2012-14).

Professional Member of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Public Health Programme Development Group, charged with formulating evidence-based guidelines for health practitioners for preventing domestic violence (2012-14)

Member of the International Advisory Board for two projects funded by the European Commission: Daphne III Project PROTECT I and PROTECT II: Capacity Building in Risk Assessment and Safety Management to Protect High Risk Victims (2011-13)

2002

PhD Interdisciplinary Social Science, Michigan State University

1996

MS Criminal Justice, University of Alabama

1994

BA Criminal Justice and Psychology (double major), University of Alabama

Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau

2021

Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice Hall of Fame Award.

2020

Gwobr Erthygl Orau Cymdeithas Troseddeg Ewrop: Verbruggen, J., Blokland, A., Robinson, A. L., a Maxwell, C. D. 'Y berthynas rhwng ymddygiad troseddol dros y cwrs oes a chyflawniad trais partner agos yn ddiweddarach mewn bywyd,' European Journal of Criminology, 17(6), 784-805

2020

Gwobr Literati am Bapur Eithriadol: Robinson, A. L., Rees, A. a Dehaghani, R. 'Gwneud cysylltiadau: Dadansoddiad amlddisgyblaethol o ddynladdiad domestig, dynladdiad iechyd meddwl ac adolygiadau ymarfer oedolion,' Journal of Adult Protection, 21(1), 16-26 .

2016

Gwobr Arloesedd ac Effaith Polisi Prifysgol Caerdydd: 'O Bapur Gwyn i Gydsyniad Brenhinol: Mewnbwn academaidd i ddatblygiad Deddf Trais yn erbyn Menywod, Cam-drin Domestig, a Thrais Rhywiol (Cymru) 2015.' (Ailgyfeiriad oddi wrth EJ Renold)

2014

Erthygl ar restr fer Gwobr SAGE am Arloesi a/neu Ragoriaeth: Fevre, R., Robinson, A. L., Jones, T., a Lewis, D. 'Gweithwyr Anabl' Canfyddiadau o Gamdriniaeth yn y Gweithle', Gwaith, Cyflogaeth a Chymdeithas, 27(2), 296-315.

2009

Erthygl orau: Robinson, A. L. a Tilley, N. 'Ffactorau sy'n Dylanwadu ar Berfformiad yr Heddlu wrth Ymchwilio i Droseddau Cyfrol yng Nghymru a Lloegr', Ymarfer ac Ymchwil yr Heddlu, 10(3), 1-15.

2000

Enillydd gwobr papur myfyrwyr Adran Menywod a Throseddu Cymdeithas Droseddeg America: Robinson, A. L. a Chandek, M. S. 'Ymateb gwahaniaethol yr Heddlu i Fenywod Du wedi'u Battered', Menywod a Chyfiawnder Troseddol, 12(2/3), 29-61.

Aelodaethau proffesiynol

Cymdeithas Droseddeg Prydain (Golygydd 2012-2022, British Journal of Criminology)
Cymdeithas Troseddeg America (Bwrdd Golygyddol, International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice)
Cymdeithas Troseddeg Ewrop (pwyllgor trefnu cynhadledd flynyddol 2017)
Canolfan Caerdydd dros Gyfraith a Chyfiawnder Trosedd (CCLJ)

Pwyllgorau ac adolygu

Cyd-Gyfarwyddwr presennol 2022 y Sefydliad Arloesi Diogelwch, Trosedd a Chudd-wybodaeth

2017-2021 Dirprwy Bennaeth Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol yr Ysgol

2016-presennol: Aelod o'r Uwch Dîm Rheoli

2015-presennol: Aelod o'r Pwyllgor Ymchwil, Cyd-gyfarwyddwr Ymchwil (Effaith)

2012-14: Cyfarwyddwr MSc/Diploma mewn Dulliau Ymchwil y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol (SSRM)

gender-based violence
police and policing
specialist courts
multi-agency approaches to crime reduction
the criminal justice system

Contact Details

RobinsonA@caerdydd.ac.uk
+44 29208 75401
Adeilad Morgannwg, Rhodfa’r Brenin Edward VII, Caerdydd, CF10 3WA

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