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Dr Melissa Mendez
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Melissa Mendez
Lecturer, Criminology
Overview
I joined the School of Social Sciences as a Lecturer in Criminology in September 2021. I am originally from Trinidad and Tobago and completed my PhD at Cardiff University in January 2019. My doctoral thesis explored the subjective lived experiences of detained young male offenders in Trinidad and Tobago in the context of state legitimacy and procedural justice.
In addition to a PhD, I hold an LLB (Hons) from the University of the West Indies, a Legal Education Certificate from the Hugh Wooding Law School, an LLM (Merit) from UCL, and an MSc in Social Science Research Methods from Cardiff University.
Publication
2024
- Mendez, M. 2024. Reassessing the criminogenic risk of the ‘broken home’: the concept of ‘the good family’ from the perspective of young offenders in Trinidad and Tobago. The British Journal of Criminology: An International Review of Crime and Society, article number: azae084. (10.1093/bjc/azae084)
2023
- Mendez, M. 2023. Partisanship and positionality in qualitative research: exploring the influences of the researcher's experiences of serious crime on the research process. Qualitative Research 23(1), pp. 92-107. (10.1177/14687941211016154)
- Mendez, M. 2023. Partisanship and positionality in qualitative research: Exploring the influences of the researcher’s experiences of serious crime on the research process.. Qualitative Research 23, pp. 92-107. (10.1177/1468794121101615)
Articles
- Mendez, M. 2024. Reassessing the criminogenic risk of the ‘broken home’: the concept of ‘the good family’ from the perspective of young offenders in Trinidad and Tobago. The British Journal of Criminology: An International Review of Crime and Society, article number: azae084. (10.1093/bjc/azae084)
- Mendez, M. 2023. Partisanship and positionality in qualitative research: exploring the influences of the researcher's experiences of serious crime on the research process. Qualitative Research 23(1), pp. 92-107. (10.1177/14687941211016154)
- Mendez, M. 2023. Partisanship and positionality in qualitative research: Exploring the influences of the researcher’s experiences of serious crime on the research process.. Qualitative Research 23, pp. 92-107. (10.1177/1468794121101615)
Research
I am an attorney at law qualified to practise law in the West Indies since 2006. My research interests include legitimacy, race and ethnicity, decolonisation, stigma, masculinities, penology, social justice, and youth justice.
Teaching
I teach across a number of undergraduate and postgraduate modules. I convene the following modules:
- Crimes of the powerful
- Decolonising the social sciences
Biography
Honours and awards
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Professor Howard Jones Bursary
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The UWI Open Scholarship
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Trinidad and Tobago National Scholarship
Contact Details
+44 29208 70947
Glamorgan Building, Room 1.22, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WA
Specialisms
- Criminology
- Crime and social justice
- Sociological studies of crime