Ashley CartwrightUniversity of Huddersfield · Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences
Ashley Cartwright
PhD
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Introduction
Additional affiliations
May 2016 - August 2017
January 2016 - May 2016
University of Essex Online
Position
- Head of Criminology
Description
- I wrote and validated their MSc in Criminology and Criminal Psychology and was the programme leader for their suite of qualifications. Introduction to Offender Profiling Forensic and Criminal Psychology Research Methods Dissertation Supervision
Education
October 2013 - October 2016
September 2012 - September 2013
September 2009 - July 2012
Publications
Publications (19)
The United Kingdom Government recently expressed concern about the financial repercussions that feigned whiplash claims following road traffic accidents (RTAs) are having on the insurance industry and the United Kingdom economy. Indeed, this is a problem that is a likely result of a significant percentage of otherwise law-abiding citizens, who inte...
This chapter presents a review of the research on police decision-making in sex offense cases, before concluding with some suggested priority areas for further research. An exploration of ‘the good’ is first presented, for example how objective and effective police decision-making can be enhanced, with particular focus on current decision-making an...
Research pertaining to the wellbeing of police focuses on the job at a macro level, neglecting that policing is an occupation made up of thousands of roles. The needs of staff in various roles differs according to the situations that they are exposed to. This paper provides a review of the literature pertaining to the impact of criminal investigati...
This paper presents a study employing nudge psychology to reduce burglary of properties in the twelve most victimised streets in the UK City of Durham. A bespoke survey was developed first, to raise residents’ awareness of the high burglary rate, and second, to nudge them into reflecting on their burglary prevention behaviour. The findings showed t...
This article offers an important contribution to understanding students’ perceptions of lectures based on different formats of lecture delivery. The growth in the use of blended, flipped, synchronous and asynchronous learning for lecture delivery raises questions as to whether students prefer these innovative modes of delivery over the traditional...
Although public reaction to disaster has been the subject of much research, reactions to acts of terrorism have been studied less, sustaining a common assumption that fear is the generic response. The present paper tests this assumption through a survey of reactions to the Manchester Arena bombing and London Bridge attack of 2017, and the findings...
Purpose
Social media is an integral part of modern society and is used by billions of people worldwide. In a policing context, police services are starting to use social media platforms to interact with their communities. However, academic literature is lagging regarding the effectiveness of police use of social media. The purpose of this study is...
Policing is undoubtedly a dangerous occupation whereby officers are routinely exposed to dangerous and potentially traumatic events, such as attending road traffic collisions, informing people of the death of a loved one, and ensuring public safety at football matches. Frontline policing is of course not the only place whereby constant exposure to...
Malingering mental disorder for financial compensation can offer substantial rewards to those willing to do so. A recent review of UK medico-legal experts’ practices for detecting claimants evidenced that they are not well equipped to detect those that do. This is not surprising, considering that very little is known regarding why individuals opt t...
Purpose
Fraudulently claiming symptoms of mental disorder can be very lucrative for those in society who are willing to do so. One context that lends itself well to those willing to fraudulently claim symptoms of mental disorder is the road traffic accident (RTA). Previous research has indicated that the assessment practices of those charged with...
The number of people claiming for personal injury after being involved in a road traffic accident (RTA) in the UK continues to soar. In April 2015, the UK Government intervened to implement measures aimed at reducing the prevalence of fraud within such personal injury claims. However, these reforms did not include claims for mental disorder that ar...
In a previous paper, key differences in the form and manifestation of cognitive and emotional stress experienced by investigators of adult and child homicide were identified, along with a cursory look at how investigators commonly deal or cope with these effects. In this article, the findings from 11 interviews with U.K. and Danish police officers...
Around 20 to 50 million people are injured as a result of a road traffic accident (RTA) each year throughout the world. In the United Kingdom there have been considerable efforts made to review the assessment of whiplash claimants following RTAs due to the perceived level of fraud. However, very little has been done with regards to assessments for...
The effects of criminal investigation on those who do the investigating is an emerging area of decision-making research. This project presents research conducted which explores these effects on investigators in different types of criminal investigations, including the homicide of adults and children.
Keywords Police stress .Homicide investigation...
Although the death of a child is without doubt one of the most distressing events imaginable, when it occurs in suspicious circumstances, such as at the hand of a parent or close family member, its effects are often more acute and incomprehensible. This paper presents an exploratory study comparing the cognitive and emotional stressors experienced...
The number of people claiming for personal injury after being involved in a road traffic accident (RTA) in the UK continues to soar. In light of this and the mounting evidence that a large proportion of these claims are fraudulent, in April 2015 the UK Government intervened and implemented measures that sought to reduce the prevalence of such fraud...
Presentation to medico legal assessors on the best practice of road traffic accident personal injury claims.
Presentation to the European Society of Criminology.
Malingering is the intentional production of false or grossly exaggerated symptoms in order to obtain an advantage. Although it has been estimated that over 800,000 claims for personal injury in Road Traffic Accidents (RTA) were filed in the UK in 2012, no approximation exists for how many involved malingering. This study attempts to understand wha...