Caroline Miles
Research Officer (Criminology)
Caroline Miles is a Research Officer in the Centre for Criminology, working with Dr Rachel Condry on an ESRC-funded project investigating adolescent violence towards parents. She was previously a Lecturer in Criminology and Programme leader for the MA Crime and Justice at the University of Chester, having completed her ESRC-funded PhD at the University of Manchester in 2008. Caroline’s thesis examined substance-related homicide (involving intoxication or systemic circumstances) in England and Wales; drawing upon data from the Homicide Index, police files for solved homicide cases and interviews with convicted homicide offenders.
Prior to her PhD Caroline worked as a Research Assistant for the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness and as a Resettlement Officer for Nacro. She obtained her LLB Honours (first class) degree in Law and Criminology and ESRC-funded MA in Criminology and Research Methods (distinction) from Keele University.
Publications
Journal Articles
D Da Cruz and others, Emergency Department Contact Prior to Suicide in Mental Health Patients (2010) Emergency Medicine Journal
C Miles, 'Intoxication-Related Homicide in England and Wales' (2010) 188 Prison Service Journal 22
P Saini and others, Suicide Prevention in Primary Care: General Practitioners? Views on Service Availability (2010) 3 BMC Research Notes
A Pearson and others, Primary Care Contact Prior to Suicide in Individuals with Mental Illness (2009) 59 British Journal of General Practice 825
Interests
Research: Family violence; homicide; the relationship between alcohol/drugs and violence/homicide; suicide and mental illness.
Other details
Correspondence address:
Centre for Criminology
Manor Road Building
Manor Road
Oxford OX1 3UQ
