Diana Batchelor
Biography
Diana's research is about what happens when victims of crime are given the chance to communicate with the people who committed an offence against them. It is about why they choose to do so, what they get out of it, and how their motivation to communicate affects the outcomes. Her background in psychology informs her methodology, which incorporates analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data.
Diana has worked in criminal justice and conflict resolution in the UK, South Africa and Lebanon. She has an MA in International Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame, USA, an MSc in Forensic Psychology from Middlesex University, UK, and a DPhil in Criminology from the University of Oxford, UK.
Featured Publications
Publications
Batchelor D, “Separating the “deed” from the ‘done-to’: How Communicating With the Offender Can Change victims’ Self-Concept” [2022] Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Batchelor D, “How Crime Severity Predicts Victim Willingness to Meet the Offender” [2022] Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
Batchelor D, “Talking Punishment: How Victim Perceptions of Punishment Change When They Communicate With Offenders” [2021] Punishment and Society: The International Journal of Penology
Batchelor D, “Book Review: Restoring Harm: A Psychosocial Approach to Victims and Restorative Justice” (2021) 27 International Review of Victimology 363
Hoyle C and Batchelor D, “Making Room for Procedural Justice in Restorative Justice Theory” (2018) 1 International Journal of Restorative Justice 175
Batchelor D, “Book Review: Victims and Restorative Justice” (2017) 5 Restorative Justice 332
Batchelor D, “Restoring Choice: The Relationship Between Offense Seriousness, Intervening Time, and Victims’ Responses to the Offer of Restorative Interventions” (2017) 12 VICTIMS & OFFENDERS 205
Batchelor D, “Narrative and Traditional Peacebuilding Systems: Implications for Transitional Justice in Africa and Justice Systems in Britain” British Journal of Community Justice
Batchelor D, “Lebanon of Dignity, a People That Perseveres: A Psychological Perspective on Collective Amnesia in Lebanon and Its Implications for Transitional Justice” in N Palmer, P Clark and D Granville (eds.), Critical Perspectives in Transitional Justice (Intersentia Uitgevers N V 2012)