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Rachel Condry is Professor of Criminology and Fellow of St Hilda's College. She has previously been a lecturer in criminology at the University of Surrey, and a lecturer and British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the London School of Economics. Her work focuses broadly on the intersections between crime and the family. She has carried out research projects on the families of serious offenders, prisoners’ families, parenting expertise in youth justice, and adolescent to parent violence. Rachel is the author of Families Shamed: The Consequences of Crime for Relatives of Serious Offenders (Willan, 2007).
Rachel conducted the first large-scale UK study of adolescent to parent violence, with Caroline Miles, funded by the ESRC. The findings are published in a number of journal articles and a forthcoming book (Palgrave, 2020). More information about the study can be found here. She has also worked with the UK government and a number of other experts to produce the first UK policy guidance on adolescent to parent violence.
Rachel is currently developing a new project on child to parent homicide in the UK. She is also working on the topic of prisoners’ families and recently published an edited book with Oxford University Press drawing together the work of international researchers working in this field. Rachel is co-editor of the Howard Journal of Crime and Justice.
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R Condry and Caroline Miles, Uncovering Adolescent to Parent Violence (Palgrave 2021) (forthcoming) -
R Condry and S. Minson , 'Conceptualizing the effects of imprisonment on families: Collateral consequences, secondary punishment, or symbiotic harms? ' (2020) Theoretical Criminology DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1362480619897078Annison, H. M. J. and R Condry, 'The pains of indeterminate imprisonment for family members' (2019) 241 Prison Service Journal 11 All publications
Book (2)
Journal Article (10)
Edited Book (1)
Chapter (7)
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Research projects
- 100 years of Women in Law at Oxford
- Addressing the Impact of Maternal Imprisonment: Developing Collaborative Training: 'Safeguarding Children when Sentencing Mothers'
- Adolescent to Parent Violence
- Experiences of adolescent to parent violence in the COVID-19 pandemic
- International Network Addressing Filial Violence
- Investigating Parricide
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Research Interests
Family violence, prisoners' families, domestic homicide, the families of offenders and victims, youth justice, secondary victimization, shame and stigma, the state regulation of parenting and family life.
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Criminology and Criminal JusticeNews articles for Rachel Condry

Launch of report into Child to Parent Violence during the pandemic

A team including two members of the Faculty has been awarded a project looking at impact of UK school exclusions

Recognition of Distinction Awards 2019

Law Faculty Success at Excellence in Impact Awards

Dr Rachel Condry wins the overall O2RB Excellence in Impact Champion Award