BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, GMBPsS
Teaching Fellow
- About
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- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Law
Biography
Tania is Teaching Fellow at the School of Law. She holds a PhD in Law from the University of Aberdeen. Her doctoral research focused on the impact on families and individuals who have had received an imposition of a community sentence as an alternative to imprisonment in Scotland.
She has conducted research into the use of child and family impact assessments in court, alternatives to custody, and on the support available for families of people who have committed a sexual offence in Scotland.
Tania’s research interests are interdisciplinary involving criminal law, criminology, psychology, and sociology.
Qualifications
- PhD - Law2021 - University of Aberdeen
PhD thesis - Exploring experiences of an imposition of a Community Payback Order on individuals and family members: A thematic analysis.
- MSc in Forensic Psychology2008 - University of Minho, Portugal
- BSc in Psychology2004 - University of Maia, Portugal
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Member of the Centre for Scots Law
Member of the Criminal Law Research Group at the University of Aberdeen
- External Memberships
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Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS) since January 2010
Associate Researcher of The Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR) since 2010
Member of the British Society of Criminology
Latest Publications
“Someone should have just asked me what was wrong”: Balancing Justice, Rights, and the Impact of Imprisonment on Children and Families in Scotland
Prisons, Punishment, and the Family: Towards a New Sociology of Punishment?. Condry, R., Scharff Smith, P. (eds.). Oxford University Press, pp. 151-166, 16 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198810087.003.0010
The impact of Community Payback Orders on families
Other Contributions: Other ContributionsSupport for families of people convicted of a sexual offence: Contemporary Research and Analysis on the Children of Prisoners: Invisible Children.
Contemporary Research and Analysis on the Children of Prisoners: Invisible Children. Gordon, L. (ed.). Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 190-208, 19 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersThe use of community sentences in Scotland
Contributions to Conferences: PapersThe impact on the families of offenders of the imposition of a Community Payback Order as an alternative to imprisonment
University of Aberdeen: Summer SpeakeasyContributions to Conferences: Posters
- Research
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Research Overview
Research interests:
- Criminal Justice
- Criminal Law
- Sexual offences
- Alternatives to imprisonment
- Community Sentences (Community Payback Orders)
- Impact of imprisonment on families
Funding and Grants
- CB Davidson Grant (2017 & 2018) - University of Aberdeen
- Nominated by the University of Aberdeen’s Scholarship committee for the Scottish Graduate School for the Arts & Humanities (SGSAH) for an AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) scholarship – January 2017
- PhD Elphinstone Scholarship from the University of Aberdeen
- Fellowship in Forensic Psychology funded by the Leonardo da Vinci Programme - March - August 2009
Together with other colleagues I was directly involved in the preparation of a successful Research Grants:
- £150.000 grant from the Scottish Government to evaluate a parenting programme for perpetrators of Intimate partner violence at Glasgow Caledonian University, 2011
- £2,683,666.00 grant from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), UK for a Trial of Healthy Relationship Initiatives for the Very Early-years (THRIVE): Three-Arm Randomised Control Trial for Mothers Identified as Vulnerable in Pregnancy and their Babies who are at High Risk of Maltreatment - at Glasgow Caledonian University
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
- Crime Theories and Concepts (Law) LS2541 (Course Coordinator)
- Introduction to Criminology SO2007 (Course Coordinator 2024-2025)
- Criminal Law LS1020
- Criminology LS403R
- Publications
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“Someone should have just asked me what was wrong”: Balancing Justice, Rights, and the Impact of Imprisonment on Children and Families in Scotland
Prisons, Punishment, and the Family: Towards a New Sociology of Punishment?. Condry, R., Scharff Smith, P. (eds.). Oxford University Press, pp. 151-166, 16 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198810087.003.0010
The impact of Community Payback Orders on families
Other Contributions: Other ContributionsSupport for families of people convicted of a sexual offence: Contemporary Research and Analysis on the Children of Prisoners: Invisible Children.
Contemporary Research and Analysis on the Children of Prisoners: Invisible Children. Gordon, L. (ed.). Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 190-208, 19 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersThe use of community sentences in Scotland
Contributions to Conferences: PapersThe impact on the families of offenders of the imposition of a Community Payback Order as an alternative to imprisonment
University of Aberdeen: Summer SpeakeasyContributions to Conferences: PostersThe impact on the families of offenders of the imposition of a Community Payback Order as an alternative to imprisonment
School of Law (Aberdeen), Baltimore and Maryland Summer SchoolContributions to Conferences: PostersSupport for families of people who have committed a sexual offence
Edinburgh: Families Outside & Barnardo’s ScotlandBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsChild and Family Impact Assessments – key achievements in Scotland
European Journal of Parental Imprisonment, no. Winter 2015, pp. 16-19Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Alba Project: Parenting for High Risk and Vulnerable Groups
Contributions to Conferences: PapersThe Alba Project: Parenting for High Risk and Vulnerable Groups
Contributions to Conferences: Papers