Key details
Dr Jack Tomlin
Senior Lecturer in Criminology; Early Career Researcher Hub Lead
Jack Tomlin is a Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Law and Criminology. Prior to this he was a post-doctoral research fellow at the Department of Forensic Psychiatry at Rostock University Medical Centre, Germany. He studied for an LL.B and an LL.M at Maastricht University in the Netherlands before completing his PhD in forensic mental health at the University of Nottingham, UK in 2019. He is on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, and is a Review Editor for the Forensic Psychiatry section of Frontiers in Psychiatry. He and has twenty international peer-reviewed publications and has received funding from German, UK and EU bodies.
Responsibilities within the university
- Lecturer in Criminology
- Interim Programme Leader BSc Hons Criminology and Criminal Psychology (semester one; 2022-23)
- Module co-lead: Foundations of Criminology
- Module co-lead: Criminological and Forensic Psychology
- Module co-lead: Criminological Research Methods
- Module co-lead: Forensic Mental Health
- UG and PG dissertation supervisor
Awards
- 2022. Best publication from work during doctoral studies/dissertation, Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham, U.K.
- 2019. Ludwig-Meyer Preis für Forensische Psychiatrie, Germany
- 2018. Best publication from work during doctoral studies/dissertation, Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham, U.K.
- 2018. Royal College of Psychiatrists Forensic Research Prize, U.K.
- 2017. Sue Watson Postgraduate Oral Presentation, 3rd Prize Winner, U.K.
Recognition
- Member of the European Society of Criminology
- Member of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services
- Associate Fellow at the Higher Education Academy, U.K.
Research / Scholarly interests
Jack works in academic and clinical settings to research the treatment of justice-involved people with mental disorders. His research interests relate to forensic mental health patients’ experiences of care, procedural justice and legitimacy, and mental health in the criminal justice system. He works with patients, clinicians and scholars, and uses a variety of research methods in projects with colleagues in the U.K., Germany and elsewhere. These interests are underpinned by values of social justice, equity in healthcare and evidence-based rehabilitation.
Jack is currently working on projects to explore the applicability of procedural justice theory in forensic mental health settings, outcomes for conditionally discharged forensic patients, trauma-informed practice in prisons, and factors that influence student attitudes towards criminal justice involved persons with mental illnesses.
Funded research projects
| Date | Project information | Total Amount Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2024 | Co-investigator. Robert Bosch Foundation. ‘PART: Patientenbeirat für partizipative Forschung in der Medizin’ [Patient Council for Participatory Research in Medicine] | 326,000 EUR |
| 2022-2023 | Co-investigator. Welsh Government. PrisOn WAles TrAumatic StRess II (POLAR II) | £197,664 |
| 2022 | Chief-Investigator. University of Greenwich Impact Development Fund. ‘Procedural Justice in forensic mental health: A participatory action research project’ | £1998.40 |
| 2022 | Chief-Investigator. Health Education England. Conditionally discharged forensic patients in England and Wales: A systematic literature review | £5,800 |
| 2020 | Main applicant. University of Rostock, FORUN-Program for Junior Scientists. ‘Aufbau einer deutschlandweiten Datenbank für forensische Patienten, die nach section 63 StGB behandeltwerden’ [The CONNECT Study: ‘Collaboration to establish a national database on the criminological and treatment outcomes of forensic psychiatric patients in Germany’. | 10,698 EUR |
| 2015-2019 | Student applicant. ESRC +4 Doctoral Studentship | £72,436 |
| 2018 | Main applicant. ESRC Overseas Institutional Visit to Canada | £2100 |
| 2015 | Main applicant. EU COST Action Short Term Scientific Mission to the Netherlands | €1550 |