Senior Lecturer in Criminology
My professional background has been in front-line service provision working with the most vulnerable people. This includes working with statutory and third-sector organisations in social housing, homeless projects, community offender management, and family support within HMPPS. I am now part of the Criminology Team in the School of Social Sciences and I embed my professional, research, and academic knowledge and experience into my teaching.
I am passionate about the inequalities experienced by women and marginalised groups. This underpins my research interests: violence against women, domestic violence, gender and inequalities within the CJS, offender management, emotionality in research and practice, and feminist research methodologies.
Teaching and supervision
I am a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Deputy Programme Leader for MSc Leadership in Criminal Justice and Policing. My teaching is predominantly in criminal justice, offender management, violence, and abuse. I also supervise both undergraduate and MSc dissertation students within my specialist area. I also supervise MPhil and will consider potential PhD students.
Research interests for potential research students
My research topics are feminist research methodologies; emotionality in research, violence against women; domestic violence and abuse including, love and coercive and controlling behaviour; domestic violence and help-seeking; gender inequalities within the CJS, and offender management and punishment.
Research
Current research:
- Third Sector Service Evaluation
- Women's perceptions of coercive and controlling behaviour
Previous studies:
- Transitional experiences of Thai women following migratory marriage to England
- The Training Needs of Magistrates in response to Domestic Abuse
- An Evaluation of Children's Services Pilot Project
- Evaluation of Tyneside Rape Crisis Pilot Project
- City of Sunderland Digital Inclusion Evaluation
- Gentoo Benefit Take-Up Campaign
Publications
Article
Wilcock, Angela (2024) Shifting consciousness: Challenges to ontological assumptions in feminist research. Emotions, Space and Scoiety, 50. pp. 1-7. ISSN 1755-4586
Malin, Nigel, Tunmore, Jane and Wilcock, Angela (2014) How far does a whole family approach make a difference: Designing an evaluation framework to enable partners to assess and measure progress. Social Work & Social Sciences Review, 17 (2). pp. 63-92. ISSN 1746-6105
Book Section
Wilcock, Angela (2021) Exploring Understandings of Domestic Violence with Women in Sunderland: Negotiating and positioning emotionality within sensitive research. In: Negotiating Families and Personal Lives in the 21st Century: Exploring Diversity, Social Change and Inequalities. Routledge. Sociological Future Series . Routledge. ISBN 9780367483401 (In Press)
Quaid, Sheila, Hugman, Catriona and Wilcock, Angela (2021) Introduction: Negotiating Families and Personal Lives in the 21st Century. In: Negotiating Families and Personal Lives in the 21st Century: Exploring Diversity , Social Change and Inequalities. Routledge. ISBN 9780367483401 (In Press)
Quaid, Sheila, Hugman, Catriona and Wilcock, Angela (2021) Looking Ahead: What does this mean for the sociology of families and personal lives in the future? In: Negotiating Families and Personal Lives in the 21st Century: Exploring Diversity, Social Change and Inequalities. Routledge. ISBN 9780367483401 (In Press)
Macdonald, Stephen J, Clayton, John, Smith, Peter and Wilcock, Angela (2014) The Impact of Digital Inclusion Initiatives in a Civic Context. In: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology. IGI Global, pp. 6863-6873. ISBN 9781466658882
Reports, briefing/ working papers
Wilcock, Angela and Quaid, Sheila (2018) Exploring the Dynamics of Situated Emotionality in Feminist Standpoint Epistemology CASS. Working Paper. University of Sunderland, Sunderland.
Donovan, Catherine, Roberts, Nicola and Wilcock, Angela (2011) Tyneside Rape Crisis Centre Grace - Northumberland Sexual Violence Project: Evaluation and sustainability report. Project Report. University of Sunderland. (Unpublished)
Clayton, John, Macdonald, Stephen J and Wilcock, Angela (2010) Digital Challenge Evaluation. Project Report. Sunderland: Department of Community and Local Government, Sunderland.
Macdonald, Stephen J, Clayton, John and Wilcock, Angela (2010) City of Sunderland Digital Inclusion Evaluation Final Report. Project Report. University of Sunderland and CLG, Sunderland.
Conference or Workshop Item
Wilcock, Angela (2023) The Narrative Accounts of Thai Women Now Living in England Following Migratory Marriage. In: FES2023 Economic and Social Inclusion 5th Annual Faculty Staff Research Conference, 12th June 2023, University of Sunderland.
Wilcock, Angela (2023) Experiences of Thai women following migratory marriage: ‘Just let us know our basic rights’. In: British Society of Criminology 2023 Conference, 28-30th June, University of Lancaster. (Submitted)
Wilcock, Angela (2023) The transitional expereinces of Thai women following migratory marraige to England. In: CASS Public Lecture Series, 26 March 2023, University of Sunderland. (Unpublished)
Quaid, Sheila, Williams, Helen and Wilcock, Angela (2022) Do we need the HE classroom in Social Sciences to be a safe space or a discomforting space ? Research from the teacher perspective. In: CASS Public Seminar Series, 26 Jan 2022, University of Sunderland. (In Press)
Quaid, Sheila and Wilcock, Angela (2016) Exploring the Dynamics of Situated Emotionality in Feminist Standpoint Epistemology. In: BSA Post Graduate Forum Closer to Home: Emotional Dilemmas in Research., 15 May 2016, London School of Economics. (Unpublished)
Book
Quaid, Sheila, Hugman, Catriona and Wilcock, Angela (2021) Negotiating Families and Personal Lives in the 21st Century: Exploring Diversity, Social Change and Inequalities. Sociological Futures . Routledge, UK. ISBN 9780367483401 (In Press)
Thesis
Wilcock, Angela (2015) An exploration of the knowledge women in Sunderland have of help-seeking in response to domestic violence. Doctoral thesis, University of Sunderland.
Audio
Wilcock, Angela (2023) Help seeking and experiences of Thai women in the UK. [Audio]
Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley (2023) The Portal Podcast: Domestic abuse and older people. [Audio]
Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley (2023) The Portal Podcast: Domestic abuse, help seeking, and the experiences of Thai women in the UK. [Audio]
Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley (2022) The Portal Podcast: Linking research and practice for social work. Series one, episode five: A conversation with Angie and Sheila. [Audio]
Other
Wilcock, Angela (2023) What women should do if they experience violence online. The Independent, Online.
Wilcock, Angela (2023) The transitional experiences of Thai Women following migratory marriage to England. CASS: University of Sunderland, Online.
Quaid, Sheila, Wilcock, Angela and Hugman, Catriona (2022) Blog - Negotiating families and Personal Lives in the 21st Century, Exploring Diversity, Social Change and Inequalities. British Sociology Society, UK.
Donovan, Catherine, Wilcock, Angela, Cunnington-Shore, Chris and Easton, Jo (2020) The Training Needs of Magistrates in relation to Domestic Abuse. Unpublished Report. (Unpublished)
- Domestic violence and help-seeking
- Coercive and controlling behaviour
- Violence against women
- Offender management
- Dangerous Offenders
- Feminist methodology
- Emotionality in research
