Melanie Flynn

I joined the University of Huddersfield as a senior lecturer in February 2007 and since then have completed a PGDip in Higher Education Practice. Prior to this I studied Law at the University of Derby, followed by an MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice at Loughborough University. During this time I worked as a Special Constable (volunteer police officer) and then a door supervisor at a night club. After graduating I moved to Sussex where I worked for three years as a crime analyst before joining the UCL Jill Dando Institute Crime Science Lab (in Birmingham) where I worked from November 2002 to February 2007 as a research fellow. During 2006 I also worked as an associate lecturer in criminology at the University of Derby. I continue at UCL as a part-time PhD student.

• Environmental criminology
• Opportunity theories
• Situational crime prevention
• The links between crime and the design of premises and everyday practices
• Criminal law and sentencing
• ‘Green’ criminology (particularly harms against animals)
• Policing practices
• Crime analysis