Westmarland, Louise

My research interests include gender and the police, violence and integrity and ethics in the criminal justice system. I m also interested in ethnographic research methods, danger, fear and situations where privileged access leads to dilemmas for researchers. In the past I have published articles on police informers and the way they are regulated and the effect of this upon rights and justice. More recently I ve completed a book about research methods in criminology. My other recent research projects have included studying women bouncers and violence in the context of social control of the nig...