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Louise Ridley

Assistant Professor

Department: Social Sciences

Louise RidleyShe had previously taught criminology at the University of Teesside for 15 years. Before this Louise worked in a variety of different organisations providing support to vulnerable groups of people.

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  • Invisible Men: Unlocking Compassion and Understanding the Needs of Older Men Behind Bars, Ridley, L., Waldegrave, K. 7 Jan 2025, In: Social Sciences
  • The introduction and development of a mental health integrated support unit within an English Prison: clinical, care staff and Operational Officer perspectives, McClelland, N., Brandon, T., Dyer, W., Cassidy, K., Ridley, L., Biddle, P. 1 Feb 2023, In: Journal of Forensic Practice
  • No Place for Old Men?: Meeting the needs of an Ageing Male Prison Population in England and Wales., Ridley, L. 1 Oct 2022, In: Social Policy and Society
  • Prisoners with Severe Mental Illnesses and Everyday Prison Interior (Re)design, Cassidy, K., Dyer, W., Biddle, P., Ridley, L., Brandon, T., McClelland, N. 4 Dec 2022, The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Design, Cham, Switzerland, Springer
  • The Development of a Prison Mental Health Unit in England: Understanding Realist Context(s)., Dyer, W., Cassidy, K., Ridley, L., Biddle, P., McClelland, N., Brandon, T. 1 Apr 2021, In: International Journal of Forensic Mental Health
  • Making space for mental health care within the penal estate, Cassidy, K., Dyer, W., Biddle, P., Brandon, T., McClelland, N., Ridley, L. 1 Mar 2020, In: Health and Place
  • An Evaluation of ‘Through the Gate Plus’ in the North East of England, Harding, J., Irving, A., Ridley, L., Bilby, C. Jul 2014
  • 'At risk' young people and preparedness for work: the Youth Choice Project, Ridley, L., Wray, D. Mar 2014, In: Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal
  • No substitute for the real thing: the impact of prison based work experience on students' thinking about imprisonment, Ridley, L. Feb 2014, In: The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice
  • Re-imagining futures: Exploring arts interventions and the process of desistance, Bilby, C., Caulfield, L., Ridley, L. Nov 2013

Louise Maxwell The failure of the prison system: how did we get to the current critical overcrowding of Prisons in England and Wales. Start Date: 01/10/2022

  • Teacher Training PGCHE June 30 1993
  • Criminology MA June 30 1987
  • Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2007


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