Dr Louise Wattis

Assistant Professor

Department: Social Sciences

Key Publications

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Gender and True crime: Women, Murder, Feminism and Therapy, Wattis, L. 12 Dec 2024, Gender, True Crime and Criminology: Victims, Offenders, Ethics, Leeds, Emerald Publishing
Gender, True Crime and Criminology: Victims, Offenders, Ethics, Wattis, L. 12 Dec 2024
Popular Criminology, Sexual Violence and Alternative Modes of Justice, Wattis, L. 18 Jul 2024, In: International Journal of Gender, Sexuality and Law
True Crime’s Staple: Reflecting on Murdered Woman in News and Popular Culture, Wattis, L. 12 Dec 2024, Gender, True Crime and Criminology: Victims, Offenders, Ethics, Leeds, Emerald Publishing
Refugee and asylum seeker communities and access to mental health support: A local case study, Lloyd, A., Wattis, L., Devanney, C., Bell, V. 1 Feb 2023, In: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
The cultural scope and criminological potential of the “hardman story”, Wattis, L. 1 Mar 2023, In: Crime, Media, Culture
Analysing local newspaper coverage of murders involving street sex workers, Wattis, L. 17 Feb 2022, In: Feminist Media Studies
‘It’s What Happens Now When People Go for a Drink’: Normalising Non-dependent Recreational Cocaine Use Amongst Over-35s in the UK, Ancrum, C., Scott, S., Wattis, L. 14 Jul 2022, Drugs, Identity and Stigma, Cham, Switzerland, Palgrave Macmillan
The Diminished Figure of the Serial Killer in a Confession, Wattis, L. 1 Dec 2022, Serial Killing on Screen , Cham, Switzerland, Palgrave Macmillan
Book Review: Femicide across Europe: Theory, research and prevention, Wattis, L. 1 Aug 2021, In: Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work

Qualifications

Not Specified PhD May 18 2007

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