Shona Robinson-Edwards is a Teaching Fellow in Criminology. Shona has a wealth of teaching experience, and teaches on a number of undergraduate and postgraduate modules in the department of sociology. Shona’s PhD is titled Faith after Murder; Religion in the lives of individuals convicted of homicide offences. Prior to this Shona completed her BSc (Hons) in Criminal investigation and MA in Criminology.

Research 

Race, rehabilitation, religion and desistance are Shona’s areas of interest. Shona has written a number of peer reviewed journal articles, in 2020 her article titled 'Examining Prisoner Experience of an Equine Assisted Psychotherapy' was selected as a Highly Commended Paper and received an Emerald Literati Award.

Publications 

Robinson - Edwards, S., Yardley, E., Kennedy, M., and Kelly, E. (2020). The Arts, Rehabilitation or Both? Experiences of Mentoring Artists in Prison and Beyond. The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice. https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12390.

Robinson - Edwards, S., Kewley, S., Riley, L. and Fisher, D. (2019). "Examining Prisoner Experience of an Equine Assisted Psychotherapy", The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, Vol. 40 (3), pp. 111-124.

Robinson – Edwards, S. (2019). Judges in Court in England and Wales do not use Gavels. In Treadwell, J and Lynes, A. (2019). 50 Facts Everyone Should Know About Crime and Punishment in Britain. Policy Press.

Robinson - Edwards, S and Kewley, S. (2018). Faith-Based Intervention: Prison, Prayer, and Perseverance. In Kerley, K. (2018). Religion and Crime: Theory, Research, and Practice, MDPI, Religions.

Robinson - Edwards, S., and Pinkney, C. (2018). "Black Men, Religiosity and Desistance: Exploring Islam, Desistance and Identity", Safer Communities, Vol. 17 (1), pp. 47-67.

Pinkney, C and Robinson - Edwards, S. (2018). Gangs, Music and the Mediatisation of Crime: Expressions, Violations and Validations. Safer Communities, Vol. 17, (2), pp. 103-118.

Pinkney, C., Robinson - Edwards, S and Glynn, M. (2018). ‘On Road’ Youth Work: Inside England’s Gun Crime Capital. Youth and Policy, Exploring Issues, Policies and Practice.

Yardley, E., Kelly, E and Robinson - Edwards, S. (2018). Forever Trapped in the Imaginary of Late Capitalism? The Serialized True Crime Podcast as a Wake-up Call in Times of Criminological Slumber. Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal, Vol. 15 (3), pp. 503-521.

Yardley, E., Kennedy, M., Robinson - Edwards. S., Glynn, M., Rusu, D and Cardoso, C .(2018). The Artist in Residence at HMP Grendon 2014-2018. Evaluation Report. Available at https://www.ikon-gallery.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/AiR-Grendon-Evaluation-Report.pdf 

Yardley, E., Robinson – Edwards, S and Kinsella, V. (2015). Evaluation of the Koestler Trust Arts Gateway, Birmingham City University.

Dr Shona Robinson-Edwards

E0.18 Department of Sociology

Shona dot Robinson-Edwards at warwick dot ac dot uk