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Biography
Amanda joined the University of Roehampton in September 2014 from the School of Law, Lancaster University. She previously worked at the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Portsmouth and, prior to her PhD scholarship, worked as a Research Officer at the Trust for the Study of Adolescence.
Amanda’s research broadly addresses issues concerned with families, young people and harm. Her recent book, Family Criminology: An Introduction (Palgrave, 2021) is the world's first academic text on a brand new sub-discipline of Criminology, offering a fresh conceptual approach to understanding the intersections of crime, criminal justice and family life.
Much of Amanda's research in recent years has focused on the problem of adolescent family violence. Amanda is the author of the UK’s first book on the topic, Adolescent-to-Parent Abuse: Current Understandings in Research, Policy and Practice (Policy Press, 2013) and is also the editor of Working with Adolescent Violence and Abuse towards Parents: Approaches and Contexts for Intervention (Routledge, 2016). Amanda has completed several research projects on adolescent family violence, and has worked with the UK Home Office to produce the first UK policy guidance on the issue. She has also been a keynote speaker at international conferences and has appeared on national radio and television, including Women's Hour (Radio 4), Channel 5 News and Newsnight (BBC1).
Amanda recently completed a comprehensive assessment of child/adolescent to parent violence and abuse across London with colleagues, which was funded by London's Violence Reduction Unit - see final report here.
Other recently completed research projects include a large AHRC-funded project to explore gender-based violence during the Covid pandemic (see project details here) and an exploration adolescent family violence within neurodiverse contexts.
Qualifications
BA (Hons) Applied Psychology; MSc Psychological Research Methods; PhD Applied Social Science
Research interests
From a psychology background, I apply an interdisciplinary approach to my work and draw on a range of methodologies. Key areas of research interest include:
- Domestic and family violence
- Parents and youth justice
- Violence in schools
- Qualitative methodologies
PhD Supervision
Current supervision projects include:
- Sexual Violence and Rape in India (S. Mangat).
- The family justice system in England and Wales: Child contact, domestic violence and women’s rights (R. Tweedale).
- Domestic violence against sex workers (V. Holt)
- Dramatherapy with grandparent kinship carers (L. Engler)
Professional affiliations
- Member of the British Society of Criminology
- Member of the European Society of Criminology
- Graduate Member of British Psychological Society (BPS)
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA)
- Trustee of Family Lives
External positions
Board Member, PEGS (Parental Education Growth Support)
1 Oct 2021 → …
Trustee, Family Lives
19 Apr 2016 → …
Network
Projects
- 2 Finished
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ImmobsGBV: The Immobilities of Gender-based Violence in the Covid-19 Pandemic
Holt, A., Murray, L. & Lewis, S.
1/01/21 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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A comprehensive assessment of Child and Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse in London
Holt, A. & Brennan, I.
1/12/20 → 31/10/21
Project: Research
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Comprehensive needs assessment of Child/Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse in London
Holt, A. & Brennan, I., 2022, 100 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Constituting child-to-parent violence: Lessons from England and Wales
Holt, A. & Lewis, S., 4 Jan 2021, In: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Family Criminology: An Introduction
Holt, A., 24 Sep 2021, London: Palgrave Macmillan. 193 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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International and cross-cultural research on violence against parents
Holt, A., Apr 2021, The SAGE Handbook of Domestic Violence. Shackelford, T. (ed.). SAGE Publications, p. 841-858 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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“Their Mum messed up and Gran can’t afford to”: Violence towards grandparent kinship carers and the implications for social work
Holt, A. & Birchall, J., 27 Jul 2021, In: British Journal of Social Work. p. 0-18 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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