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    Dr Kreseda Smith

    BSc(Hons), PhD, FRGS, FHEA

    Senior Lecturer in Rural Criminology and Social Science; Research Office Coordinator

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    Research Interests

    • Rural Crime
    • Agricultural Crime
    • Farmer mental health
    • On-farm security measures
    • Farmer decision-making
    • Rural crime policy across the UK
    • Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking (MSHT) in Agricultural Systems
    • Psychological impact of agricultural crime and the traditional rural masculine
    • Cultural Property and Heritage Crime in the rural space

    Teaching

    • Land Research and Information Skills - Social science research methods for Land & Property Management courses. Covering all aspects of research design in preparation for final year dissertations.
    • International Organised Criminality across a range of modules
    • Rural crime sessions for various modules.
    • Advanced Social Science Research Methods for Postgraduate Researchers

    Professional Memberships

    • Member of the European Society of Criminology
    • Chair of the 
    • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
    • Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)
    • Executive member of the  (ISSRC)
    • Research Associate of the , University of New England, Armidale, Australia
    • Director of the Rural Resilience Research Group (3RG), Ãå±±½ûµØ
    • Member of the Association of Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA)

    Academic Department: Agriculture and Environment

    Department: Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor

    Research: Rural Resilience Research Group (3RG)

    Research: Centre for Social Science

    Tel: +44 (0)1952 815113

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    Office: AC04 (academic); M44 (RO)

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    Additional Information
    • PhD explored the crime prevention decision-making behaviour of farmers in England and Wales, and how behavioural science can influence appropriate and effective decisions to better protect farmers
    • Currently researching the psychological impact of agricultural crime and the second/third order impacts this leads to
    • Exploring various research issues within the rural crime, behavioural science, human trafficking arenas
    • Currently supervising four PhD students researching police training and community confidence in the rural space, ICT extension among farmers in South Africa, human trafficking in Nigeria, and modern slavery within the European agri-horticultural supply chain.

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