Maria Sklavou
School of Law
ESRC-funded PhD student in Criminology
Full contact details
School of Law
Bartolomé House
Winter Street
Sheffield
S3 7ND
- Profile
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I am an ESRC-funded PhD student at the School of Law. My PhD takes a social constructionist approach to paedophilia, child sexual abuse, and relevant preventative policy making in the USA, the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands. I have also been working as a GTA (Graduate Teaching Assistant) in criminology since 2019. Before joining the University of Sheffield back in 2016 for my first master's degree in International Criminology, I worked for several years as a lawyer with a special interest in criminal law, in Athens, Greece.
- Qualifications
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- MA Social Research (Distinction) - University of Sheffield (2018-2019)
- MA International Criminology (Distinction)
- University of Sheffield (2016-2017)
- Admission in the Athens Bar Association and Licence to Practice (2014-2015)
- BA Law - University of Athens (2007-2012)
- Research interests
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My PhD takes a social constructionist approach to paedophilia, child sexual abuse, their (perceived) interrelation, and relevant implications for preventative policy-making; it is a cross-comparative study, with a focus on the USA, the UK, and Germany.
This research is fully funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
Supervisors: Dr. Mark Brown and Dr. David Thompson.
My research interests include:
- Child sexual abuse
- Comparative criminology
- Crime prevention
- Human sexuality
- Interdisciplinarity
- Risk governance
- Securitisation
- Sexual offending
- Social constructionism
- Stigma
- Teaching activities
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LAW3052 (Sexual Offending and Sex Offenders)
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Member of the Athens Bar Association
- ESRC White Rose DTP 1+3 Pathway Scholarship (awarded in 2018)
- AFHEA
- CCR-PGR Representative