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Personal profile
Supervisory Interests
My research areas are law, criminology, and gender studies. I am particularly interested in supervising students looking at any of the following: hate crime and hate crime victimisation, domestic and sexual violence, gender and criminal law, gender and the family, online interpersonal crime, online misogyny, online hate crime, feminist theory and methods, LGBTQI+ experiences. I am also interested in the use of innovative research methods.
I am willing to consider cross-disciplinary PhD supervision, and internal or external cross-department supervision.
Research interests
Gender-based violence, sexual violence, victim-survivor experiences, hate crime, online hate, gender and sexualities, gender and criminal justice, criminal law and criminal evidence, family law, LGBTQI+ experiences, feminist research methods and ethics, online research methods, online research ethics
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Feminist Women's Experiences of Online Gendered Hate, University of Surrey
Award Date: 30 Aug 2019
Master, Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Social Research, University of Surrey
Award Date: 7 Sept 2015
Bachelor, Human Sciences, University of Oxford
Award Date: 5 Jun 2000
Keywords
- K Law (General)
- Sexual violence
- Gender
- Hate Crime
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Criminal Justice System
- Criminal Law
- Family Law
- H Social Sciences (General)
- Gender
- LGBTQI+
- Criminology
- Methodology
- Feminism
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Projects
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Project Vigilant (VAWG EAF Phase 1 & 2 projects)
Magill, C. (PI) & Smith, J. (CoI)
5/12/22 → 31/05/25
Project: Industry
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The Palgrave Handbook of Violence Against Women and Girls
Smith, J. (Editor), Zempi, I. (Editor) & Trickett, L. (Editor), 2026, (Accepted/In press) Palgrave Macmillan.Research output: Book/Report › Book - edited › peer-review
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Hate Crime Perpetrators: New Perspectives from Theory, Research and Practice , Volume I: Understanding Offender Profiles and Motivations
Garland, J. (Editor), Zempi, I. (Editor) & Smith, J. (Editor), 30 Sept 2025, 1 ed. Palgrave Macmillan. 220 p. (Palgrave Hate Studies)Research output: Book/Report › Book - edited › peer-review
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Hate Crime Perpetrators: New Perspectives from Theory, Research and Practice , Volume II: Developing Responses to Hate in Online and Offline Locations
Garland, J. (Editor), Zempi, I. (Editor) & Smith, J. (Editor), 30 Oct 2025, 1 ed. Palgrave Macmillan. 245 p. (Palgrave Hate Studies)Research output: Book/Report › Book - edited › peer-review
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‘It Feels Like a Mini Victory’: Alternative Routes to Justice in Experiences of Online Misogyny.
Smith, J., 2023, Experiences of Punishment, Abuse and Justice by Women and Families. Masson, I., Booth, N. & Baldwin, L. (eds.). Policy Press, Vol. 2.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding with ISSN or ISBN › Chapter › peer-review
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Bystander experiences of online gendered hate
Smith, J., 2021, The Palgrave Handbook of Gendered Violence and Technology. Powell, A., Flynn, A. & Sugiura, L. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 395–413 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding with ISSN or ISBN › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
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Online hate crime and hate incidents
Smith, J. (Presenter)
20 Sept 2023Activity: External talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Online Gendered Hate
Smith, J. (Presenter)
12 Jan 2023Activity: External talk or presentation › Invited talk
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British Society of Criminology Online Journal (Journal)
Smith, J. (Reviewer)
2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review
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Journal of Interpersonal Violence (Journal)
Smith, J. (Reviewer)
2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review
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Peer reviewer - ESRC funding application
Smith, J. (Reviewer)
2023 → …Activity: External funding peer-review