Dr Nicola Collett

Nicola is an early-career researcher. She completed her PhD titled 'Constructing and maintaining a 'non-criminal' identity: a psychosocial narrative inquiry into the lives of people with convictions.' in 2023 at Keele University. Prior to this, Nicola worked for the Charity Leaders-Unlocked as a Project Co-ordinater for the Staffordshire Youth Commission, and later the Cheshire Youth Commission. This enabled her to gain experience in active research within the local area funded by the retrospective Police and Crime Commissioners.

Institute for Research in Criminology and Community and Social Justice

Collett, N.A. (2024) 'Clearing the Record: Life Beyond Crime with Dr. Nicola Collett' All Things Youth Justice Podcast. Clearing the Record Life Beyond Crime with Dr Nicola Collett

Collett, N.A. and Williams, J. (2022) 'Criminal Records and Life Chances' Research Seminar. DMU Prisons and Probation Research Hub - 'Hope' Series. Available: Criminal Records and Life Chances - YouTube

Collett, N.A. (2022) Accounting for the gendered nature of ‘collateral consequences’ of a criminal record. In: Eds. Masson, I. and Booth, N. The Routledge Handbook of Women's Experiences of Criminal Justice. 1st Ed. pp. 475-486

Knight, V., Baldwin, L., Little, R., Collett, N. (2022) Prison and Probation Research Hub: Consultation of Prison Strategy White Paper.https://hdl.handle.net/2086/21675

Nicola's PhD research explores the experiences of adult men and women, now aged twenty-five and over, living in the UK with a criminal record attained in 'youth'. Nicola adopted a narrative approach to her research. You can find regular blog posts relating to her research via the Unlock charity website.

Nicola has experience teaching a range of sociology and criminology modules. She is currently module leader for Mental Health and Crime (second year undergraduate) and module leader for the third year undergraduate dissertation module.

BA Geography with Criminology, Keele University. MA Criminology and Criminal Justice, Keele University.

European Society of Criminology Working Group on Collateral Consequences of Criminal Records

Member of the Prison and Probation Research Hub 

Prison and Probation Research Hub Digital Event December 2022. Paper titled: 'Criminal Records and Life Chances: How to facilitate "hope" for people with convictions?'

British Society of Criminology 2024 Presentation title: ''Constructing and maintaining a 'non-criminal' identity: a psychosocial narrative inquiry into the lives of people with convictions.'

Eurocrim 2023 Presentation title: 'The harmful effects of criminal record disclosure interactions'

Eurocrim2022 Presentation title: 'Traversing Disclosure Landscapes'

Eurocrim2019 Presentation title: 'Understanding The Influence Of An Early Life Criminal Record On Adult Life Courses; Preliminary Findings And Reflections'