Mr Christopher Scott
Senior Lecturer (Professional Practice) in Police Practice
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- Email: christopher.scott@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 266352
- Criminology and Criminal Justice studies
- Social and Political Sciences
- College of Arts, Law and Social Sciences
Summary
Chris is currently a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice teaching on the (BSc) Professional Policing Degree programme, BSc Criminology undergraduate provision and the successful MSc Crime Science, Inverstigation and Intelligence course. Chris is also the Programme Lead for the Post Graduate course in Criminal Intelligence Analysis at Brunel. Previously he has also taught Criminology at the University of Gloucestershire.
Prior to academia Chris was a supervisory Police Detective specialising in sexual offending risk, professsional standards/counter corruption and serious and complex investigations. He was also a national Hostage and Crisis Negotiator and Kidnap Commander, an area he continues to research at doctoral level.
As well as being a College of Policing Associate Chris is the External Examiner for the University of Gloucestershire's BSc Crime and Criminal Justice, BSc Criminology and Criminal Justice, BSc Criminology and Sociology and BA Sociology and Law courses.
His recent publications include:
Scott, C. T. (2026). Effectively Managing Offenders and Suspects: An Analysis of Effective Current Practice. In E. Halford (Ed.), Building an Outstanding Police Service: Understanding the Police Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Legitimacy (PEEL) Inspection Framework (pp. 317-332). IGI Global Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3373-2757-0.ch021
Qualifications
Masters Degree (MSc) in Criminology (University of Gloucestershire, 2021)
Bachelors Degree (BSc Econ (Hons)) in Political Studies (Aberystwyth University, 2004)
Post Graduate Certificate (PG Cert) in Public Protection (University of Gloucestershire, 2019)
Foundation Degree (FdA) in Community Engagement and Governanace (University of Gloucestershire, 2012)
Fellow of the Higher Education Acadamy (FHEA). 2024.
Doctoral Researcher (EdD). 2025 - 2028.
Responsibility
Programme Lead - PG Cert Intelligence Analysis
Module Lead - PSB 501: Professional Practice and PSB 502: Safeguarding, Public Protection and Vulnerability.
Module Lead - CY2613: Gangs, Street Culture & Crime.
Module Lead - CY1605: Case Studies in Criminology
Module Lead - CY5608: Criminal Intelligence Analysis
Co-Lead: Student Welfare
Social Media and Marketing Lead for Criminal Justice.