Dr Janine Burroughs
Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice (Professional Practice)

Summary

Janine, a U.S. expatriate, joined Brunel as a Lecturer in the Professional Policing Program in October 2022.  During her 22-year professional career, Janine worked predominantly in social services and law enforcement, focusing on probation, parole, youth justice, alternatives to incarceration, and recidivism/reoffending reduction.  She spent most of her career as a youth probation officer and program director for diversionary programming.  Through several different roles in her career, Janine has acquired extensive knowledge about the youth Court system, court procedure, mentoring, public speaking, and much more.  Along with her youth justice career, Janine is a certified behavioural specialist, providing mental health services to children aged 2-18 within the home.

Janine holds a B.S. degree in Administration of Justice from Pennsylvania State University and a Master's degree in Law and Public Policy Administration from California University of Pennsylvania and a PhD in Sociology and Media Communication, from Brunel University, focusing on newspapers discourses and how they construct human trafficking.  The research focuses on the expansion of domestic and international law enforcement through discourse designed to weaponise human trafficking.  Janine’s other research interests include:  polyamory and criminalisation, forced surrogacy and adoption, elite deviance, and exploitation of medical doctors through foreign aid programs.  

Janine is the Module Lead for Youth Crime and Youth Justice and Module Lead for Evidence Based Policing Modules:  PMB 506 -Evidence Based Policing and Researching the Police.

Janine has supervised numerous Evidence Based Research projects providing both guidance on research methods, project layout, and other skills necessary for completion of dissertations.

Janine is a member of the Learner Experience Team where she serves as Lead/SPOC for Academic Support.

Qualifications

Brunel University London (2020- 2025) 

PhD- Sociology and Media Studies 

‘An exploration of shifting constructions of human trafficking: A study of newspaper discourses between 2000 and 2020’. Joint supervisors: Dr. Anita Howarth, Senior Lecturer: Journalism Studies, and Dr. Sara De Benedictis- Senior Lecturer:  Sociology and Communications.

PennWest University of California (formerly California University of Pennsylvania) (2007)

Master of Science, Legal Studies: Law and Public Policy Administration (3.4- 1st Class)

Modules included: Courses in criminal, civil, economic, and constitutional law. Also included were courses in economics, politics, and research theories.

Thesis: ‘Critical analysis of the Kimberly Process Scheme, recommendations for change.’

Pennsylvania State University

Bachelor of Science, Administration of Justice (2000) (3.3- 2:1 degree)

Modules included: Courses in crime theory, corrections, restorative justice, juvenile delinquency, female offenders and mental health, and sociology of offending.

Responsibility

Janine is the Module Lead for Youth Crime and Youth Justice (Criminology),  Module Lead for Evidence Based Policing Module:  PMB 506 -Evidence Based Policing and Researching the Police.