Kieran Mccartan

Professor Kieran McCartan is a Professor of Criminology at the University of the West of England. He researches a range of areas including the risk management, community integration of people who have sexually offended, the prevention of a response to sexual abuse, Public Health approaches to offending behaviour, as well as trauma-informed practice.

He has experience of qualitative, quantitative and mixed method research from funders including EU (Horizon 2020), Ministry of Justice, Cabinet Office, Public Health England, ESRC, The Leverhulme Trust, Bristol City Council & Wiltshire probation. He has previously co-lead an ESRC a nationally based ESRC funded Knowledge Exchange Network on the limited disclosure of sex offender information (2012) and an international Leverhulme Trust-funded network on sex offender management (2014 - 16). Currently, he is involved in a Council of Europe project examining, and developing recommendations, around the assessment, management, and integration of people who have committed sexual offenses (2019 - 21) & with colleagues was shortlisted for a Times Higher Education award in 2020.

Professor McCartan has a number of academic outputs, including, 155+ academic publications (Journal Articles, Books, Chapters, External Research Reports & Professional/Practitioner publications); 265+ blogs; received approximately 1 million pounds in external funding; & has given 255+ external presentations (Conference Papers & Keynotes); & has taken part in 65+ media interviews nationally as well as internationally.