Matt Hopkins

Matt is an Associate Professor at the Department of Criminology, University of Leicester. His research spans of variety of areas in relation to violence, organised crime, security and crime prevention. He has conducted research for the UK Home Office exploring motivations for the use of acid and corrosive substances in violent crime. He is the lead author (with Dr Lucy Neville and Professor Teela Sanders) of Acid Crime: Context, Motivation and Prevention (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).