Key details
Dr Ed Schreeche-Powell
Senior Lecturer in Criminology
Ed is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and the programme leader for the BSc Criminology and Criminal Psychology. Ed holds a 1st Class BSc (Hons) in Criminology and Psychology. He completed his MA (with Distinction) in Criminology at The University of Kent with a dissertation entitled: ‘Peer Support and Well-Being: Exploring the Impact of Peer-Led Induction on Male Prisoners’, which is an impact evaluation of the effects of a power-sharing initiative on the mental health and wellbeing of adult male prisoners. Ed was awarded a Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship for his PhD, which builds upon his MA with a multi-site investigation of this intervention through the theoretical conceptual lens of Power, Weight, Tightness, Depth and Legitimacy in prisons. Prior to joining 秋葵视频, Ed has taught across a broad range of modules in criminology at The University of Kent alongside Social and Forensic Psychology for The Open University which evidence his multi-disciplinary approach. Ed also acts as an expert witness regarding prison conditions in England and Wales and is a member of the HMPPS Lived Experience Engagement Network.
Responsibilities within the university
Programme Leader for the BSc Criminology and Criminal Psychology
Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Module Leader;
- Crime Theory (Level 7)
- Crime in the City, Crime and the State (Level 6)
- Criminological Perspectives (Level 5)
Awards
Student Union ‘Above and Beyond Teaching Award’ (The University of Kent, 2021)
Recognition
- Peer Reviewer for The European Journal of Probation
- Peer Reviewer for The Journal of Prison Education Research
- External Examiner London Met University (Postgraduate)
- External Examiner Liverpool John Moores University (Undergraduate)
- Member of the British Society of Criminology
- Member of the European Society of Criminology
- Member of the British Convict Criminology Group
- Associate Member of the British Psychological Society
- Associate Lecturer in Social Psychology and Forensic Psychology for The Open University
- Expert Court Witness (Prison Conditions)
Research / Scholarly interests
Ed is interested in all aspects of research surrounding prisons and penal policy, with particular focus on prisoner mental health and wellbeing, safer custody and power-sharing initiatives in prison. Ed is also interested in the programme theory and impact evaluation of interventions in custodial settings as well as a broader interest in punitiveness within the Criminal Justice System in Western Europe. Ed is also interested in the use of lived experience to offer new criminological perspectives and is an active member of the British Convict Criminology Group.
Media activity
Schreeche-Powell, E. (2020) ‘I’m an ex-prisoner and education saved my life’, The Conversation, 13 January [online], Available at
Recent publications
Book
Schreeche-Powell, E. (Forthcoming) ‘Navigating Penal mental Health in the Male Open Prison: Pains, Power and Peer Support’, Emerald Publishing Group Ltd
Book Chapters
Schreeche-Powell.,E (2024-in Press) ‘‘Managing The Pain of Imprisonment: A Peer Support Approach’ , The Routledge Handbook of Prison Health and Wellbeing, Routledge
Earle, R., Davies, B., Honeywell, D., Darley, D., and Schreeche-Powell, E. (2023) ‘Convict Criminology: Cultivating another Criminology’, in The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (7th Edition), Oxford University Press, Clarendon
Schreeche-Powell, E. (2019) “Becoming me with the OU”, in Earle, R., and Mehigan, J. (Eds) Degrees of Freedom: Prison Education at The Open University, Policy Press, Bristol
Articles
Schreeche-Powell, E. (2024- In Press) ‘Insecurity and Fragility: The perpetual dup of precarity for ‘Convict Criminologists’ in a Risk Averse Academy, Critical Criminology Springer
Darley, D., Davies, B., Earle, R., Honeywell, D., & Schreeche-Powell, E. (2023). .鈥疛ustice, Power and Resistance,鈥�6(3), 328-338
Schreeche-Powell, E. (2020) ‘Peer Support and Well-Being: Exploring the Impact of Peer-Led Induction on Male Prisoners’, : General Issue, The University of Ottawa Press
Blog
Schreeche-Powell, E. (2020) ‘A Punishment with No End: The Journey of a Working-Class Criminal into Academia’, Working Class Perspectives, March 9 2020 [online], Available at A Punishment with No End: The Journey of a Working-Class Criminal into Academia | Working-Class Perspectives (wordpress.com)
Review
Schreeche-Powell, E. (2023). . Punishment & Society, 0(0).
Schreeche-Powell, E. (2023) “Review of Convict Criminology for the Future”,鈥疛ournal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, , Vol. 23(4) 669 –671, SAGE.
Schreeche-Powell, E. (2022) “Why convict criminology isn’t easy: Lived Experience and Status Fragility”, 2022 British Society of Criminology Conference, The University of Surrey
Newsletter
Schreeche-Powell, E. (2023) ‘Taking Greenwich University Students to Visit HMP Wandsworth’, in Chatwin, C., and Duggan, M. (2023), British Society of Criminology Newsletter: Prison University Partnerships, Number 91, Summer 2023, ISSN 1759-8354
Presentations
Panel Chair, “Experiences of Imprisonment: Social Control and Criminal Justice” , 2023, European Society of Criminology Conference, The University of Florence. Italy.
Schreeche-Powell, .E (2023) “The Iatrogenic Outcomes of ‘Well-Meaning’ Peer Led Penal Induction Interventions”, The Effects of Imprisonment, 2023 European Society of Criminology Conference, The University of Florence. Italy.
Schreeche-Powell, E. (2022) “Why convict criminology isn’t easy: Lived Experience and Status Fragility”, 2022 British Society of Criminology Conference, The University of Surrey
Schreeche-Powell, E. (2019) “Peer Support in Prisons: Crisis Point”, 2019 Common Studies Sessions, The University of Middlesex