Trauma and Violence Prevention Research Group

The Trauma and Violence Prevention (TVP) Research Group comprises representation from the academic community of the 狐狸视频 of Worcester, that is, staff who are actively involved in research and staff who are interested in becoming involved with research. The membership also includes PhD students who are conducting research involving themes of trauma and abuse, such as Gender-Based Violence.

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The TVP recognises the critical importance of meaningful collaboration with practitioners and agencies in our community, who have expertise in the focus area of this research group. Currently, we have a wide-reaching membership of key agencies, including Women’s Aid, public health and community safety partnerships. The TVP will also be developing more active links with Experts with Lived Experience of abuse and trauma. However given the high incidence of trauma and violence in our society, we are mindful that the current membership will likely include victim/survivors of trauma and abuse.

What do we do?

The focus of the TVP Research Group will continue to be the prevention of all forms of violence, abuse and trauma, inclusive of culture, gender, sexuality, intellectual and / or physical ability, age, black minority and ethnic group, and social status.

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Our work will relate to the experiences of victim / survivors, bystanders, perpetrators, practitioners, policy makers and researchers. Our collective research interests encompass all aspects of Gender-Based violence, misogyny, violent crime and trauma.

This involves examining and understanding the impact of violence, the response to violence and abuse, and strengthening the evidence base to influence policy and practice, with the overall aim of preventing violence and reducing harm.

Our key aims are:

To coproduce purposeful and excellent research with those who know – as experts by experience.
To conduct and promote impactful research to stakeholders, the wider public, the academic community, in the spirit of inclusivity and accessibility to all – including Open Access science.
Develop ethical research in response to complex and challenging issues.
Actively pursue funding streams and opportunities for sponsored research for the future.
Ensure published outputs to promote the research with acknowledgement and input of all academic and non-academic partners.
Facilitate Knowledge Exchange events for the multi-professional audiences, academics and importantly, the public.

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We remain committed to developing innovative interdisciplinary methods through which social scientists (health scientists and practitioners, educators, psychologists, sociologists, criminologists, social policy makers) join with colleagues in all relevant disciplines, to develop new ways of combating violence, abuse and trauma. This includes new ways of understanding violence and abuse to raise public awareness and / or engage broader public audiences in debates about violence prevention.

The TVP Research Group will have a commitment to a feminist ethos within current and prospective research, including the intersectionality of violence and the multiple facets of abuse compounded by discrimination.

The TVP Research Group will embrace all research paradigms and innovative research methodologies that seek to promote better understanding on the problems of violence and abuse, while promoting impactful research.

Membership

PhD Students
Carolyn Ball
Holly Barnes-Bennett
Harriet Bromley
Lyndsay Coleman
Zoe Ellis
Antje Joel

Post-Graduate Student
Helen Woodage

Associate Membership

Dave Andrewartha
Worcestershire County Council, WCC, Advanced Public Health Practitioner

Bridget Brickley
Worcestershire Safeguarding Adults Board Manager

Wendy Bulman
Domestic Abuse Strategic Lead, Shropshire County Council

Sally Burns
Domestic Abuse Midwifery Lead NHS, Shropshire

Sue Coleman
Chief Executive of West Mercia Women’s Aid

Sophie Charles
Safeguarding & Well-Being Lead, Shrewsbury College

Dr Rosie Erol
College of Policing

Katie Harris
NHS Mids. Partnership

Paul Kinsella
WCC, Senior Public Health Practitioner

Kim Lees
Senior Leader, Dept. of Work and Pensions

Sarah Wilday
WCC, DA & Lived Experience Officer

Helen Williams
Shropshire County Council

Current Projects

Research on the experiences of and harassment of the running community on Worcestershire – Running safe, Running Free.
Examining the taught experiences of postgraduate students with triggering education content and materials who are survivors of trauma and abuse.
An evaluation of therapeutic interventions for victims domestic abuse and sexual violence in the UK.
Examining the intersectionality of domestic abuse and dementia.

Completed Projects

Implementation and evaluation of interventions and programmes aimed at domestic abuse perpetrators.
Helpline services for male victims of domestic abuse.
Understanding attitudes towards sexual violence.
Understanding support needs of military and veteran families in coping with visible and nonvisible traumas.
Implementation and evaluation of an active bystander programme to respond to domestic violence, coercive and controlling behaviour and sexual violence.
Understanding the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).
Understanding police decision making around domestic abuse, particularly in relation to risk assessment and coercive control.
Peer mentoring and peer support workers with lived experience.
The experience of domestic abuse cyber stalking and harassment.
The experience of violence, trauma and abuse by emergency services and healthcare staff.
Policing and vulnerability.
Problem solving in policing and partnerships.

Outputs / Publications

2025

Gervis, M., Baker-Power, Lara, Goldman, A. and Mackenzie, J. (2025) Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology. ISSN 1932-9261 | eISSN 1932-927X (In Press)

Gilbert, Beverley, Johnson, Amy and Azad, Mikahil (2025) Project Report. Swindon Without Abuse, Worcester. (Unpublished)

Gilbert, Beverley and Critch, J. (2025) In: European Conference on Domestic Violence, 3-5 September 2025, Barcelona. (Unpublished)

Gilbert, Beverley (2025) In: European Conference on Domestic Violence, 3-5 September 2025, Barcelona. (Unpublished)

Gilbert, Beverley (2025) Project Report. 狐狸视频 of Worcester, Worcester. (Submitted)

Gilbert, Beverley (2025) In: Festival of Justice, 8 July 2025, The Hive, Worcester. (Unpublished)

Gilbert, Beverley (2025) In: 狐狸视频 of Worcester Criminology Conference 2025, 16 May 2025, 狐狸视频 of Worcester. (Unpublished)

Gilbert, Beverley (2025) Journal of Gender Studies. pp. 1-14. ISSN Print: 0958-9236 Electronic: 1465-3869

Mahoney, Berenice, Edwards, Christian, Richardson, Emma and Lowe, Rebecca (2025) In: Perspectives in Body Image (PiBI) International Online Conference, 16th -18th September 2025, Online Conference (ACE lab, 狐狸视频 of Durham). (Unpublished)

Clarke, R., O'Hickey, S., Bradley, Eleanor and Mahoney, Berenice (2025) Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 21 (1). pp. 1-15. ISSN 2164-5515

Lea, Rosanna, Mahoney, Berenice, Qualter, P. and Davis, Sarah K. (2025) Current Psychology. pp. 1-16. ISSN Print: 1046-1310 Online: 1936-4733

Brooks, R., Marsden, J., Mahoney, Berenice, Perry, Amy, Jones, I., Gordon-Smith, Katherine, Jones, I. and Jones, Lisa (2025) Journal of Affective Disorders, 390 (119856). pp. 1-5. ISSN Online: 0165-0327

Gomez, R. and Mahoney, Berenice (2025) Frontiers in Allergy, 6. pp. 1-2. ISSN 2673-6101

Monaghan, Chris, Lane, Michael, Smith, Courtney and Jarvis, Sue (2025) Other. Justice Committee, UK Parliament.

2024

Oatley, R. and Atkinson, Teresa (2024) Dementia, 23 (6). pp. 1-20. ISSN 1471-3012 (print); 1741-2684 (web)

Davies, S. and Atkinson, Teresa (2024) Journal of Dementia Care, 32 (1). pp. 30-33. ISSN Print: 1351-8372

Waller, Sarah, Evans, Simon, Bray, Jennifer and Atkinson, Teresa (2024) Working with Older People, 28 (4). pp. 361-369. ISSN Print: 1366-3666 Online: 2042-8790

Azad, Mikahil (2024) In: Victimisation in the Digital Age: An Online/Offline Continuum Approach. Routledge, Abingdon-on-Thames, pp. 70-81. ISBN 9781032714202

Gilbert, Beverley (2024) In: 30 Year Anniversary of Domestic Violence Service in Malta, 25 November 2024, President's Summer Palace, Verdala Palace, Malta. (Unpublished)

Gilbert, Beverley (2024) In: The Fifth Annual Tackling Domestic Violence and Abuse Conference 2024, 20 November 2024, 9:00am - 4:00pm, Salford Community Stadium. (Unpublished)

Gilbert, Beverley (2024) In: Voluntary Sector and Volunteering Research Conference 2024, 11-12 September 2024, Bayes Business School, City, 狐狸视频 of London, London, UK. (Unpublished)

Gilbert, Beverley (2024) In: Sexual Violence and Health Research Network (SVaHRM) Research Day, 1st July 2024, Fetal Medicine Research Institute, London. (Unpublished)

Gilbert, Beverley (2024) PhD thesis, Anglia Ruskin 狐狸视频.

Edwards, Christian, Mahoney, Berenice, Richardson, Emma and Lowe, Rebecca (2024) International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 19 (1). pp. 1-14. ISSN 1748-2623 (print); 1748-2631 (web)

Davis, Sarah K., Morgan, Blaire and Mahoney, Berenice (2024) In: Personality and Intelligence: The Psychology of Individual Differences. Oxford 狐狸视频 Press, UK, Chapter 19. ISBN 9780198811398

Doughty, Angela, Keane, Gary, Wadley, Alex, Mahoney, Berenice, Bueno, Allain and Coles, Steven (2024) International Journal of Cardiology. pp. 1-36. ISSN 0167-5273 (print) 1874-1754 (web)

2023

Atkinson, Teresa, Oatley, Rebecca and Evans, Simon (2023) Housing, Care and Support. ISSN Print: 1460-8790 Electronic: 2042-8375

Atkinson, Teresa and Oatley, Rebecca (2023) 狐狸视频 of Worcester.

Atkinson, Teresa and Oatley, R. (2023) Working with Older People, 28 (3). pp. 279-292. ISSN Print: 1366-3666 Online: 2042-8790

Atkinson, Teresa, Russell, Christopher, Bruce, Mary, Jacobson-Wright, Nicola and Bray, Jennifer (2023) Journal of Dementia Care, 31 (3). pp. 33-35. ISSN Print: 1351-8372

Oatley, Rebecca and Atkinson, Teresa (2023) Journal of Dementia Care, 31 (3). pp. 22-23. ISSN Print: 1351-8372

Atkinson, Teresa and Oatley, Rebecca (2023) 狐狸视频 of Worcester.

Rook, G., Capper, C., Groves, M., Stokes, G. and Atkinson, Teresa (2023) Journal of Dementia Care, 31 (1). pp. 10-11. ISSN Print: 1351-8372

Atkinson, Teresa and Oatley, Rebecca (2023) 狐狸视频 of Worcester.

Bromley, Harriet, Davis, Sarah K., Morgan, Blaire and Taylor-Dunn, Holly (2023) Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. ISSN 1552-8324

Gilbert, Beverley (2023) Journal of Gender Studies. ISSN Print: 0958-9236 Electronic: 1465-3869

Gilbert, Beverley (2023) Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE) Magazine.

Harrop, Gill (2023) In: Encyclopaedia of Domestic Violence. Living Reference Work . Springer Nature, Switzerland, pp. 1-10. ISBN Print:978-3-030-85493-5

Gordon-Smith, Katherine, Hampshire, C., Mahoney, Berenice, Perry, Amy, Lewis, K.J.S., Craddock, N., Jones, I. and Jones, Lisa (2023) Journal of Affective Disorders, 345. pp. 186-191. ISSN Online: 0165-0327

Mahoney, Berenice (2023) Annals of Breast Surgery. ISSN 2616-2776

McLoone-Richards, Claire (2023) Routledge, Abingdon. ISBN 9781000928815

2022

Atkinson, Teresa, Bray, Jennifer and Williamson, Tracey (2022) Dementia, 21 (7). pp. 2128-2143. ISSN 1471-3012 Online ISSN: 1741-2684

Bray, Jennifer, Evans, Simon and Atkinson, Teresa (2022) Working with Older People, 26 (3). pp. 216-225. ISSN Print: 1366-3666 Online: 2042-8790

Bray, Jennifer, Atkinson, Teresa and Williamson, Tracey (2022) Journal of Dementia Care, 30 (3). pp. 20-24. ISSN Print: 1351-8372

Harrop, Gillian (2022) In: Worcester Learning and Teaching Conference 2022, 8-9 June 2022, 狐狸视频 of Worcester. (Unpublished)

Stephens-Lewis, D., Johnson, A., Turley, N., Naydorf-Hannis, R., Scurlock-Evans, Laura and Schenke, K. (2022) Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. pp. 1-15. ISSN Print: 1088-8705; Electronic: 1532-7604

Gilchrist, E. and Johnson, Amy (2022) In: The Palgrave Handbook of Global Rehabilitation in Criminal Justice. Palgrave Handbooks . Palgrave Macmillan, London, pp. 505-524. ISBN eBook ISBN 978-3-031-14375-5

Lea, Rosanna, Davis, Sarah K., Mahoney, Berenice and Qualter, Pamela (2022) Personality and Individual Differences, 201 (111943). ISSN 0191-8869

Hampshire, Chloe, Mahoney, Berenice and Davis, Sarah K. (2022) Frontiers in Psychology, 12 (802567). ISSN Online: 1664-1078

2021

Evans, Simon, Atkinson, Teresa, Bray, Jennifer and Rogerson, M. (2021) Working with Older People. ISSN Print: 1366-3666 Online: 2042-8790

Atkinson, Teresa, Oatley, Rebecca and Evans, Simon (2021) Journal of Dementia Care. Nov/Dec 2021. ISSN Print: 1351-8372

Hendriks, I., Demetrio, R., Meiland, F., Chattat, R, Szczesniak, D., Rymaszewska, J., Evans, Shirley, Brooker, Dawn, Evans, Simon, Atkinson, Teresa, Farina, E., Saibene, F., Ettema, T., Gerritsen, D. and Droes, R. (2021) American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias, 36. ISSN Print: 1533-3175 Electronic: 1938-2731

Morton, Thomas, Wong, G., Atkinson, Teresa and Brooker, Dawn (2021) BMJ Open, 11 (7). e047789. ISSN Online: 2044-6055

Morton, Thomas, Brooker, Dawn, Wong, G., Atkinson, Teresa and Evans, Shirley (2021) 狐狸视频 of Worcester, Worcester. ISBN 978-0-903607-35-3

Morton, Thomas, Brooker, Dawn, Wong, G., Atkinson, Teresa and Evans, Shirley (2021) 狐狸视频 of Worcester, Worcester. ISBN 978-0-903607-33-9

Morton, Thomas, Brooker, Dawn, Wong, G., Atkinson, Teresa and Evans, Shirley (2021) 狐狸视频 of Worcester, Worcester. ISBN 978-0-903607-34-6

Brooker, Dawn, Evans, Simon, Evans, Shirley, Bray, Jennifer and Atkinson, Teresa (2021) Health and Social Care in the Community. ISSN Online: 1365-2524

McLoone-Richards, Claire (2021) PhD thesis, 狐狸视频 of Worcester.

Gilbert, Beverley (2021) Interpersonal Relationships and Wellbeing Research Group Blog.

Gilbert, Beverley (2021) 狐狸视频 of Worcester, IRWB Blog, 狐狸视频 of Worcester.

Gilbert, Beverley, Collins, F. and Newman, C. (2021) WWP-EN, Online WWP-EN.

Gilbert, Beverley (2021) In: 4th European Conference on Domestic Violence, 13-15 September 2021, Slovenia (online). (Unpublished)

Harrop, Gillian (2021) Frontiers in Education, 6 (6432). ISSN 2504-284X

Harrop, Gillian (2021) 狐狸视频 of Worcester Interpersonal Relationships and Wellbeing Research Group, Worcester.

Stephens-Lewis, Danielle, Johnson, Amy, Huntley, A., Gilchrist, Elizabeth, McMurran, M., Henderson, J., Feder, G., Howard, L.M. and Gilchrist, G. (2021) Trauma, Violence and Abuse, 22 (5). pp. 1262-1278. ISSN 1524-8380 Online: 1552-8324

Wilkinson, D.J. and Johnson, Amy (2021) Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 24 (9). pp. 993-1016. ISSN Print: 1367-4676 Online: 1469-9737

Radcliffe, P., Gadd, D., Henderson, J., Love, B., Stephens-Lewis, Danielle, Johnson, Amy, Gilchrist, Elizabeth and Gilchrist, G. (2021) Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36 (21-22). pp. 10285-10313. ISSN Print: 0886-2605 Online: 1552-6518

Gilchrist, E., Johnson, Amy, McMurran, M., Stephens-Lewis, D., Kirkpatrick, S., Gardner, B., Easton, C. and Gilchrist, G. (2021) Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7 (191). ISSN 2055-5784

Gilchrist, G., Potts, L., Radcliffe, P., Halliwell, G., Dheensa, S., Henderson, J., Johnson, Amy, Love, B., Gilchrist, E., Feder, G., Parrott, S., Li, J., McMurran, M., Kirkpatrick, S., Stephens-Lewis, D., Easton, C., Berbary, C. and Landau, S. (2021) BMC Public Health, 21 (980). ISSN 1471-2458

Dheensa, S., Halliwell, G., Johnson, Amy, Henderson, J., Love, B., Radcliffe, P., Gilchrist, L. and Gilchrist, G. (2021) Journal of Interpersonal Violence. ISSN Print : 0886 2605 Online: 1552 6518

Johnson, Amy, Love, B., Henderson, J., Stephens-Lewis, D., Gadd, D., Radcliffe, P., Gilchrist, E. and Gilchrist, G. (2021) Qualitative Health Research, 31 (4). pp. 767-777. ISSN 1049-7323 Online ISSN: 1552-7557

2020

Morton, Thomas, Atkinson, Teresa, Brooker, Dawn and Wong, G. (2020) In: Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2020, 27-31 July 2020, Online. ISSN 1552-5279 (Unpublished)

Johnson, E.K., Cameron, A., Lloyd, L., Evans, Simon, Darton, R., Smith, R., Atkinson, Teresa and Porteus, J. (2020) Ageing & Society, 40 (12). pp. 2711-2731. ISSN Print: 0144-686X Online: 1469-1779

Evans, Simon, Atkinson, Teresa, Cameron, A., Johnson, E., Smith, R., Darton, R., Porteus, J. and Lloyd, L. (2020) Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 19 (5). pp. 1492-1508. ISSN 1417-3012 Online: 1741-2684

Evans, Shirley, Evans, Simon, Brooker, Dawn, Henderson, C., Szcześniak, D., Atkinson, Teresa, Bray, Jennifer, Amritpal, R., Saibene, F.L., d'Arma, A., Scorolli, C., Chattat, R., Farina, E., Urbańska, K., Rymaszewska, J., Meiland, F. and Dröes, R.M. (2020) Aging and Mental Health, 24 (2). pp. 280-290. ISSN 1360-7863

Gilbert, Beverley (2020) In: Emotions and Feelings in Voluntary Sector Work: Explorations from Research to Practice Seminar, 22 October 2020, Online. (Unpublished)

Gilbert, Beverley, Fowler, J. and Adjukovic, D. (2020) WWP-EN, Online via WWP-EN.

Gilbert, Beverley (2020) In: VSSN 'Times like These': researching civil society responses from Covid-19 Voluntary Sector and Volunteering Research e-Conference, 7-8 September 2020, Online. (Unpublished)

Gilbert, Beverley (2020) Warwickshire County Council. (Unpublished)

Gilbert, Beverley (2020) Journal of Gender Based Violence, 4 (1). pp. 73-87. ISSN Print: 2398-6808 Online: 2398-6816

Gilchrist, G., Landau, S., Radcliffe, P., McMurran, M., Feder, G., Easton, C., Parrott, S., Kirkpatrick, S., Henderson, J., Potts, L., Stephens-Lewis, Danielle, Johnson, A., Love, B., Halliwell, G., Dheensa, S., Berbary, C., Li, J., Strang, J. and Gilchrist, E. (2020) Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 6. Article no. 62. ISSN 2055-5784

Wilkinson, D.J. and Johnson, Amy (2020) Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 23 (1). pp. 80-95. ISSN 1469-9737

Mahoney, Berenice, Walklet, Elaine, Bradley, Eleanor, Thrush, S., Skillman, J., Whisker, L., Barnes, N., Holcombe, C. and Potter, S. (2020) British Journal of Surgery Open, 4 (3). pp. 380-390. ISSN 2474-9842

McLoone-Richards, Claire (2020) In: Issues in Education Quality: Teaching. Ibn Zohr 狐狸视频, Agadir, Morocco, pp. 28-35. ISBN 978-9920-38-307-3

McLoone-Richards, Claire and Robinson, Catriona (2020) Early Years: An International Research Journal. ISSN Print: 0957-5146 Online: 1472-4421

McLoone-Richards, Claire (2020) In: Mentoring and Coaching in Early Childhood Education. Bloomsbury, London. ISBN 1350100722, 9781350100725

Current Opportunities

We welcome proposals from prospective students with interests in any areas aligned to our Research Group. Approaches from self-supporting PhD students are accepted all year round. Please contact Dr Claire McLoone-Richards to express an interest along with an outline of your research ideas.

Research Proposals by West Mercia Women’s Aid
Suggested Research Topics

The following are suggested themes / ideas which can be developed and refined and which may be suitable for consideration for a PhD study or a PG dissertation.

How neurodiverse individuals experience and engage with domestic abuse support services (autism, ADHD, learning differences).
The impact of cultural perceptions on help-seeking among minority ethnic communities.
Understanding how people find and use helplines, what prompts a first call and what discourages contact.
The emotional impact of vicarious trauma on helpline and frontline staff.
Effectiveness of awareness campaigns in changing attitudes toward domestic abuse and coercive control.
The role of social media in normalising or challenging abuse.
Women being told they cannot access MH support through the NHS as they need 'specialist DA therapy'.

To what extent are therapeutic interventions delivered by specialist health services (including mental health) for DA survivors delivered in a way that ensures that it does not further traumatise, intensify the impacts of the abuse, or itself be instrumentalised as a tool of the abuser?

The experiences of victims / survivors where services and structures (i.e. courts, social work, health etc) have been instrumentalised by the abuser as a further tool of the abuse? What can be done about this and how can those working in those services understand this in a way which helps prevent and mitigate this?

The benefits of talking therapies in recovering from and preventing abuse, and it’s place in the provision of domestic abuse specialist services.
The value of positive male role-models for children and young people, and the impact where this is not present, particularly around developing a culture of positive masculinity.