Becka Hudson

Becka Hudson serves as an associate lecturer in Criminology at Birkbeck Law School, Birkbeck, University of London, while concurrently pursuing doctoral research.

Her scholarly focus centers on critical intersections of criminal justice and mental health systems:

• Prevalence and institutional management of personality disorder diagnoses in English and Welsh prisons
• Political-economic transformations shaping correctional mental health practices
• Historical analysis of prison infrastructure development within the British Empire
• Colonial legacies in contemporary psychiatric care within carceral settings
• Societal impacts of diagnostic frameworks on incarcerated populations

As a doctoral researcher, she examines how psychiatric practices evolved alongside imperial prison-building projects, revealing enduring structural influences on modern correctional systems.