Gerard Jeane

Gerard Jeane is a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Westminster, part of the School of Social Sciences within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He joined in 2019 and serves as Deputy Course Leader for the BSc Psychology and Criminology program. His expertise spans forensic/criminal psychology, investigative psychology, and criminology, with a focus on violent crime, homicide, terrorism, and offender profiling.

Education includes a BSc and MSc in Psychology from the University of Liège (Belgium), an MSc in Investigative Psychology from the University of Liverpool, and a PhD from the University of Nottingham on juvenile homicide. He held research positions at the University of Nottingham (2010–2014) and a research fellowship at Coventry University’s Centre for Advances in Behavioural Science (2014–2019).

Research interests include criminal behavior, gun crime, police investigations, and youth violence interventions. Current projects involve using Shakespeare to engage at-risk youth, studying female mass murderers, and exploring juvenile homicide narratives. He has led EU-funded projects like the EFFECT initiative and published extensively in journals like Journal of Criminological Research and Homicide Studies.

Teaching focuses on criminology modules such as crime and psychology, research methods, and forensic psychology. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Chartered Psychologist. Awards include the Richard Block Award for his PhD thesis on juvenile homicide.

Grants and collaborations include work on firearm forensics, cyber-related homicides, and educational interventions. Supervised doctoral students include Nathaniel Phillips, Simon Felix, and Ashundria Oliver. He is affiliated with the Criminal Investigative and Forensic Research (CIFR) and the Centre for Social Justice Research.