Pam Davies

Pam Davies is a Research Professor at Northumbria University, specializing in criminology and victimology with a focus on gendered harms, domestic abuse, and environmental justice. She joined Northumbria in 1993 following a research post with Northumbria Police and has since led numerous research projects addressing gendered violence, multi-agency policing strategies, and victim support mechanisms. Her work integrates critical feminist perspectives to explore hidden social harms and systemic injustices.

Education includes a Criminology PhD (2005), an MSc in Criminology (1993), and a PGCert in Teacher Training (1994). She holds a Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and is a Full Member of the British Society of Criminology (BSC). She co-edits the Palgrave Macmillan ‘Victims and Victimology’ book series with Associate Professor Tyrone Kirchengast.

Research interests include gendered crime dynamics, environmental justice, and the intersection of victimology with community safety. Recent studies highlight innovative multi-agency approaches to domestic abuse policing, the challenges of perpetrator accountability, and rural community responses to gender-based violence. Her work emphasizes practical policy impacts alongside theoretical contributions.

Key contributions include advancing co-produced research methodologies and critiquing long-term progress in multi-agency policing frameworks. Current projects focus on gendering green criminology to address environmental harms through a feminist lens.