Anne-Marie Day

Dr Anne-Marie Day is a Lecturer in Criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), joining in January 2024. Previously, she held a Lecturer position at Keele University, leading modules like Youth Justice and Crime, and contributed to undergraduate program direction. Her research focuses on youth justice systems, care-experienced children, and racial disparities in diversion decisions. She completed her PhD at the University of Salford in 2018, examining pathways into offending among care-experienced children.

Education: PhD in Criminology (University of Salford, 2018); prior roles include Probation Officer, Youth Justice Board policy adviser, and practitioner in community justice settings.

Research Interests
Dr Day’s work addresses systemic issues in youth justice, including neurodivergence in custody, racial disparities in diversion, and care-experienced children’s trajectories. She co-leads a Nuffield-funded study on racial disparities in youth justice diversion (2022–25) and evaluates programs like VASP and Sapling targeting at-risk youth.

Key Projects

• Racial Disparities in Youth Justice Diversion (Nuffield, 2022–25)
• Constructive Resettlement Pathfinder Evaluation (2020–22)
• Vulnerable Adolescent Support Programme Evaluation (2022–23)

Teaching and Supervision

Module leader for Working with Criminalised People and involved in teaching Understanding Crime and Deviance. Supervises PhD students on topics like criminally exploited children and harmful sexual behavior interventions. Current students include Clara Paul (Children’s Exploitation Dynamics) and Gemma Hunt (Neurodivergence and Social Work Practice).

Awards and Roles

Trustee of the Alliance for Youth Justice; expert adviser to national/local organizations. No named scientific awards explicitly listed but recognized for impactful policy-focused research.

Lab/Teams

Associated with the Manchester Centre for Youth Studies (MCYS), facilitating interdisciplinary youth justice research.