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Duncan McPhee is an Associate Professor in the Department of Law at the Faculty of Business and Law, University of the West of England (UWE Bristol). His work bridges law and the social sciences, focusing on the criminal justice system's response to sexual and domestic violence. He holds an LL.B in Law from Cardiff University and an M.Phil in Criminology from the University of Cambridge.
His research expertise includes sexual violence, domestic violence, police investigations, offender-centric prosecution strategies, and comparative criminology. His influential studies have informed government policy on specialist rape investigation units and the attrition of domestic violence cases through the justice system. He has secured research grants from the Leverhulme Trust and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and his findings are published in leading journals in law and criminology.
Duncan is currently leading research projects funded by the UWE Connecting Research Project Grant, including an investigation into consent, disclosure, and safeguarding within sports cultures, and another examining sexual assault reports made by sex workers to the police. These projects reflect his commitment to understanding systemic challenges and improving institutional responses to gender-based violence.
His work demonstrates a strong interdisciplinary approach, combining legal analysis with empirical social research to address complex justice issues. Although specific publications are not visible due to technical limitations in the scraped content, his research trajectory indicates sustained contributions to socio-legal scholarship and policy development.
- Leverhulme Trust – Research Grant Support
- Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) – Research Funding
Duncan McPhee supervises research in the areas of criminal justice and gender-based violence, though specific students are not listed. He is actively involved in multiple externally funded research initiatives and contributes to shaping policy through evidence-based scholarship. His academic work is closely tied to real-world applications, particularly in reforming investigative and prosecutorial practices in sexual offence cases.
He is affiliated with research groups focusing on rape and sexual assault, as well as attrition studies in criminal investigations. His current projects suggest a growing interest in institutional cultures—such as in sports—and their impact on disclosure and safeguarding mechanisms.
