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Dr Ros Burnett is a Research Associate at the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford, where she has been since 1990 after earning her DPhil in Social Psychology. Formerly a Reader in Criminology, her work bridges academic research and practical criminal justice applications with a focus on rehabilitation and wrongful allegations.
Education:
- DPhil in Social Psychology, University of Oxford
Her research centers on desistance from crime, offender rehabilitation, and miscarriages of justice—particularly wrongful allegations of child sexual abuse. She examines systemic errors in investigations, the impact on falsely accused professionals in occupations of trust, and reintegration challenges for ex-offenders and older prisoners. Her interdisciplinary approach integrates criminology, psychology, and legal studies to reform evidence-based justice practices.
Publications since 2016 reveal a concentrated focus on wrongful accusations, analyzing narratives of the falsely convicted and their families while critiquing investigative protocols. Concurrently, her desistance research explores pathways to ending criminal behavior, emphasizing structural and psychological factors in rehabilitation.
Dr Burnett has not been mentioned to have received any scientific awards in the provided text.
She has supervised postgraduate students and led the Probation Studies Unit during the 1990s, developing foundational evidence-based justice frameworks. Her collaborations with David Faulkner, Carolyn Hoyle, and Naomi-Ellen Speechley produced influential works like 'Where Next for Criminal Justice?' and the 2016 report on wrongful accusations, though specific grant details are absent.
As former Head of the Probation Studies Unit, she pioneered research on recidivism and youth justice. Current work continues through the Centre for Criminology, focusing on innocence claims in sexual offense cases and aging prisoner reintegration, with ongoing partnerships examining systemic vulnerabilities in abuse investigations.
