Samantha Pegg

Dr Samantha Pegg is a Principal Lecturer at the Nottingham Law School, where she serves as Course Manager for Undergraduate courses including Law with Criminology, Law with Business, and Law with Psychology. She leads modules in Sexual Offenses and Criminal Law, with a focus on integrating historical and contemporary perspectives into legal education.

• PhD from Nottingham Trent University
• Co-convenor of the SLSA Crime and Criminal Justice stream

Her research explores historical and modern intersections of gender, insanity, and criminality, with specialized work on child-on-child murder, media representations of crime, and legal challenges in body modification and revenge porn. She has published extensively in journals such as Criminal Law Review and Liverpool Law Review, and authored books on sexual offenses and crime news.

Recent publications analyze legal frameworks for revenge porn and body modification, while historical studies examine Victorian-era criminality and media narratives. Her work bridges legal analysis, criminology, and media ethics.

She contributes to public discourse through media outlets like The Conversation and The Independent, addressing topics such as gender transitions and legal consent, cybercrime policy, and forensic psychiatry. Her collaborations include research with scholars like Rowbotham and Stevenson.