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Dr Sarah Colley is a Postdoctoral Researcher and Research Fellow at the International Policing and Public Protection Research Institute (IPPPRI) within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University. She joined IPPPRI in 2023 after completing her PhD at the University of Hull, where she previously served as a Research Fellow at the Wilberforce Institute and contributed to the AHRC-funded Anti-Slavery Usable Past project.
Her educational qualifications include:
- PhD in Social Justice, University of Hull (2023)
- Certificate in Good Clinical Practice (2021)
- PG Cert Research Training (2015)
- Diploma for Connexions Personal Advisers, Nottingham Trent University (2003)
- BA (Hons) English Literature and Human Geography, Open University (1999)
- Diploma in Human Geography, Open University (1998)
Colley's research integrates criminology, social justice, and policing studies with a focus on child sexual exploitation (CSE). Her work employs mixed-methods approaches including Freedom of Information data analysis and qualitative investigations into perpetrator characteristics, organized crime links, and systemic challenges in criminal justice responses. She emphasizes researcher wellbeing and police officer mental health within trauma-exposed professions.
Her publications reveal consistent interdisciplinary trends connecting historical slavery studies with contemporary child protection frameworks, while advancing empirical understanding of multi-perpetrator CSE networks. Recent work bridges academic research with practical anti-slavery initiatives and policing strategies.
She actively supervises research in child sexual abuse/exploitation and maintains direct engagement with victim-survivors through NSPCC volunteering on the 'Speak out, Stay safe' schools programme. Her professional trajectory demonstrates deep integration of academic research with frontline child protection practice.
As a core member of IPPPRI, she contributes to evidence-based policing research through collaboration with law enforcement agencies and child welfare organizations.
