This hate crime research group webinar will focus on 'Exploring barriers to justice for people with learning disabilities/neurodiversity who have experienced sexual violence' with Dr Alison Jobe, Associate Professor in Sociology and Criminology, Durham University and Dr Helen Williams, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Sunderland. 

If you have any questions, please contact the chair of this webinar, Dr Irene Zempi (irene.zempi@ntu.ac.uk).

Link to join the event: 

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Dr Alison Jobe is an Associate Professor in Sociology and Criminology at Durham University. Alison’s research focuses on institutional responses to victims of violence and victim’s experiences of accessing justice and support services. This research theme has been explored through previous research projects on trafficking, asylum, sex work, rape/ sexual assault and child protection/ safeguarding. Alison is currently working on an ESRC funded research project, developing inclusive criminal justice responses to victims of sexual violence with Dr Helen Williams, that focused on criminal justice system responses to learning disabled/ autistic victims of sexual violence. 

Dr Helen Williams is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at University of Sunderland. She is an activist and an academic in the social sciences. Her research specialisms include sexual violence and the experience of the criminal justice system for vulnerable or marginalised groups, including learning disabled and neurodivergent victims or witnesses. Helen is working on an ESRC funded research project with the aim of developing inclusive responses to victim-survivors of sexual violence.