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Shantey Francis

Senior Lecturer

School of Social Sciences

Role

Dr Shantey Francis is a Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Nottingham Trent University. She teaches on the Youth Justice and Criminology courses.

Career overview

Dr Shantey Francis was previsouly a youth practitioner for childrens charity for around 3 years in the Northwest of the UK, focusing on youth who were at risk, refugee young people, and those involved in substance misuse or county lines. She completed her PhD in 2020 exploring how young people understand the term violence within their own inner city or rural locations, highlighting the importance of youth voice.

Since joining NTU Shantey is Course Leader and supports the running of the course and ensures all students are progressing and adjusting well to university life. In addition to this Shantey is also the Success for All departmental lead and integral mission of NTU to ensure all students succeed regardless of their background.

Research areas

Areas of research include:

  • young people
  • violence
  • crime

Shantey is currently involved in various research projects exploring areas of youth crime, substance misuse and impact of sport. She has also  presented her research both nationally and internationally, and has been invited to be Crime TV expert alongside discussing her research on 'The Sociology Show' Podcast.

External activity

Watch my most recent feature in a true-crime series: The DC snipers.

Listen to me on The Sociology Show podcast

Publications

Cresswell, E, Passey, H, Walker,J and Francis, S (2023), Getting the next generation active; A youth club intervention via a systems change approach, The Childrens Society, https://online.fliphtml5.com/ibqhw/woca/