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Fay Sweeting
PhD Candidate, Bournemouth University
Profile
Fay Sweeting is a Lecturer in Psychology at Bournemouth University, and a PhD researcher whose work has focused on sexual misconduct and abuse of position in the police.
Fay graduated from Bath Spa University in 2002 with a BSc (hons) in Environmental Biology. In 2004, she joined Dorset police force and worked as both a detective and uniformed response officer in a variety of different roles before leaving the force in September 2021. In 2017, she completed an MSc in Investigative Forensic Psychology at Bournemouth University, funded and supported by The College of Policing. Her final project examined why rape cases fail during the police investigation and she is continuing this research.
Fay is also undertaking research into the rare and little known condition of Behcet’s disease with particular focus on how the condition impacts on the intimate partner relationships of sufferers. She has been living with Behcet’s since 2002.