Layla Skinns

Articles by: Layla Skinns

Vulnerability in police custody: A new approach

2nd June 2021

Dr Layla Skinns, Reader in Criminology, University of Sheffield

ANALYSIS: The N8 Policing Research Partnership is currently holding the Policing Innovation Forum, focusing on ‘Effective Partnerships in Policing’; At the first session in May, Dr Layla Skinns of the University of Sheffield presented on research on vulnerability in police custody, including the growing role of health care professionals and liaison and diversion, and the concept of ‘universal vulnerability’.

Working with the Police on Policing: An innovative international conference on police-academic partnerships

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7th October 2016

Dr Layla Skinns, Reader in Criminology, University of Sheffield

OPINION: Academics and police are working increasingly closely - but what are the practicalities of such partnerships? How do they evolve over time? Layla Skinns explores some of the issues ahead of next week's international conference at the University of Sheffield, Working with the Police on Policing.

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Layla Skinns
Reader in Criminology
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Dr Layla Skinns is a member of the Centre for Criminological Research at the University of Sheffield. Her main areas of interest are currently police, policing, and police discretion and governance, in the context of the police custody process in England and Wales, and in other common-law jurisdictions. She also has a strong interest in multi-agency criminal justice partnerships, such as the community safety partnerships, which was the subject of her PhD, and a keen interest in mixed-methods research. Before joining the Centre for Criminological Research, Layla worked at the University of Cambridge, where she was the Adrian Socio-Legal Research Fellow at Darwin College and a Teaching Associate at the Institute of Criminology on the MSt. in Applied Criminology for senior police, prison and probation staff. Whilst working as a Research Fellow at Darwin College, she co-organised the prestigious Darwin College Lecture Series on the theme of risk. Layla has also previously worked as a Research Fellow at the Institute for Criminal Policy Research, King’s College London.