Kritika Jerath

Contact

• workSociology & Social Policy
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• Kritika.Jerath@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Kritika is an Assistant Professor in Criminology at the University of Nottingham. She obtained a BA in Criminology and Criminal Justice: Law from Carleton University and completed her MPhil and PhD in Criminology at the University of Cambridge. Her MPhil was a theoretical explanation of human rights abuses in Abu Ghraib, post 9/11, while her PhD focused on understanding police use of force and officer decision-making.

Kritika's current research interests include psychosocial elements of criminal decision-making and crime prevention.

Teaching Summary

Kritika is an experienced teacher having worked in higher education for several years. She previously taught at various academic institutions in the areas of Criminology, Criminal Justice, and… read more

Research Summary

During her role as Research Fellow at UCL, Kritika was involved in the evaluation of a stalking intervention programme (MASIP) which sparked her interests in stalking, offender risk-management and… read more

Kritika is an experienced teacher having worked in higher education for several years. She previously taught at various academic institutions in the areas of Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Policing.

Her experience includes the convening and teaching on modules in the areas of policing, global violence, evidence-based criminology, criminal justice, criminological theory.

She has supervised dissertations at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Kritika is the module leader for SOCI 2025 - Police, Policing & the Police and SOCI2056 - Crime, Justice & Psychology

Current Research

During her role as Research Fellow at UCL, Kritika was involved in the evaluation of a stalking intervention programme (MASIP) which sparked her interests in stalking, offender risk-management and crime prevention. She has completed a another evaluation as PI on a similar initiative (EASI), commissioned by the West Midlands Police Crime Commissioner and Home Office.