Dr Kisby Dickinson

Profile

I am a Teaching Fellow in the School of Law, and Deputy Director of Student Education. I teach across Law/ Criminal Justice modules, including Cyberlaw, Crime, Law and Social Change, Policing, Criminal Justice Processes, Criminal Law and Tort Law. My academic background is in Law and Criminology. I have an LLB, LLM (International and European Human Rights Law) and an MA in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Leeds, and more recently was awarded a PhD. 

Responsibilities

• Deputy Director of Student Education

Research interests

My ESRC funded PhD explored the relationships between communications technology, crime and regulation historically, focusing mainly on the social incoroporation of the electric telegraph, how the technology facilitated crime, and mechanisms used to regulate it. Much of the focus was on the role of the Post Office as a regulator in this context, and more broadly the role of the institition in regulating its staff. The research revealed a long history of the Post Office (and other organisations and instititions) operating as a site of private justice and considered the implications of this in relation to the effectiveness of regulatory responses, but also raised questions about the role of organisations such as the Post Office as a site of private justice (including connections to the Horizon scandal). More broadly, my research interests concern the role of instititons and organisations as regulators of their staff, and their interactions with the criminal justice process. I am therefore concerned with private policing, private prosecution, and organisational cultures, in both a contemporary and historical sense, specifically expanding the boundaries of research to more effectively accomodate private systems of punishment and policing. Other areas of interest include schools, and the law and criminal justice process and young people. I am also interested in crime and technology. 

Qualifications

• PhD
• LLM International and European Human Rights Law
• MA Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• LLB Law 3 year

Professional memberships

• SLS
• SLSA

Student education

I have taught on various UG modules including Tort, Criminal Law, Policing, Crime, Law and Social Change, UG Research Methods and Cyberlaw. At TPG I teach Criminological Theories and Concepts, Criminal Justice Processes and Cyberlaw. I also supervise dissertations and both UG and TPG. I am also supervising an MRes. 

In session 2024-5 I am module leader for LAW3172 Crime, Law and Social Change, 3032 Cyberlaw, and 5334M Cyberlaw. I am also a Fellow of the HEA.

I am currently Deputy Director of Student Education in the School of Law, and was previously Academic Integirty Lead for the School of Law.