Sally-Ann is a lecturer in Psychosocial Analysis in Offending Behaviour and joined Edge Hill in September 2017. She has an MPhil in Criminological Research from the University of Cambridge (2008) for which she wrote a long dissertation on the impact of cultural heritage programmes on the self concept of Black male prisoners. In 2015 she obtained an MSc in Investigative Psychology from the University of Huddersfield, where she is currently writing up her PhD on offending patterns and risk factors associated with gang and non gang affiliated adolescents and young adults. In 2017 she was presented with The National Gang Crime Research Center Frederic Milton Thrasher Award for Superior Accomplishments in Gang Research. In 2003 Sally-Ann initiated an outreach programme in prisons at the request of a group of lifers. Since this time has worked in 30 different English prisons and YOI's. In 2006 she received an AHRC Knowledge Transfer Award to work with prison education departments full time for two years and in 2014 she received an ESRC Impact Acceleration Award to design Black Self Development programmes for men in prisons, and cultural awareness training for prison staff. She currently supports the Equality Department at a Category C prison. Publications: With Dr Maria Ioannou and Dr Laura Hammond ‘Offending patterns of youth gang members and leavers’ forthcoming 2017 Journal Gang Research. Invited Conference Papers: ‘Measuring cultural impact’ at the AHRC Cultural Value Project conference, Birkbeck College London (2013) ‘Transferring knowledge in prisons’ at the AHRC and Scottish Government Knowledge Transfer Conference, Edinburgh Museums (2010) ‘The role of museums in prisons’ at the Arts Alliance Creative Resource Conference Birmingham (2009). Conference Papers: With Dr Maria Ioannou and Dr Laura Hammond, ‘The relationship between gang membership and risk factors in a sample of youth gang members and leavers’. British Psychological Society Division of Forensic Psychology Conference, Bristol, June 2017. With Dr Maria Ioannou and Dr Laura Hammond, ‘Understanding the relationship between the individual, their attitudes, gang membership, and desistance from crime’. National Gang Crime Research Center Conference. Chicago, August 2017. Invited Posters: With Dr Maria Ioannou and Dr Laura Hammond, ‘The Relationship of gang membership to offending behaviours, styles and risk factors’ at the Home Office Early Career Researcher Exhibition. London 16 June 2016 With Dr Maria Ioannou and Dr Laura Hammond, ‘The Relationship of gang membership to offending behaviours, styles and risk factors’ at the Ending Gang Violence and Exploitation Home Office Forum. 14 July 2016. Posters: With Dr Maria Ioannou and Dr Laura Hammond, ‘A comparison of the offending behaviours of gang leavers and stayers’ at the Secure Societies Institute, University of Huddersfield (2016) With Dr Maria Ioannou and Dr Laura Hammond, ‘The impact of youth gang membership on offending behaviours’ at the International Crime and Policing Conference. The Home Office, London (2016).