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Dr Kari Davies (ISJC)

Visiting Senior Fellow in Social Justice and Crime

Email
k.davies@uos.ac.uk
School/Directorate
Research Directorate

Dr. Davies' interests lie in forensic behavioural psychology. Her recent work has look at how rape and serious sexual assault offences are investigated in the UK, how digital material is used in these types of investigations, and how behavioural crime linkage is conducted at an international level. Much of her work has been conducted through secondments into practitioners' workplaces, and she has collaborated with both the Home Office, the National Crime Agency, and several police forces in the UK, as well as law enforcement in Belgium, Switzerland, and Singapore. She is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a member of the Violence Against Women and Girls Network and the Crime Linkage International Network. Dr. Davies has published a number of book chapters and articles in peer reviewed journals, as well as regularly acting as a reviewer for academic journals and publishers, and is currently editing a book on the practice of crime linkage. She currently works as a Lecturer in Psychology at Bournemouth University and is leading Pillar 2 of Project Bluestone – exploring how to target and disrupt repeat rape and serious sexual offenders.

Funders: UKRI, ESRC, the British Academy/Leverhulme, the Swiss Federal Police, the Dawes Trust, MOPAC, the College of Policing, the Home Office Science, Technology, Analysis, and Research fund.

Public output from research and scholarly activity:

Edited books:

Davies, K., Tonkin, M., Weeks, M., & Winter, J. (in preparation). Behaviourally linking crimes in practice. Oxon, UK: Routledge.

Published peer reviewed journal articles:

Dalton, C. T., Barrett, S., Horvath, M. A. H., & Davies, K. (2022). A systematic literature review of specialist policing of rape and serious sexual offences. International Criminology.

Ji, Z., Rockowitz, S., Flowe, H., Stevens, L., Kanja, W., & Davies, K. (2022). Reflections on increasing the value of data on sexual violence incidents against children to better prevent and respond to offending in Kenya. Societies, 12, 89-98. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc12030089

Spence, R., Horvath, M., Dalton, C. T., & Davies, K. (2022). Impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on reporting of rape, serious sexual offences, and domestic abuse in one English police force. Special Issue of the Journal of Gender Based Violence. https://doi.org/10.1332/239868021X16425806897258

Stevens, L. M., Reid, E., Kanja, W., Rockowitz, S., Davies, K., Dosanjh, S., ... & Flowe, H. D. (2022). The Kenyan survivors of sexual violence network: Preserving memory evidence with a bespoke mobile application to increase access to vital services and justice. Societies, 12, 1-13. doi: 10.3390/soc12010012

Davies, K., Imre, H., & Woodhams, J. (2021). The utility of the Violent Crime Linkage Analysis System (ViCLAS) for linking stranger sex offences. Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice. doi: 10.1108/JCRPP-02-2020-0019

May, H., Kloess, J., Davies, K., Hamilton-Giachritsis, C. (2021). Young people’s experiences of attending a theatre-in-education program on child sexual exploitation. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1-15. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.609958

Woodhams, J. & Davies, K., Galambos, S., & Webb, M. (2021). A descriptive analysis of the temporal and geographical proximities seen within UK series of sex offenses. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 36, 706-715. 10.1007/s11896-021-09473-8

Davies, K. & Woodhams, J. (2019). The practice of crime linkage: A review of the literature. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, 16, 169-200. doi: 10.1002/jip.1531

Davies, K., Tonkin, M., Bull, R., & Bond, J. W. (2012). The course of case linkage never did run smooth: A new investigation to tackle the behavioural changes in serial car theft. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, 9, 274-295. doi: 10.1002/jip.1369

 

Chapters in edited books:

Burrell, A., Slater, C., & Davies, K. (in preparation). An introduction to offender profiling. In V. Mitseilegas, P. Caeiro, & S. Gless (Eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Crime and Criminal Justice.

Woodhams, J., & Davies, K. (2022). The use of crime linkage in sexual offence cases. In N. Deslauriers-Varin & C. Bennell (Eds.), Criminal investigations of sexual offenses: Investigative techniques and operational challenges. 

Davies, K., Flowe, H., & Ferraz-da-Silva, T. (2022). The behaviour of sex offenders. In J. M. Brown & M. A. H. Horvath (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology.

Davies, K. (2020). Considering the theoretical and practical aspects of behaviourally linking property crime. In A. Burrell & M. Tonkin (Eds.), Property crime: Criminological and psychological perspectives. Oxon, UK: Routledge.

Davies, K., Woodhams, J., & Tonkin, M. (2019). Reviewing the use of crime linkage evidence within a legal context. In R. Bull & I. Blandón-Gitlin (Eds.), The Routledge international handbook of legal and investigative psychology. Oxon, UK: Routledge.

Davies, K., Woodhams, J., & Rainbow, L. (2018). Crime linkage and sexual homicide. In J. Proulx, E. Beauregard, A. A., Carter, Mokros, R. Darjee, & J. James (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook of Sexual Homicide. Oxon, UK: Routledge.

 

Professional reports:

Bradbury-Jones, C., Davies, K., Hardiman, M., Abramovaite, J., Banerjee, A., Bandyopadhyay, S. (2021). Evaluating the Think Family Early Intervention programme. An official report submitted to the College of Policing, UK.

Davies, K., Hardiman, M., & Woodhams, J. (2021). Report 1 – The use of the Violent Crime Linkage Analysis System and behavioural crime linkage in Switzerland: Project overview. An official report submitted to the Swiss Federal Police, Switzerland.

Davies, K., Hardiman, M., & Woodhams, J. (2021). Report 2 – Exploring the skills required and the recruitment process to be become a ViCLAS analyst. An official report submitted to the Swiss Federal Police, Switzerland.

Davies, K., Hardiman, M., & Woodhams, J. (2021). Report 3 – The interrater reliability and accuracy of ViCLAS coding in Switzerland. An official report submitted to the Swiss Federal Police, Switzerland.

Davies, K., Hardiman, M., & Woodhams, J. (2021). Report 6 – Investigating the feedback obtained by ViCLAS analysts and the accuracy of potential links. An official report submitted to the Swiss Federal Police, Switzerland.

Davies, K., Hardiman, M., & Woodhams, J. (2021). Report 8 – Exploring the frequency with which behaviours are coded into ViCLAS in Switzerland. An official report submitted to the Swiss Federal Police, Switzerland.

Davies, K., Hardiman, M., & Woodhams, J. (2021). Report 9 – Understanding the role of the Swiss ViCLAS coordinators. An official report submitted to the Swiss Federal Police, Switzerland.

Davies, K., Hardiman, M., & Woodhams, J. (2021). Report 10 – The use of ViCLAS and behavioural crime linkage in Switzerland: A summary of findings and next steps. An official report submitted to the Swiss Federal Police, Switzerland.

Davies, K., Reid, E., Tonkin, M., Woodhams, J., Brett, M., & Rainbow, L. (2021). A likelihood approach to case linkage analysis: Understanding behavioural consistency and coincidence. An official report submitted to the National Crime Agency, UK.

Davies, K., Trott, L., Evans, E., & Bandyopadhyay, S. (2021). Evaluating Surrey Police Force’s High Harm Perpetrator Unit: Addendum report. An official report submitted to the College of Policing, UK.

Davies, K., Woodhams, J., Abramovaite, J., Evans, E., Banerjee, A., & Bandyopadhyay, S. (2021). Evaluating Surrey Police Force’s High Harm Perpetrator Unit. An official report submitted to the College of Policing, UK.

Hamilton-Giachritsis, C., McGuire, R., Denne, M., Davies, K., Abramovaite, J., & Bandyopadhyay, S. (2021). Evaluating the use of Family Safety Plans in cases of neglect. An official report submitted to the College of Policing, UK.

Hardiman, M., Davies, K., & Woodhams, J. (2021). Report 4 – Understanding crime analysts’ decision making processes and working practices in the Swiss ViCLAS unit. An official report submitted to the Swiss Federal Police, Switzerland.

Hardiman, M., Davies, K., & Woodhams, J. (2021). Report 5 – Exploring the search process of ViCLAS analysts in Switzerland. An official report submitted to the Swiss Federal Police, Switzerland.

Hardiman, M., Davies, K., & Woodhams, J. (2021). Report 7 – Understanding how statistics can be used to assist with the ViCLAS linkage process. An official report submitted to the Swiss Federal Police, Switzerland.

Woodhams, J., Evans, E., Davies, K., Hardiman, M., Abramovaite, J., Banerjee, A., Bandyopadhyay, S., Moreton, C., & Forster, O. (2021). Using the SAM/SARA v3 to assess and manage risk. An official report submitted to the College of Policing, UK.

Flowe, H., Rockowitz, S., Rockey, J, Kanja, W., Kamau, C., Colloff, M., Kauldar, J., Woodhams, J., & Davies, K. (2020). Policy brief: Patterns of violence and its impact on women and girls amidst the Covid-19 pandemic in Kenya. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3964162

Flowe, H., Rockowitz, S., Rockey, J., & Wangu Kanja, with Kamau, C., Colloff, M., Kauldar, J., Woodhams, J., & Davies, K. (2020). Sexual and other forms of violence during the Covid-19 pandemic emergency in Kenya: Patterns of violence and impacts on women and girls. An official report submitted to Oxfam.

Woodhams, J. & Davies, K. (2019). The ANPR data retention and preservation project: Final report. An official report submitted to the Home Office, UK.

Davies, K., Bandyopadhyay, S., & Woodhams, J. (2019). Norfolk and Suffolk mobile working project. An official report submitted to Norfolk and Suffolk Police Forces, UK.

Davies, K., Alrajeh, D., & Woodhams, J. (2018). An investigation into the process of comparative case analysis conducted by analysts working in the Serious Crime Analysis Section in the United Kingdom. An official report submitted to the Serious Crime Analysis Section, National Crime Agency, UK.

Davies, K., Imre, H., & Woodhams, J. (2016). Responding to Professor Margot’s 2009 assessment of ViCLAS. An official report submitted to the Belgian Federal Police, Belgium. (French version available.)

Davies, K. (2011). Behavioural case linkage: An overview of recent research and its practical applications within the investigative services. An official report written as part of the International Visiting Researcher Programme, Home Team Behavioural Sciences Centre, Singapore.

 

Journalistic writing:

Davies, K. & May, T. (2020, November). Digital forensics and social media: Challenges and opportunities. Police Oracle (online webpage); Police Life (online webpage).

Davies, K. (2018, July). Finding the missing link. Garda Review. (Invited publication).

Davies, K. (2014, March). A summary of Bowers, K., Hirschfield, A., & Johnson, S. (1998)’s article: Victimization revisited: A case study of non-residential repeat burglary on Merseyside. (Invited publication).

  • Chartered membership of the British Psychological Society (registration number 294198)
  • Full membership of the Division for Teachers and Researchers in Psychology of the British Psychological Society
  • Member of the Forensic Psychology Division of the British Psychological Society
  • Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Full membership of the European Association of Psychology and Law
  • Member of the Crime Linkage International Network
  • Member of the Centre for Crime, Justice and Policing, University of Birmingham
  • Member of the Violence Against Woman and Girls Research Network