Dr Meron Wondemaghen

Dr Meron Wondemaghen

Senior Lecturer in Criminology

+44 (0)1482 463584 | M.Y.Wondemaghen@hull.ac.uk

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Arts Cultures and Education
  • School of Criminology, Sociology and Policing

Related groups

  • Criminology

Qualifications

  • BSc (University of Melbourne)
  • PhD / DPhil (Monash University)
  • FHEA (University of Southampton)

Summary

Programme Director - MSc in Social Research

Dr. Wondemaghen is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology. Her previous roles include teaching in Behavioural Sciences at Monash University (Australia) and Criminology at The University of Southampton.

Wondemaghen is multidisciplinary as a researcher and draws from Criminology, Criminal Law, Mental Health Law, Psychiatry, and Media Studies. Her research includes examining the policing of mentally ill persons in public spaces, the criteria of criminal responsibility for mentally ill offenders, human rights principles for those with mental disability, and media framing of social problems.

Wondemaghen is a heavy consumer of cinema, in particular the crime, thriller & espionage genres and has previously written on the portrayal of mental or personality disorder in critically acclaimed TV shows such as 'Breaking Bad' and 'Homeland'.

Students interested in any of these topics or related ideas are welcome to get in touch for a chat.

Forensic/Criminal Psychology - L6

Mental Health & Society - L6

Analysing Qualitative Data - L7

Recent outputs

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Book Chapter

Insanity Constructs

Wondemaghen, M. (2017). Insanity Constructs. In M. D. White (Ed.), The Insanity Defense: Multidisciplinary Views on its History, Trends, and Controversies (133-152). Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO

Digital Artefact

The UK Covid Inquiry should examine the politics of fear

Wondemaghen, M. (2024). The UK Covid Inquiry should examine the politics of fear. [Essay]

Journal Article

The print press and its politicization of public health: The case of COVID-19

Wondemaghen, M. (2023). The print press and its politicization of public health: The case of COVID-19. Journalism, 24(12), 2821-2840. https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849231200137

Policing mental illness: Police use of section 136 – Perspectives from police and mental-health nurses

Wondemaghen, M. (2021). Policing mental illness: Police use of section 136 – Perspectives from police and mental-health nurses. Medicine, Science and the Law, 61(4), 266-274. https://doi.org/10.1177/0025802421993363

Homeland and its use of bipolar disorder for sensationalist and dramatic effect

Wondemaghen, M. (2019). Homeland and its use of bipolar disorder for sensationalist and dramatic effect. Social Semiotics, 29(2), 131-144. https://doi.org/10.1080/10350330.2017.1422900

Research interests

mental disorder & criminal responsibility; jury decision making; CRPD, decision making capacity & crime; media coverage of social problems; policing mental illness in public spaces

Postgraduate supervision

Students interested in the following psycho-legal & criminological areas of research are welcome to reach out for an initial chat: mental disorder & criminal responsibility; jury decisions; CRPD, decision making capacity & crime; media coverage of social problems; policing mental illness in public spaces; and any related themes.

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