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Details for Professor Marianne Hester
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| Name | Professor Marianne Hester | ||
| Job title | Chair in Gender, Violence & International Policy |
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| Department | School for Policy Studies University of Bristol |
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| Personal web page | www.bristol.ac.uk/sps/people/person/marianne-hester/index.html | ||
| Contact details | This expert can be contacted via the University of Bristol Public Relations
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| Qualifications | B.A.Hons (Oxon.), M.A., Ph.D.(Leeds) | ||
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| Membership of professional bodies | British Sociological Association |
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| Keywords | violence against women violence against women and children in China, Denmark and UK domestic violence Street prostitution Criminal justice approaches child contact and domestic violence Child sexual exploitation |
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| Areas of expertise | I have directed groundbreaking research on many aspects of violence, abuse and gender relations, including recent work on: children and domestic violence, discipline and punishment of children in China and UK, male and female domestic violence perpetrators, abuse in same-sex relationships, and sexual exploitation. My research is often comparative, focusing on the UK, China and Scandinavia. My work has directly influenced national health, criminal justice and family policy and practice. I am NSPCC Fresh Start Professor of Child Sexual Exploitation. I served on the Home Affairs Select Committee on 'Domestic violence, Forced Marriage and "Honour"-based Violence', and was Research Director to the Department of Health 'Victims of Violence and Abuse Prevention Programme'. |
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| Media experience | Extensive experience of interviews on radio, including women's Hour and news programmes (UK and Australia). Some experience of TV interviews, including news programmes and input to documentaries (UK and China). |
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