Previous Work

Simon has worked in the Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) sector since 2007. Prior to this, he was employed in a variety of frontline roles across Children's Services in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.

Since 2021, Simon has been an Honorary Visiting Fellow with the International Policing and Public Protection Research Institute (IPPPRI) at Anglia Ruskin University.

From 2022 to 2024, Simon was the Independent Chair of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough's Out of Court Disposal Panel.

Examples of previous work undertaken can be found opposite.

Media Experience

  • BBC Look East (2017) – on refuge/housing accommodation for victims of domestic abuse

  • Policing Insights (2017) – on differentiating domestic abuse in practice

  • The Guardian (2012) – on a 'Positive Deviance' approach to tackling domestic abuse

  • BBC Radio Cambridgeshire (2007-present) – on local responses to domestic abuse

  • BBC Radio 4 Women’s Hour (2009) – on working in a predominately female sector

Teaching At Anglia Ruskin University: Undergraduate/ Post-Graduate modules taught since 2013

Violence in Context

Trial and Error

Criminology in Policy and Practice

Protest and Activism

Theories of Violence

Globalization and Security

Crime, News, and Criminology

Sex and Sex Offending

Cultures of War

Violent Crime