Mrs Selina Robinson

I am a Teaching Fellow in Forensic Investigations within the Criminal Justice Studies (ICJS) since November 2019. I teach forensic investigations within the Criminology and Forensic studies team teaching L4- L7.

My research plans moving forward will be focussed on Maritime Terrorism - specifically cruise ships as soft targets. 

Biography:

I obtained my BSc (Hons) in Archaeological and Forensic Sciences at Bournemouth University in 2011. After leaving University, my job focus was aimed at supporting vulnerable individuals. I was a Project Coordinator with Victim Support for an Anti-Social Behaviour Project. I then became a Youth Worker for a few years supporting young people between the ages of 11-26 in a satellite base in Southampton. I also led the LGBTQ Breakout youth sessions.

I completed a distance-learning Masters in Politics of Conflict and Violence with the University of Leicester alongside my work. My thesis explored the gaps in security and cruise ships and was titled: 'How Proactive is the cruise shipping industry and the UK Government about the threat of maritime terrorism?'

It is in 2015 when I joined Hampshire Constabulary as a Counter-Terrorism Prevent Officer in Special Branch, supporting individuals from radicalisation. I then became a Crime Scene Investigator (CSI) within the Scientific Services Department and it is here that I learned the core skills of forensics that I teach. I specialise in both volume and major crime. 

Key research areas are divided between both Forensics and Risk Management/Maritime Terrorism and include:

• Maritime security and maritime terrorism; specifically cruise ships as soft targets, use of drones onboard ships, and the inconsistencies of security management between passenger vessels. 
• The notion of deradicalisation and the Prevent Strategy 

In forensic my research areas include: 

• Forensic photography and ALS  
• The use of VR in Crime Scene Investigation 
• Forensic practitioner bias