Qualifications

• PhD, University of Sheffield
• MA (Distinction) Socio Legal Studies University of Sheffield
• BSc (1st) Anglia Polytechnic University

Research Interests

• Socio-Spatial Criminology

Key Publications

Wiles, P., and Costello, A. (2000) The Road to Nowhere: The Evidence for Travelling Criminals. Home Office Research Study 207 London: Home Office

Costello, A., and Wiles, P. (2001) GIS and the journey to crime: an analysis of patterns in South Yorkshire. In Hirchfield, A., and Bowers, K. (Eds) Mapping and Analysing Crime Data: Lessons from Research and Practice. Taylor & Francis, London.

Costello, A. (2002) Journeys to Crime: GIS Analysis of Offender and Victim Journeys in Sheffield, England. In Leipnik, M., and Albert, D (Eds) GIS in Law Enforcement: Implementation Issues and Case Studies.

Bottoms, A., Shapland, J., Costello, A., Muir, G., and Holmes, D. (2004) Towards Desistance: Theoretical Underpinnings for an Empirical Study. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice: Special Issue

Craglia, M. and Costello A. (2005) 'A Model of Offenders in England' in F. Toppen and M. Painho (eds) Agile 2005 Conference Proceedings, Lisbon: Agile

Hodgson, B. and Costello, A. (2006) 'The Prognostic Significance of Burglary in Company – A Research Note' European Journal of Criminology

Key Projects/Grants

Priority Network Social Contexts of Pathways in Crime 2002- 07, ESRC £2.1M

Collaborative analysis of offenders' personal and area-based social exclusion 2003-4, ESRC £57,802

Teaching

Undergraduate

• Analysing Crime Data
• Patterns In Crime
• Introducing Criminological Research

Postgraduate

• Environmental Criminology

Areas of Research Supervision

• Repeat Victimisation
• Anti-Social Behaviour