Academic Profile

I studied Law at the University of Manchester, graduating with an LLB (Hons.) in 2006, following which I undertook a Masters in International Criminology at the University of Sheffield, which I completed in 2007. In 2012 I completed my PhD looking at the adult male prison experience from a gendered perspective, funded by the University of Sheffield. I am employed for two years as a Postdoctoral Research Associate, supporting the research of the Head of School, Professor Joanna Shapland.

I have presented at numerous national and international conferences in the areas of criminology, masculinities and cultural studies, and am an active researcher in a number of areas. I am involved in a research project working with Dr Maggie Wykes looking at the prosecution of sexual violence in England and Wales and South Africa (http://www.justiceandviolence.org), I am co-founder of the Prison Ethnography Network (http://prisonethnography.group.shef.ac.uk/), and I am involved with the Howard League for Penal Reform funded project on ‘What is Justice’, working with Professor Stephen Farrall (http://www.howardleague.org/what-is-justice-background/).

Qualifications

LLB (Hons.) in Law from the University of Manchester
MA in International Criminology from the University of Sheffield
PhD in Criminology from the University of Sheffield (Title: 'Men Inside: Masculinity and the Adult Male Prison Experience')

Teaching and Learning

I am a firm believer in research-led teaching practices providing much greater depth and interest to classes and try to use a wide variety of teaching methods and resources to encourage student confidence, engagement and participation. In turn, my teaching informs my research interests.

The modules I teach are:

Undergraduate
Introduction to Legal Processes
Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice
Punishment and Penal Policy
Introducing Criminological Research

Research Interests

• Prisons, prisoners and the prison experience
• Prison research, prison ethnography (and its effects)
• Gender, masculinities and the concept of manhood
• Representations of prisons in popular culture
• Prison rape
• Sexual violence
• IPP sentences

I am a member of the Centre for Criminological Research research cluster.

Areas of Research Supervision

• Prisons and Prisoners
• Prison Research
• Representations of Prisons
• Gender and Crime

Key Publications

Sloan, J. (Forthcoming) Inter-Prisoner Sexual Harm: Representation vs. Reality. Submitted for publication in the Conference proceedings entitled ‘Criminal Justice and Security in Central and Eastern Europe – Practice and Research’, published by the University of Maribor, Edited by Gorazd Meško, Andrej Sotlar and Jack Greene

Sloan, J. and Drake, D. H. (2013) Emotional engagements: on sinking and swimming in prison research and ethnography. Criminal Justice Matters, 91(1), 24-25

Ellis, A., Sloan, J. and Wykes, M. (2013) 'Moatifs' of Masculinity: The Stories Told About 'Men' in British Newspaper Coverage of the Raoul Moat Case. Crime Media Culture

Sloan, J. (2012) You Can See Your Face in My Floor: Examining the Function of Cleanliness in an Adult Male Prison. The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 51(4), 400-410

Sloan, J. (2012) Cleanliness, Spaces and Masculine Identity in an Adult Male Prison. Prison Service Journal, 201, 3-6

Sloan, J. and Appleton, C. A. (2010) Life After Life Imprisonment [...] and Daems, T. (2008) Making Sense of Penal Change [...] Policing: a journal of policy and practice, 5(2), 193-195