Dr Danica Darley
BA (Hons), MA, PGCHE, PhD
School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery
Research Associate
Full contact details
School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery
362 Mushroom Lane
Sheffield
S10 2TS
- Profile
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Dr Danica Darley is a Research Associate on the Willow Study exploring how pre-birth assessments for women who use substances in England and Wales are experienced by women and social workers.
Dani’s PhD research examined the experiences of care-experienced young people of child criminal exploitation (CCE) and was developed with three young people who had been in the care of the local authority and had experienced CCE.
Prior to coming into academia in 2017 Dani worked with children in care and those on the fringes of the criminal justice system in Scotland and England for 15 years.
- Qualifications
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BA (Hons) Sociology with Criminology, Department of Sociological Studies, СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield (2020)
MA Social Research, Sheffield Methods Institute, СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield (2021)
Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, Leeds Trinity СŷÊÓƵ (2024)
PhD, СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield (2025)
- Research interests
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Dani’s research interests include care-experience, child exploitation, women in conflict with the law, relational practice, professional boundaries, lived experience criminology, co-production and the intersections between our health, social care and criminal justice systems.
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Editorial advisory board, International Journal on Prison Health.
- Director of Programmes for Experience for Justice.
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
- Associate member of the Alliance for Youth Justice.
- Member of the Academic Liaison Network for the Youth Justice Board.
- Steering group member of the Child Centred Youth Justice Network.