Dr. Amy Burrell is a Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, UK, and has been researching in crime and policing for over 20 years. Much of her research has had a policing focus with topics including robbery, domestic violence, sexual offences, night-time economy violence, and spiking. She holds a BSc in Applied Psychology (Durham University), MSc in Forensic Behavioural Science (University of Liverpool), and PhD in Forensic Psychology (University of Leicester).
She is currently a Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham. Previous roles have included Research Fellow at the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science at University College London, teaching posts at Birmingham City University and Coventry University, and work in the private sector in social science related research and security training. She is a founding member of the Crime Linkage International Network (C-LINK).