Louise Ridley

Assistant Professor

School: Humanities and Social Sciences

Louise Ridley She had previously taught criminology at the University of Teesside for 15 years. Before this Louise worked in a variety of different organisations providing support to vulnerable groups of people.

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Key Publications

Invisible Men: Unlocking Compassion and Understanding the Needs of Older Men Behind Bars, Ridley, L., Waldegrave, K. 7 Jan 2025, In: Social Sciences
'It is what it is...’: Men's Experiences of Ocular Chemical Substance Attacks in North East England, Ridley, L., Figueiredo, F., Burrows, R., Scott, S., Wilson, A. 10 Nov 2025, In: Justice, Power and Resistance
The introduction and development of a mental health integrated support unit within an English Prison: clinical, care staff and Operational Officer perspectives, McClelland, N., Brandon, T., Dyer, W., Cassidy, K., Ridley, L., Biddle, P. 1 Feb 2023, In: Journal of Forensic Practice
No Place for Old Men?: Meeting the needs of an Ageing Male Prison Population in England and Wales., Ridley, L. 1 Oct 2022, In: Social Policy and Society
Prisoners with Severe Mental Illnesses and Everyday Prison Interior (Re)design, Cassidy, K., Dyer, W., Biddle, P., Ridley, L., Brandon, T., McClelland, N. 4 Dec 2022, The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Design, Cham, Switzerland, Springer
The Development of a Prison Mental Health Unit in England: Understanding Realist Context(s)., Dyer, W., Cassidy, K., Ridley, L., Biddle, P., McClelland, N., Brandon, T. 1 Apr 2021, In: International Journal of Forensic Mental Health
Making space for mental health care within the penal estate, Cassidy, K., Dyer, W., Biddle, P., Brandon, T., McClelland, N., Ridley, L. 1 Mar 2020, In: Health and Place
An Evaluation of ‘Through the Gate Plus’ in the North East of England, Harding, J., Irving, A., Ridley, L., Bilby, C. Jul 2014
'At risk' young people and preparedness for work: the Youth Choice Project, Ridley, L., Wray, D. Mar 2014, In: Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal
No substitute for the real thing: the impact of prison based work experience on students' thinking about imprisonment, Ridley, L. Feb 2014, In: The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice

Professional Activity

Oral presentation: Rethinking imprisonment for older male prisoners 2018

PGR Supervision

Louise Maxwell The failure of the prison system: how did we get to the current critical overcrowding of Prisons in England and Wales. Start Date: 01/10/2022 End Date: 04/10/2025