Lucy Trafford

Lucy studied Law as an undergraduate and Moritz-Heyman Scholar at Christ Church college in the University of Oxford. She then completed a Masters of Philosophy in Criminological Research at St John's college at the University of Cambridge, before returning to Oxford to commence her Doctorate of Philosophy in Criminology at Balliol College. Lucy's research is funded by the Oxford Law Faculty and Centre for Criminology. She is also a Leatherseller's Scholar.

She is researching how the dynamics of domestic abuse influence police decision-making and approaches to intimate partner violence and hopes that this work will have a beneficial impact on policies and legislation which are currently being revised. She conducts empirical research using a mixed methods approach to analyse quantitative and qualitative data collected and to conduct interviews with individuals who play a key role in the criminal justice system. More information is available on the College of Policing Research Map. Lucy also acts as an Editorial Reviewer for Policing: An International Journal.

Lucy moved to St Anne's College, Oxford, after receiving the Graduate Development Scholarship from St Anne's. She is a Stipendiary Lecturer in Law at St Anne's where she teaches Jurisprudence to second year undergraduates at Keble and St Anne's and is involved in administration and organisation of college teaching. She has also taught Criminal Law to first-year undergraduates and teaches Criminology for Exeter College. Lucy supervises masters dissertations on domestic violence and has run classes on Feminist Criminology for research students at the University of Cambridge. She is also an Associate Lecturer for Oxford Brookes University, where she teaches Crime, Criminology and Context. Alongside her teaching, Lucy has qualified as an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Outside of academia, she enjoys volunteering for charities (including Beat UK and Crisis) to help extend the services and assistance available for domestic violence victims, improve treatment and support for sufferers of eating disorders and their families as well as to reduce homelessness. She has represented these charities on various News networks, including BBC Newsnight, Sky News and BBC Radio. She also works with Oxford University, schools and organisations to help increase access to University for students from underrepresented backgrounds. Lucy also works as a research advisor for Frontline, a social start-up developing a risk assessment app for domestic abuse. She enjoys mooting and has won competitions between colleges, universities and at national levels, including the BPP National Advocate of the Year Regional Finals, and has participated in the Leiden International Children's Rights Moot Competition. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, spending time with friends and pets and writing poems, several of which have been published in University magazines. Lucy is currently studying the Barrister Training Course at the Inns of Court College of Advocacy, having received Gray's Inn most prestigious award, the Baroness Hale of Richmond Scholarship.