Tanya Loureiro

Tania Loureiro was awarded an Elphinstone scholarship to conduct her PhD at the University of Aberdeen in the School of Law. Her current research focuses on the impact on families and individuals who have had received an imposition of a community sentence as an alternative to imprisonment in Scotland. Tania holds a BSc in Psychology and MSc in Psychology of Justice.

She worked as a Research Associate for the Parenting and Family Support Research Programme in the Department of Psychology at Glasgow Caledonian University, where she was a project coordinator of a longitudinal randomised controlled trial. Previously she worked with Families Outside conducting research into the use of child and family impact assessments in court. Building on this research, Tania continued her work with Families Outside and in collaboration with the Scottish Commissioner for Children and Young People, she conducted research into the experiences of children and young people who have had a family member sent to prison. With Families Outside and Barnardo’s Scotland, Tania also conducted research on the support available for families of people who have committed a sexual offence in Scotland.

Tania’s research interests focus on imprisonment, alternatives to custody, children's rights and the impact of sentencing options on families and children.