Victoria Canning

Victoria Canning is Professor of Criminology at Lancaster University, co-chair of Statewatch EU, and co-editor of the Emerald Activist Criminology series. She has authored and edited seven books, including Gendered Harm and Structural Violence in the British Asylum System (2017) and Torture and Torturous Violence: Transcending Definitions of Torture (2023). She has spent almost two decades working on the rights of women seeking asylum, specifically on support for survivors of sexual violence and torture with NGOs and migrant rights organisations.