Dr Sarah Greenhow
School of Justice Studies
Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies
Email: S.K.Greenhow@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 5087
Sarah is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and member of the Centre for the study of Crime, Criminalisation and Social Exclusion (CCSE). Sarah is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Sarah joined LJMU as a lecturer in Criminology in 2014. Prior to this Sarah completed her PhD which explored the impact of social media (and other communication technologies) on post-adoption contact between adopted children and their birth relatives. The research looked at the risks and benefits of technological forms of contact and how these methods interact with more traditional forms of communication.
Since her PhD, Sarah has undertaken research related to the criminalisation and victimisation of looked after children. More recently, with a colleague Dr Sarah Tickle, Sarah has evaluated programmes developed by NHSE/I related to the needs of unpaid carers in marginalised communities.
Degrees
2015, Durham University, United Kingdom, PhD in Applied Social Sciences
2011, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, MA, Research Methodology (Sociology & Social Policy)
2009, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, BA, Criminology & Sociology
Certifications
2022, Kays Medical, FAA LEVEL 3 AWARD IN EMERGENCY FIRST AID AT WORK
Higher Education Academy, Fellow
Academic appointments
Lecturer in Criminology, Liverpool John Moores University, 2014 - present
Journal article
Tickle S, Greenhow SK. 2025. Understanding the needs and challenges of unpaid carers caring for someone with drug and alcohol dependency: findings from a national qualitative evaluation International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 20 :1-14 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Shaw J, Greenhow SK. 2019. Children in Care: Exploitation, Offending and the Denial of Victimhood in a Prosecution-led Culture of Practice British Journal of Social Work, 50 :1551-1569 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Shaw J, Greenhow SK. 2019. Professional perceptions of the care-crime connection: Risk, marketisation and a failing system Criminology and Criminal Justice, :1-17 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Fishburn S, Meins E, Greenhow S, Jones C, Hackett S, Biehal N, Baldwin H, Cusworth L, Wade J. 2017. Mind-Mindedness in Parents of Looked After Children Developmental Psychology, 53 :1954-1965 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Greenhow SK, Hackett S, Jones C, Meins E. 2016. The Maintenance of Traditional and Technological forms of Post-Adoption Contact Child Abuse Review, 25 :373-385 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Greenhow SK, Hackett S, Jones C, Meins E. 2015. Adoptive family experiences of post-adoption contact in an Internet era Child & Family Social Work, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Report
Tickle S, Greenhow S. 2022. An Evaluation of the NHSE/I Mind The Gap Programme: Identifying and supporting carers from vulnerable communities An Evaluation of the NHSE/I Mind The Gap Programme: Identifying and supporting carers from vulnerable communities :1-246
Tickle S, Greenhow S. 2021. An Evaluation of the NHSE/I Mind The Gap Programme: Identifying and supporting carers from vulnerable communities. An Evaluation of the NHSE/I Mind the Gap Programme: Identifying and supporting carers from vulnerable communities :1-99
Books (authored)
Shaw J, Greenhow S. 2020. The Criminalisation and Exploitation of Children in Care Multi-Agency Perspectives Routledge 9780429678011 DOI Publisher Url
Conference publication
Tickle SJ, Greenhow S. 2018. Navigating online space: risk and harm experienced by vulnerable children and young people in a coastal resort. The Howard League, Redesigning Justice: Promoting civil rights, trust and fairness
Greenhow SK, Shaw J. 2016. Professional responses to looked-after children who come into contact with the Youth Justice System in the UK Social Work with Youth in Conflict with Law, Inter-University Centre
Greenhow SK. 2015. Post-Adoption Contact in the Facebook Era: Risks and opportunities for adopted children and their families BASPCAN Congress 2015: New Directions in Child Protection and Well-being
Greenhow SK, Meins E, Jones C, Hackett S, Bell M. 2015. Mind-Mindedness in Parents who Adopted Children from the Care System Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
Greenhow SK. 2013. Chatting Online With My Other Mother: A survey of 101 adoptive parents International Conference of Adoption Research 4 (ICAR4)
Greenhow SK. 2012. Chatting online with my other mother: The emergence of 'virtual contact' Social Work Social Devlopment: Action and Impact
Greenhow SK. The vulnerability of children in state care to exploitation: The challenges of multi-agency responses within a context of austerity. EuroCrim
Greenhow SK, Tickle S. Navigating online risk and harm experienced by vulnerable children in a coastal resort. European Group for the Study of Deviance & Social Control
Chapters
Greenhow S. 2016. Social media and its impact on social development: Chatting Online with my Other Mother: The emergence of ‘virtual contact’ Global Social Transformation and Social Action the Role of Social Workers Social Work Social Development Volume III :154-159
Greenhow SK. 2014. Chatting online with my other mother: The emergence of ‘virtual contact’ Hessle S. Global Social Transformation and Social Action: The role of social workers :154-159 Ashgate. Surrey
Research Grants Awarded:
Grant value (£): 22,050, NHS England & Improvement, Dr Sarah Tickle, NHSE/I Mind the Gap Embedding Evaluation: An evaluation of support services available to carers in the community.. 2021
Grant value (£): 24, 365, NHS England & Improvement, Dr Sarah Tickle, NHSE/I Mind the Gap Scoping Evaluation: An evaluation of support services available to carers in the community.. 2021
Grant value (£): £9,888.06, NHS England, Dr Sarah Tickle, Mind the Gap: An evaluation of support services available to carers in the community.. 2020
Duration of research project: 13 months, Grant value (£): 1447.00, QR Research Fund LJMU, Sarah Greenhow, Navigating Online space: risk and harm experienced by vulnerable children and young people in a coastal resort.. 2018
Grant value (£): 1,128, QR Research Fund LJMU, Dr Julie Shaw, Multi-agency responses to the criminalisation and victimisation of looked-after children.. 2016