Dr Stephanie Jane Bennett
Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Forensic Psychology, University of Chichester and the Open University, United Kingdom
Email: stephanie.bennett@chi.ac.uk
Profile
Stephanie is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Forensic Psychology, University of Chichester, Programme Coordinator, BSc. (Hons) Criminology, Chartered Research Psychologist, and Member of Children's Research Centre. Stephanie ’s research has had a focus on cognitive development in children with and without developmental disability, evaluating the impact of school and home-based educational interventions. Stephanie's research themes include developmental disability, educational intervention, wellbeing of children and young people during the pandemic, interventions for children who are young carers or who have a parent in prison, exploring reasons for voluntary resignation from the police, Policing the Pandemic and best practice for the investigative interviewing of children who have been trafficked into the UK.
Research
Publications
Payler, J; Cooper, V and Bennett, S (2025). Optimal development for the children of prisoners? How children with a parent in prison are supported and why it matters. Children and Society, 39 pp. 512–531. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12925
Cooper, V. L., Payler, J. and Bennett, S., Taylor, L. (2023). From arrest to release, helping families feel less alone: An evaluation of a Worcestershire pilot support project for families affected by parental imprisonment. The Open University, Milton Keynes. https://oro.open.ac.uk/88511/
Chamberlain, L., Karlsen, M., Sinitsky, G., Bennett, S., Plowright-Pepper, L., Vackova, P. (2021) Coronavirus and my life: What children say. Milton Keynes Children Heard/The Open University.
http://oro.open.ac.uk/74879/1/FINAL%20Coronavirus%20and%20my%20life%20REPORT.pdf
Vakcova, P., Bennett., S., Plowright-Pepper., L (2021) Childrens’ narratives of loss, death and dying during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Borgstrom, E. & Mallon, S. (Eds) Narratives of Covid. Loss, dying, death and grief during COVID-19. The Open University. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Narratives-COVID-Dying-during-COVID-19-ebook/dp/B09GRG56TR
Cooper, V. L., Payler, J. and Bennett, S. (2019) ‘Beyond talk: Learning from children and young people experiencing a family health crisis’, in Robb, M., Montgomery, H. and Thomson, R. (eds.) Critical Practice with Children and Young People (2nd edition), Bristol, Policy Press, pp. 143 – 160.
Payler, J., Cooper, V. and Bennett, S. (2019) Children and young people living through a serious family illness: structural, interpersonal and personal perspectives. Children & Society. DOI: 10.1111/chso.12348.
Bennett, S. Cooper, V. and Payler, J. (2018) The Need for Support: Young People Living Through a Family Health Crisis. Report of research commissioned by Hope Support. http://oro.open.ac.uk/56167/