Dr Sarah Tickle
School of Justice Studies
Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies
Email: S.J.Tickle@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 5923
ORCID
Sarah is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and member of the Centre for the study of Crime, Criminalisation and Social Exclusion (CCSE).
Sarah joined the Criminology team at LJMU in October 2014. Before this, Sarah completed her PhD at the University of Liverpool which was funded by the Economic Social Research Council (ESRC) +3 PhD Research Studentship and the University of Liverpool's Duncan Norman Scholarship.
Her doctoral thesis explored the ways in which young people, aged between 10 and 17 years old, conceptualised and experienced policing, safety, security and harm in two coastal resorts. The ethnographic study used multiple methods, mainly participatory, to elicit the experiences and perceptions of young people through centre-based youth organisations and outreach work in two coastal resorts. These ideas, and others, are developed in her current research interests and activities, which include: ‘place’ and the policing, social control, social exclusion and social harm of young people. Young people's use of communication technologies, ethnography and participatory visual methods, in particular Photovoice.
Alongside this, my colleague and I (Dr Sarah Greenhow), have been currently evaluating and conducting research about the exclusion of vulnerable communities, in particular unpaid caregivers, and are keenly interested in this area.
Degrees
2014, University of Liverpool, England, PhD
2009, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, MA in Research Methodology: Sociology and Social Policy
2008, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, First Class BA (Hons) in Criminology and Sociology
Certifications
2016, Higher Education Academy, York, United Kingdom, Fellowship
2016, Mental Health First Aid, England, MHFA Lite Course
Academic appointments
Lecturer in Criminology, Criminology, Liverpool John Moores University, 2014 - present
Highlighted publications
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
Tickle S. 2019. Engaging young people through photovoice in coastal resorts. Qualitative Research Journal, 20 :103-115 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Tickle SJ. 2017. Ethnographic Research with young people: methods and rapport. Vicars M, Sikes P, Barr S. Qualitative Research Journal, 17 :66-76 DOI 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
Tickle SJ, Williams B, Kappel C, Gitau E, Farrington G, Ithell J. 2011. Tackling Social Inequality in Merseyside Tackling Social Inequality in Merseyside
Journal article
Tickle S. 2019. Engaging young people through photovoice in coastal resorts. Qualitative Research Journal, 20 :103-115 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Tickle SJ. 2017. Ethnographic Research with young people: methods and rapport. Vicars M, Sikes P, Barr S. Qualitative Research Journal, 17 :66-76 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Tickle SJ. 2015. The policing and regulation of young people in two coastal resorts European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control, Publisher Url Public Url
Internet publication
Tickle SJ. 2018. The impact of austerity on children and young people’s health and well-being in England and Wales. Author Url Publisher Url Public 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
Tickle SJ. 2017. The impact of austerity on 'policing' and 'providing' for young people: a dichotomy of control in the UK. 17th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Challenging Crime and Crime Control in Contemporary Europe, EuroCrim 2017
Tickle SJ, Metcalf L. 2016. Young people at risk of social harm: Government policies, the 'crisis' and withdrawal of youth welfare in the UK. 44rd Annual Conference of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control
Tickle SJ. 2016. The youth centre as a ‘sanctuary’ in aiding safer communities for young people Early Career Academics Network Bulletin, 29 Publisher Url Public Url
Tickle SJ. 2015. “Young people in coastal resorts: The regulation and criminalisation of ‘youthful’ behaviour in public space” ‘Whose right to the city?’ The fifth EUGEO Congress
Tickle SJ. 2013. Anxieties about youth: place, regulation and social control What is justice? Re-imagining penal policy, the Howard League for Penal Reform
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
Thesis/Dissertation
Tickle SJ. Young people in coastal resorts: a critical exploration of class, place, governance and safety. Goldson B, Hancock L.
Highlighted activities
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
Grant value (£): 1680, Liverpool John Moores University, Dr Sarah Tickle, Voluntary organisations working with children and young people. 2019
Duration of research project: 7 months, Grant value (£): £1680.00, QR Research Fund LJMU, Lindsey Metcalf, Voluntary organisations working with children and young people: Navigating a changing policy landscape.. 2019
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
Professional activities
Membership of professional bodies:
Centre for the Study of Crime, Criminalisation and Social Exclusion (CCSE), Co-Director. 2022
The National Association for Youth Justice (NAYJ), Member. 2015
European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control., Member. 2014
British Society of Criminology, Member. 2009
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
Grant value (£): 1680, Liverpool John Moores University, Dr Sarah Tickle, Voluntary organisations working with children and young people. 2019
Duration of research project: 7 months, Grant value (£): £1680.00, QR Research Fund LJMU, Lindsey Metcalf, Voluntary organisations working with children and young people: Navigating a changing policy landscape.. 2019
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
Award:
Emerald Publishing Limited. Literati Qualitative Research Journal, Highly Commended Award 2018 for the paper Ethnographic research with young people: methods and rapport.. 2018
Economic Social Research Council (ESRC) +3 PhD Research Studentship.. 2009
University of Liverpool, Duncan Norman Research Scholarship. 2009
Conference presentation:
Oral presentation, Escola de Psicologia, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal, 44th Annual Conference of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control, Young people at risk of social harm: Government policies, the ‘crisis’ and the withdrawal of youth welfare in the UK.. 2016