Dr Anna Hopkins

Anna Hopkins joined Policing Organisation and Practice Team as a Lecturer in November 2020. 

Anna actively researches the role between domestic abuse victim engagement and policing. She has just completed her first project on Evidence Led Prosecutions in Domestic Abuse funded by the Police Star fund. She is currently completing the second Evidence Led Prosecution project  which has received further funding and looks to expand the evidence base of the use of these prosecutions in terms of understnding CJS decision making and the impact on these prosecutions have upon victims. At the completion of the second project, it is anticipated to design an online learning tool to assist officers in understanding the crucial role of evidnece gathering in evidence led prosecutions. 

Prior to this, Anna worked on a large scale project addressing victim (dis)engagement in domestic abuse and sexual violence cases involving 7 forces to understand the key aspects of what causes victim (dis) engagement and at what point. 

Anna also worked on a domestic homicide project with Sandra Walklate analyising serious case reviews from the IOPC and what role the police played prior to the homicides taking place.

She currently advises Merseyside on matters relating to domestic abuse. 

She is part of the team designing and delivering the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA) for new police officers, as well as contributing to the overall development of programmes under the Police Education Qualifications Framework (PEQF).

Before joining the team at the OU, Anna worked as a Senior Lecturer at Edge Hill University where she was Year Leader and module leader for several modules. Anna has extensive experience in lecturing in Policing as well as Criminology and Psychology having taught in various universities across the North West of the UK.

Prior to becoming an academic, Anna served as a Police Officer in Greater Manchester Police where she worked in many front line capacities and specialised in Domestic Violence.