Taylor Skevington

Biography

I am a PhD researcher in Criminology at the University of Essex. For my PhD research, I conducted a national study of Stalking Protection Orders in England and Wales and how they are applied across the criminal justice system. I have a keen interest in interpersonal crimes such as stalking and domestic abuse, and I aim to research these topics as an academic in the future. I have extensive work experience in academic research. Among my various research roles, I have worked as a research officer on the Understanding Domestic Abuse Perpetrators Project for the Home Office and on projects focused on domestic abuse, sexual harassment, and law enforcement information exchange. Publications: Katerina Hadjimatheou, Alejandro Quiroz Flores, Ruth Weir, Taylor Skevington, Using unsupervised machine learning to find profiles of domestic abuse perpetrators, Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, Volume 18, 2024, paae092, https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paae092 Presentations: Overpromised and undelivered Stalking Protection Orders and the Policing of Stalking, European Conference on Domestic Violence, Barcelona, September 2025

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) Criminology & Forensic Investigation University of Essex (2020)

• MA Criminology University of Essex (2021)

Thesis