Michelle Clarke

Michelle Clarke

Head of the School of Law, Senior Lecturer in Policing, Professional Policing Course Lead, University Safeguarding Lead (Students)

Institute of Arts and Humanities

School of Law

³ÉÈËBÕ¾ Details

email: Michelle.clarke@worc.ac.uk

Michelle is the Head of the School of Law and responsible for the day-to-day running of the Law School for staff and students.

After graduating with her LLB, Michelle joined the West Mercia Police Service and during a 17-year career in policing, served in a variety of roles, achieving the rank of Detective Sergeant. Michelle’s policing experience was predominantly dedicated to the investigation of serious and interfamilial crime within specialist CID units, with Michelle specialising in domestic violence and abuse investigations. In the latter years of her service, Michelle co-ordinated and led the training and development of all newly recruited detectives across both West Mercia Police and Warwickshire Police. Michelle has contributed to the development and promotion of evidence-based policing methods to support policing both globally and nationally acting on behalf of the professional body for policing, the College of Policing.

In 2019, Michelle joined the ³ÉÈËBÕ¾ as a Senior Lecturer in Policing and developed policing as a discipline within the School of Law. Michelle is the Course Lead for the College of Policing licenced BA (Hons) Degree in Professional Policing at Worcester and is the point of contact for the College of Policing whilst also leading on the development of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes aligning with the National Policing Education Qualifications Framework.

Michelle is a member of the West Mercia Police Ethics Committee and the ³ÉÈËBÕ¾ and West Mercia Police Strategic Working Group; securing and strengthening collaborative and community partnership opportunities for both institutions and students alike. Michelle is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is the ³ÉÈËBÕ¾ Safeguarding Lead (Students).

Qualifications

  • PGCLTHE
  • LLB (Hons) - Staffordshire University
  • Professional Policing: Social Sciences Degree – Teesside University
  • Diploma Criminology
  • FHEA Teaching Fellow

Teaching interests

  • Professional Policing Skills
  • Vulnerability (including domestic violence and abuse, stalking and harassment, honour-based violence and FGM, child abuse)
  • Investigative Practice including CPIA and Disclosure, Evidence Gathering
  • Black Box Thinking and Emotional Intelligence in Criminal Investigation
  • Investigative Interviewing

Research Interests

  • Ethics in Policing
  • Police Workforce Health and Wellbeing
  • Policing Legitimacy
  • Police Confidence in Policing

Membership of Professional Bodies

  • College of Policing Member
  • National Police Library
  • Police Oracle Member
  • Society of Evidence Based Policing
  • Fellow of Higher Education Academy 

Professional Police Training, Accreditation and Qualifications

  • PIP Level Two Investigator
  • PIP Level Two Specialist Child Victim and Witness Interviewer
  • PIP Level Two Significant Witness Interviewing
  • PIP Level Two Serious and Complex Interviewer
  • Specialist Sexual Assault Investigator
  • PIP Level Two Assessor
  • HOLMES Disclosure Officer and Casualty Bureau Officer
  • Mainstream CyberCrime Investigation
  • Professional Curiosity – 13 Strands of Protecting Vulnerable People
  • Rape Trauma and Investigative Interviewing
  • Behavioural Analysis: Understanding Sex Offenders and Working with Partners and Families
  • DASH Masterclass Trainer
  • Saferlives DA Matters Trainer

External Roles

  • West Mercia Police Ethics Committee member
  • ³ÉÈËBÕ¾ and West Mercia Police Working Group
  • External Examiner for Professional Policing -  Wrexham Glyndwr University
  • Chief Examiner – Wrexham Glyndwr University
  • External Examiner for Professional Policing and MA Applied Criminal Justice Studies – University of West England