Professor Corinne May-Chahal

Professor

Profile

I am an applied social scientist dedicated to research that makes a difference to the way in which children and adults can keep safe in a digital world. My focus is on the socio-technical aspects of human security through developing and applying new technologies; initially in ISIS which created software to identify age and gender deception in computer mediated communication, followed by UDesignIT co-producing applications to facilitate the reporting of community concerns and iCOP (identifying child abuse image originations in Peer to Peer networks). After completing a degree in Sociology and training as a social worker I initially conducted research aimed at improving children’s participation in services designed to safeguard them. My PhD (Child Abuse Troubles, Lancaster University, 1996) and early books (Child Sexual Abuse: Listening, Hearing and Validating The Experiences of Children (1989), Making a Case in Child Protection (1992) & Child Sexual Abuse: Responding to the Experiences of Children, (1999)) impacted on policy through membership of the Home Office Pigot Code of Practice Steering Group which drafted the Memorandum of Good Practice on Video Recorded Interviews with Child Witnesses for Criminal Proceedings (1992), membership of the WHO Prevention of Violence Initiative drafting the World Report on Violence and Health (2002) which introduced a public health approach to violence. I have researched the ways in which different European countries respond to violence against children through several EU collaborations (the Concerted Action on the Prevention of Child Abuse in Europe (CAPCAE), CUPICSO (Collection and Use of Personal Information on Child Sex Offenders in Europe), SIFS (Social Inclusion and Family Support), PANDORA (Confidentiality and the Response to Children in 5 European Countries) and CAHRV (Co-ordination Action on Human Rights Violation). In addition I research resilience and support needs in adulthood (through an ESRC funded longitudinal study on gambling and crime - Tracking Vulnerability and Resilience in Gambling Crime Careers).

SL: ESRC Centre: Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centre
01/05/2022 → 30/04/2027
Research

Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre.
01/05/2022 → 30/04/2027
Research

The Effectiveness of Social Media Screening and the Impact of Increased Anonymity and Encryption in Policing
01/01/2022 → 31/12/2022
Research

AI based advances for law enforcement responses to online child sexual exploitation and abuse in south east Asia
01/01/2021 → 30/06/2024
Research

SL: AI-based Advances for Law Enforcement’s Response to Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Southeast Asia
01/01/2021 → 31/12/2023
Research

TAS-S Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Node - Security
01/11/2020 → 31/10/2024
Research

TAS-S: Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Node in Security
01/11/2020 → 31/10/2024
Research

Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Security Node
01/11/2020 → 31/10/2024
Research

Study on comprehensive policy review of anti-trafficking projects funded by the European Commission
01/01/2016 → 30/09/2019
Research

Overview of the worldwide best practices for rape prevention & assisting women victims of rape
01/11/2012 → 31/10/2014
Research

FP7: iCOP
01/06/2011 → 30/11/2013
Research

Social media, social good
01/11/2010 → 30/04/2012
Research

Evaluation of the peer support for the senior social work managers pilot programme
01/02/2010 → 31/03/2011
Research

ISIS: Protecting Children in online social network
01/06/2008 → 18/10/2011
Research

Social Impact Assessment - Blackpool Super Casino
01/05/2008 → 01/11/2008
Research

Young People and Gambling in Britain:
01/01/2004 → 31/12/2004
Other

Children missing from education in Blackpool
01/01/2002 → 31/12/2004
Other

Is it working for you? An independent evaluation of St Helens Children's Fund
01/01/2001 → 31/12/2003
Other

  • Centre for Alternatives to Social and Economic Inequalities
  • Centre for Child and Family Justice Research
  • Centre for Gender Studies
  • Security Lancaster
  • Security Lancaster (Policing)
  • Security Lancaster (Sociology)