Samantha Ainslie FHEA, MSt., Pg.Dip.TLHE, BA (Hons), BSc (Hons)
Senior Lecturer
Summary
I'm part of the Community Justice Learning Team and I teach undergraduate criminology and on the Professional Qualification in Probation. I joined Ï㽶ÊÓƵ in 2019 having previously worked as a probation practitioner and manager for 17 years. My research interests relate to desistance, probation practice and probation training. I'm currently involved in research with other members of the Law and Criminology Department relating to professional curiosity, emotional labour and burnout within the context of probation practice. I'm also working towards the Professional Doctorate in Education. My research relates to pedagogical approaches to enhancing critically reflective practice in probation practitioners.
Teaching
Sheffield Institute of Law and Justice
College of Social Sciences and Arts
Criminology and Community Justice Learning
Professional Qualification in Probation (PQiP)
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Criminology
MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice Practice
I teach on Level 6 elective modules as part of the undergraduate criminology course as follows
Making desistance and recovery a reality.
Experiencing custodial and community sentences.
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My research interests relate to desistance, probation practice and probation training. I'm currently involved in research with other colleagues in the Law and Criminology Department relating to professional curiosity, emotional labour and burnout within the context of probation practice. I'm also working towards the Professional Doctorate in Education (EdD). My research relates to pedagogical approaches to enhancing critically reflective practice in probation practitioners.
https://shura.shu.ac.uk/28842/1/SEEDS2%20RPSS%20Report%20Final.pdf
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Publications
Journal articles
Westaby, C., Ainslie, S., Fowler, A., & Phillips, J. (2025). . European Journal of Criminology.
Ainslie, S., & Riley, L. (2025). Probation Journal: the journal of community and criminal justice.
Westaby, C., Phillips, J., Fowler, A., & Ainslie, S. (2022). . European Journal of Probation, 15 (1).
Phillips, J., Ainslie, S., Fowler, A., & Westaby, C. (2022). . Criminology and Criminal Justice.
Ainslie, S., Fowler, A., Phillips, J., & Westaby, C. (2022). . Reflective Practice.
Ainslie, S. (2022). Early Career Academic Network Bulletin, 50, 28-34.
Phillips, J., Westaby, C., Ainslie, S., & Fowler, A. (2021). ‘I don't like this job in my front room’: Practising probation in the COVID-19 pandemic. Probation Journal, 68 (4), 426-443.
Ainslie, S. (2021). Probation Quarterly, 21, 42-45.
Ainslie, S. (2021). . Probation Journal, 68 (2), 146-165.
Phillips, J., Ainslie, S., Fowler, A., & Westaby, C. (2021). . The British Journal of Social Work.
Ainslie, S. (n.d.). Book review of reimagining probation practice. Probation Quarterly, 26, 12-16.
Book chapters
Phillips, J., Ainslie, S., Fowler, A., & Westaby, C. (2024). . In Ricciardelli, R., MacDermid, J.C., & Ferguson, L. (Eds.) Occupational Stress Injuries: Operational and Organizational Stressors among Public Safety Personnel. (pp. 113-133). London: Routledge:
Ainslie, S. (2024). . In Turgoose, D., Knight, V., & Woodward, D. (Eds.) Pracademics in Criminal Justice. (pp. 63-77). London: Routledge:
Phillips, J., Ainslie, S., Fowler, A., & Westaby, C. (2024). Burning Out in Probation. An Exploration of Organizational, Operational, and Personal Stressors Amongst Probation Workers in England and Wales. In Ricciardelli, R., MacDermid, J.C., & Ferguson, L. (Eds.) Occupational Stress Injuries. (pp. 113-133). Routledge:
Ainslie, S., Fowler, A., Phillips, J., & Westaby, C. (2023). . In Kay, C., & Case, S. (Eds.) Crime, Justice and COVID19. (pp. 50-75). Bristol University Press:
Reports
Phillips, J., Westaby, C., Fowler, A., & Ainslie, S. (2022). . HMI Probation.
Westaby, C., Phillips, J., Fowler, A., & Ainslie, S. (2021). . Ï㽶ÊÓƵ.
Other activities
Probation Institute academic advisory panel.
Probation Quarterly editorial board.