- Cook, E.A. and McManus, S. (2024). Indirect victims of violence: Mental health and the close relatives of serious assault victims in England. Social Science & Medicine, 359, pp. 117278–117278. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117278.
- Carlisle, S., Bunce, A., Prina, M., Cook, E., Barbosa, E.C., McManus, S. … Lewis, N.V. (2024). Trends in outcomes used to measure the effectiveness of UK-based support interventions and services targeted at adults with experience of domestic and sexual violence and abuse: a scoping review. BMJ Open, 14(4). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074452.
- Innes, A., Carlisle, S., Manzur, H., Cook, E., Corsi, J. and Lewis, N.V. (2024). Prevalence of physical violence against people in insecure migration status: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLOS ONE, 19(3). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0300189.
- Tomczak, P. and Cook, E.A. (2023). Bereaved Family ‘Involvement’ in (Prisoner) Death Investigations: Whose ‘Satisfaction’? Social & Legal Studies, 32(2), pp. 294–317. doi:10.1177/09646639221100480.
- Cook, E.A., Rowlands, J., Bracewell, K., Jones, C. and Boughton, G. (2023). Parallels in Practice: Applying Principles of Research Integrity and Ethics in Domestic Violence Fatality Review (DVFR). Journal of Family Violence. doi:10.1007/s10896-023-00505-x.
- A. Cook, E., Walklate, S. and Fitz-Gibbon, K. (2023). Re-imagining what counts as femicide. Current Sociology, 71(1), pp. 3–9. doi:10.1177/00113921221106502.
- McManus, S., Walby, S., Barbosa, E.C., Appleby, L., Brugha, T., Bebbington, P.E. … Knipe, D. (2022). Intimate partner violence, suicidality, and self-harm: a probability sample survey of the general population in England. The Lancet Psychiatry, 9(7), pp. 574–583. doi:10.1016/s2215-0366(22)00151-1.
- Rowlands, J. and Cook, E.A. (2022). Navigating Family Involvement in Domestic Violence Fatality Review: Conceptualising Prospects for Systems and Relational Repair. Journal of Family Violence, 37(4), pp. 559–572. doi:10.1007/s10896-021-00309-x.
- Cook, E.A. and Walklate, S. (2022). Gendered objects and gendered spaces: The invisibilities of ‘knife’ crime. Current Sociology, 70(1), pp. 61–76. doi:10.1177/0011392120932972.
- Cook, E., Markham, S., Parker, J., John, A., Barnicot, K. and McManus, S. (2022). Risk, responsibility, and choice in research ethics. The Lancet Psychiatry, 9(1), pp. 5–6. doi:10.1016/s2215-0366(21)00434-x.
- Cook, E.A. (2021). Motherhood, moral authority and the charismatic matriarch in the aftermath of lethal violence. Criminology & Criminal Justice, 21(3), pp. 353–368. doi:10.1177/1748895820914359.
- McGowan, W. and Cook, E.A. (2020). Comprehensive or Comprehensible Experience? A Case Study of Religion and Traumatic Bereavement. Sociological Research Online. doi:10.1177/1360780420978662.
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About
Overview
Dr. Elizabeth Cook is a Senior Lecturer in the Violence and Society Centre, City, University of London, which she joined in January 2020.
As a sociologist and criminologist, her principal areas of research expertise include homicide, family, and gender and their intersections with harms to society, specifically: analysing pathways between gender, inequality, and homicide; improving statutory fatality review systems; and accounting for the impact of family advocacy and activism on crime, justice and punishment. Her expertise forms part of a large UKRI-funded Prevention Research Partnership (PRP) Consortium Award on Violence, Health and Society, of which, she is a Co-Investigator. This Consortium engages with multiple public, governmental and third sector bodies who generate data on violence with the aim of developing a theory of change of violence, health and society.
She is also a Member of the Peer Review College (PRC) of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Editorial Board of Sociology. She is also a Co-Investigator on a British Academy Small Grant to investigate non-intimate femicide.
Recent notable publications in this area include her monograph, Family Activism in the Aftermath of Fatal Violence (2021, Routledge), a special issue co-edited with Professors Kate Fitz-Gibbon and Sandra Walklate in Current Sociology (2022), Re-imagining what counts as femicide, with further articles published on fatality in Lancet Psychiatry, Social and Legal Studies, Criminology & Criminal Justice, among others.
Previously, she was awarded a PhD in Criminology from the Centre of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Manchester funded by an ESRC +3 Studentship and Presidential Doctoral Scholarship Award. She has since worked at the University of Oxford as an ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow and University of Sheffield as a Max Batley Postdoctoral Research Associate. She was a 2019 International Visiting Scholar at the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre, Monash University, Australia, and is currently a Research Associate at the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford, UK.
Visiting appointments
- International Visiting Scholar, Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre, Jun – Jul 2023
- Research Associate, Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford, May 2023 – present
- Research Associate, Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford, Jan 2020 – Dec 2021
- Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre, Sep – Oct 2019
Research students
Sarah Dangar
Attendance: Oct 2023 – present, full-time
Thesis title: Revisiting the sociology of suicide: A comparative analysis of statutory fatality reviews in the context of domestic abuse-related suicide
Role: 2nd Supervisor
Katie Smith
Attendance: Oct 2021 – present
Thesis title: Patterns of utilisation of domestic violence support services
Role: 1st Supervisor
Publications
Publications by category
Book
- Cook, E. (2020). Family Activism in the Aftermath of Fatal Violence. Victims, Culture and Society. ISBN 978-0-367-42278-3.
Chapters (4)
- Cook, E. and Ellis, A. (2020). Violence in the City: Inequality, Intimidation and Fear. In Dobson, J. and Atkinson, R. (Eds.), Urban Crisis, Urban Hope: A Policy Agenda for UK Cities (pp. 49–54). London: Anthem Press. ISBN 978-1-78527-471-8.
- Cook, E.A. (2020). Bereaved Family Activism. Victimology (pp. 115–134). Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-030-42287-5.
- Cook, E. (2019). Witnessing, responsibility and spectatorship in the aftermath of violence. Emotions and Crime (pp. 154–168). Routledge.
- In Cook, E.A. and Walklate, S. (Eds.), (2019). Excavating Victim Stories: Making Sense of Agency, Suffering and Redemption. In The Emerald Handbook of Narrative Criminology (pp. 239–257). Emerald Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-78769-006-6.
Internet publication
- Cook, E., Ellis, A., Billingham, L. and Irwin-Rodgers, K. (2020). Violence in our Cities. BSC Blog.
Journal articles (12)
Other (4)
- Walby, S., Stöckl, H., Cook, E., Innes, A., McManus, S., Corsi, J. … Capelas Barbosa, E. (2021). Sex/gender-disaggregated fatal violence: a systematic review (protocol).
- Innes, A., Capelas Barbosa, E., Cook, E., Corsi, J., Kotanen, R., McManus, S. … Walby, S. (2021). Prevalence of violence experienced by people with insecure immigration status, and perceptions of association with immigration control (protocol).
- Corsi, J., Cook, E., McManus, S., Innes, A., Capelas Barbosa, E. and Walby, S. (2021). The gendered dimensions of defences to homicide: a systematic review protocol.
- Kotanen, R., McManus, S., Cook, E., Innes, A., Corsi, J., Capelas Barbosa, E. … Walby, S. (2021). Changes in statutory child protection service interventions in response to parental physical violence against children, 1990 to 2021: a systematic review (protocol).
Professional activities
Editorial activity (3)
- Co-Editor of 'Violence, Inequality and Change' (Routledge Series, Criminology and Criminal Justice), With Dr. Caroline Miles (University of Manchester), Nov 2022 – present.
- Member of the Peer Review College of the Arts and Humanities Council (AHRC), Providing peer review of grant applications submitted to the AHRC, Mar 2022 – present.
- Member of the Editorial Board for Sociology, Member of the Editorial Board for Sociology, the flagship journal of the British Sociological Association.
Events/conferences (18)
- European Conference on Domestic Violence. (Conference) Reykjavik, Iceland (2023).
Paper: Evidence syntheses in a global context: a systematic review of sex/gender disaggregated homicide
Author: Cook, E. - Institute for Government/Nuffield Foundation Data Bites Series. (Public lecture) (2023). Invited speaker.
Paper: Data Bites #42 - Justice Special
Author: Cook, E.
Description: https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/data-bites-42-getting-things-done-data-government - Expert round table on amplifying victims’ voices by improving the collection and use of data in the justice system. (Workshop) London, UK (2023).
Paper: Invited contribution
Author: Cook, E. - AAFDA DHR Network Roadshow. (Seminar) Online (2022). Invited speaker.
Paper: Testimonial Networks
Author: Rowlands, J.
Co-authors: Cook, E. - European Symposium for Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour. (Conference) Copenhagen, Denmark (2022).
Paper: Intimate partner violence and suicidality: Findings from a general population survey
Author: McManus, S.
Co-authors: Cook, E. - Expert Roundtable on 'Knife Crime' in London (Action On Armed Violence). (Workshop) London, UK (2022). Invited speaker.
- Prisoner Death Investigations: Improving Safety in Prisons and Societies. (Workshop) Online (2021). Invited speaker.
Paper: Bereaved family involvement in (prisoner) death investigations: whose ‘satisfaction’?
Author: Cook, E.
Co-authors: Tomczak, P. - European Conference on Domestic Violence. (Conference) Online (2021). Chair and Panel Member.
Paper: Domestic homicide reviews as numbers and narratives
Author: Cook, E. - American Society of Criminology Conference 2019. (Conference) San Francisco, California (2019). Chair.
Paper: Motherhood, Moral Authority and the Charismatic Matriarch
Author: Cook, E - ESRC Festival of Social Science: The Fall and Rise of Fatal Violence in Greater Manchester. (Seminar) Manchester, UK (2019). Organising Committee.
Paper: Family Activism
Author: Cook, E - Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre Public Seminar. (Seminar) Melbourne, Australia (2019). Invited speaker.
Paper: Maternal Suffering in the Public Sphere: Understanding the Role of ‘Good Mothering’ Narratives in Family Activism
Author: Cook, E - European Society of Criminology Conference 2019. (Conference) Ghent, Belgium (2019).
Paper: Family Activism and the Question of Public Criminology: Learning from the Experiences of Families of Victims of Lethal Violence
Author: Cook, E - European Conference on Domestic Violence 2019. (Conference) Oslo, Norway (2019).
Paper: The Status of Families in the Aftermath of Domestic Homicide
Author: Cook, E - British Society of Criminology Conference 2019. (Conference) Lincoln, UK (2019).
Paper: Maternal Activism and the Impact on Criminal Justice Policy
Author: Cook, E - British Sociological Association Death and Violence Symposium. (Workshop) Salford, UK (2019).
Paper: Bereaved Family Activism in the Aftermath of Lethal Violence: A Case Study of Mothers Against Violence
Author: Cook, E - European Society of Criminology Conference 2018. (Conference) Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2018).
Paper: War in Peacetime: The Place of Civil Society Organisations in Patterns of Urban Violence
Author: Cook, E
Co-authors: Atkinson, R; Wykes, M - Second Narrative Criminology Symposium. Oslo, Norway (2017).
Paper: Using Stories to Make Sense of Suffering: The Role of Narratives in Victim-Activism
Author: Cook, E - Violence, Culture and Victimhood Symposium. (Workshop) Liverpool, UK (2017).
Paper: Witnessing in the Aftermath of Mass Violence: Fieldwork reflections from Srebrenica
Author: Cook, E