Kevin Hearty

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Kevin Hearty

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9702-8859

EmailK.Hearty@qub.ac.uk
Room 01.011 - 2 College Park East

United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Victimology; victims; transitional justice; critical criminology; narrative criminology; criminal justice; political violence; human rights; criminology; memory studies
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2014Research output 2014: 2Research output 2015: 3Research output 2016: 3Research output 2017: 4Research output 2018: 4Research output 2019: 5Research output 2020: 1Research output 2021: 3Research output 2022: 10Research output 2023: 9Research output 2024: 6Research output 2025: 32025

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Personal profile

Research Statement

Having previously held post-doctoral positions at the University of Warwick & Queen's University Law School/ Senator George J Mitchell Institute, Kevin was appointed Lecturer in Criminology at QUB in September 2021. He became a Fellow at the Mitchell Institute in 2023, currently working within the Legacy theme group there. His research interests include critical criminology, zemiology, human rights, victimology, transitional justice, while methodologically he has developed a focus on narrative analysis, critical discourse analysis and the use of memoir. His monograph Critical Engagement: Irish Republicanism, Memory Politics & Policing was published in 2017, representing the first comprehensive overview of the changing relationship between post-Good Friday Agreement Irish Republicanism and reformed policing in the north of Ireland. Kevin has published in leading international journals like Law & Society, British Journal of Criminology, Social & Legal Studies, International Journal of Transitional Justice and International Review of Victimology. He has also presented his research at major international and national conferences like the European Society of Criminology Conference, the Critical Legal Conference, and the SLSA Conference.

Research Interests

Transitional Justice

Victimology

Criminology

Critical Criminology

Criminal Justice

Political Violence

Policing

Human Rights

Memory Studies

Narrative Criminology

Research Focus

Transitional Justice; Victims; Peace & Conflict; Critical Criminology

Teaching

CRM1001 Introduction to Criminology

CRM2001 Criminological Theory

CRM2010 Exploring Harm & Victimisation

Other

SSESW UG Education Committee

SSESW UG Exceptional Circumstances Committee

SSESW SWAN Committee

Programme Director UG Criminology

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Research output

28 Article
9 Paper
6 Other report
3 Book
7 More
3 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
1 Chapter
1 Book/Film/Article review
1 Digital or Visual Products
1 Other contribution
Narrating the consequences of conflict : death, survival and the ‘autobiographical turn’ in the criminology of war

Hearty, K., 13 Jan 2025, (Early online date) In: British Journal of Criminology. 17 p., azae099.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Criminology
Tuition Fee
Narrative
Irish Republican Army
Lived Experience

1 Citation (Scopus)

35 Downloads (Pure) - ### Storying participation: memoir, victim engagement, and 'quiet' transitional justice

Dempster, L. & Hearty, K., 05 Feb 2025, (Accepted) The Cambridge handbook of victim engagement in transitional justice. Cambridge University Press, (Cambridge Law Handbooks).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review - ### ‘One brother would carry another’: emotions, political imprisonment, and the prison memoirs of the ‘blanketmen’

Hearty, K., 27 Oct 2025, (Early online date) In: Crime, Media, Culture. 17 p., 17416590251389941.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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