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Kevin Hearty
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undergraduate
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# Kevin Hearty

**Source**: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/
**Parent**: https://www.qub.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/criminology-sociology-ba-ml93/

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# Kevin Hearty

Dr

- Senior Lecturer, [School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/organisations/school-of-social-sciences-education-and-social-work/)
- [AHSS - Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice (ICCJ)](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/organisations/ahss-institute-of-criminology-and-criminal-justice-iccj/)

[https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9702-8859](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9702-8859 "Orcid")

- Email[K.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<br/>\*PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL TO QUB\*

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

Research activity per year

## 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

## Fingerprint

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- UK
  Social Sciences
- Justice
  Social Sciences
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- Conflict
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- Memory
  Social Sciences
- Policing
  Social Sciences
- Legacy
  Arts and Humanities
- Process
  Social Sciences

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## Research output

- [28](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fcontributiontojournal%2Farticle)
  Article
- [9](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fcontributiontoconference%2Fpaper)
  Paper
- [6](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fbookanthology%2Fother)
  Other report
- [3](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fbookanthology%2Fbook)
  Book
- 7
  More

  - [**3** Chapter (peer-reviewed)](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fcontributiontobookanthology%2Fpeerreviewedchapter)
  - [**1** Chapter](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fcontributiontobookanthology%2Fchapter)
  - [**1** Book/Film/Article review](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fcontributiontojournal%2Fbook)
  - [**1** Digital or Visual Products](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fnontextual%2Fdigitalorvisualproducts)
  - [**1** Other contribution](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fothercontribution%2Fother)

- ### [Narrating the consequences of conflict : death, survival and the ‘autobiographical turn’ in the criminology of war](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/narrating-the-consequences-of-conflict-death-survival-and-the-aut/)

  [Hearty, K.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/), 13 Jan 2025, (Early online date) In: [British Journal of Criminology.](#) 17 p., azae099.

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

  Open Access

  File

  - Criminology
  - Tuition Fee
  - Narrative
  - Irish Republican Army
  - Lived Experience

  [1](https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105016524398#tab=citedBy)
  Citation
  (Scopus)

  35
  Downloads
  (Pure)
- ### [Storying participation: memoir, victim engagement, and 'quiet' transitional justice](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/storying-participation-memoir-victim-engagement-and-quiet-transit/)

  [Dempster, L.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/lauren-dempster/) & [Hearty, K.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/), 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’](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/one-brother-would-carry-another-emotions-political-imprisonment-a/)

  [Hearty, K.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/), 27 Oct 2025, (Early online date) In: [Crime, Media, Culture.](#) 17 p., 17416590251389941.

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

  Open Access

  File

  - Brothers
  - Memoir
  - comrades
  - Guilt
  - Irish Republican Army

  22
  Downloads
  (Pure)
- ### [Naming and framing victims: identity, ‘usable’ victimhood, and the spectral turn in transitional justice](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/naming-and-framing-victims-identity-usable-victimhood-and-the-spe/)

  Hearty, M. & [Hearty, K.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/), Jan 2024, In: [International Review of Victimology.](#) 30, 1, p. 70-88 19 p.

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

  Open Access

  File

  - Identity
  - Justice
  - Memory
  - Treatment
  - Case Study

  [2](https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85165268686#tab=citedBy)
  Citations
  (Scopus)

  101
  Downloads
  (Pure)
- ### [Storying participation: memoirs, victims & aparadigmatic transitional justice](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/storying-participation-memoirs-victims-amp-aparadigmatic-transiti/)

  [Dempster, L.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/lauren-dempster/) & [Hearty, K.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/), 15 Mar 2024, (Unpublished).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

  - Victims
  - Memoir
  - Transitional Justice
  - Narrative
  - Northern Ireland

[View all 53 research outputs](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/publications/)

## Activities

- [43](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Feditorialwork%2Fpublicationpeerreview)
  Publication peer-review
- [13](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fattendance%2Fconferenceparticipation)
  Participation in conference
- [11](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fattendance%2Fworkshopseminarcourseparticipation)
  Participation in workshop, seminar, course
- [6](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Ftalk%2Finvited_talk)
  Invited talk
- 10
  More

  - [**3** Hosting a school group or open day](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fotheractivity%2Fpublicengagement_schoolsengagement)
  - [**3** Public lecture/debate/seminar](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Ftalk%2Fpublic_lecture_debate_seminar)
  - [**1** Participation in Festival/Exhibition](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fattendance%2Fparticipation_in_festival_exhibition)
  - [**1** Editorial activity](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Feditorialwork%2Feditorial)
  - [**1** Hosting a delegation or group](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fotheractivity%2Fexternalacademicengagement_hostingacademicvisitor)
  - [**1** Other](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fotheractivity%2Fother_activity)

- ### [Social Problems (Journal)](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/activities/social-problems-journal-4/)

  [Hearty, K.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/) (Peer reviewer)

  Jan 2026 → …

  Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
- ### [International Review of Victimology (Journal)](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/activities/international-review-of-victimology-journal-11/)

  [Hearty, K.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/) (Peer reviewer)

  Jan 2026 → …

  Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
- ### [International Review of Victimology (Journal)](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/activities/international-review-of-victimology-journal-10/)

  [Hearty, K.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/) (Peer reviewer)

  Oct 2025

  Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
- ### [State Crime (Journal)](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/activities/state-crime-journal-3/)

  [Hearty, K.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/) (Peer reviewer)

  Oct 2025

  Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
- ### [11th Midterm Conference of the European Sociological Association’s Sociology of Emotions Research Network (RN11)](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/activities/11th-midterm-conference-of-the-european-sociological-associations/)

  [Hearty, K.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/) (Participant)

  Aug 2025

  Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference

[View all 83 activities](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/activities/)

## Press/Media

- ### ['Inadequate compensation' for most families of Troubles victims in Northern Ireland, report finds](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/clippings/inadequate-compensation-for-most-families-of-troubles-victims-in-/)

  [Hearty, K.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/)

  20/09/2023

  1 item of Media coverage

  Press/Media: Expert Comment
- ### [Some Troubles victims' families received as little as £43 for funerals](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/clippings/some-troubles-victims-families-received-as-little-as-43-for-funer/)

  [Hearty, K.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/)

  20/09/2023

  1 Media contribution

  Press/Media: Expert Comment
- ### [Report: Some Troubles victims compensated just E50 for death of loved ones](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/clippings/report-some-troubles-victims-compensated-just-e50-for-death-of-lo/)

  [Hearty, K.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/)

  20/09/2023

  1 Media contribution

  Press/Media: Expert Comment
- ### [Fears Troubles Legacy Bill will impact victims’ attempts to secure compensation](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/clippings/fears-troubles-legacy-bill-will-impact-victims-attempts-to-secure/)

  [Hearty, K.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/)

  20/09/2023

  1 item of Media coverage

  Press/Media: Expert Comment
- ### [BBC NI Breakfast News coverage](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/clippings/bbc-ni-breakfast-news-coverage/)

  [Hearty, K.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/)

  20/09/2023

  1 Media contribution

  Press/Media: Expert Comment

[View all 25 press/media](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-hearty/clippings/)