Dr Neema Trivedi-Bateman

Lecturer in Criminology at Loughborough University

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Neema joined Loughborough University in 2022 as Lecturer in Criminology. She was previously Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Anglia Ruskin University and Course Leader for the BA (Hons) Criminology degree programme. Previously, she held a post as Assistant Professor of Psychology and Psychology Laboratory Manager at Richmond, The American International University in London. Prior to this, Neema managed the 8th fieldwork wave and research team for the longitudinal Peterborough Adolescent and Young Adult Development Study (PADS+) at the Institute of Criminology (University of Cambridge).

Neema completed her PhD in Criminology at the world-renowned Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge in November 2014. She worked under the supervision of Professor Per-Olof Wikström, who is a leading scholar in the field of Environmental Criminology.

Neema’s research expertise is in developmental psychology, including the causes and influencing factors behind a variety of behaviours. More specifically, she studies the development of moral rules and moral emotions, and how they might influence aggression or delinquency. Her PhD thesis, entitled 'The roles of empathy, shame, and guilt in violence decision-making' explored the role of moral emotions in the decision to engage in acts of crime, using a combination of longitudinal quantitative data and qualitative in-depth interview data about persistent offenders’ real-life violent events.

Neema has been awarded British Academy Small Grant Funding for a 2-year project entitled 'A randomised controlled trial examining the effect of a morality-strengthening programme on positive behavioural outcomes and the reduction of crime.'