Janine Ewen BSc (Hons), MSc, MRes, ILM

• Global Law Enforcement and Public Health Association
• Law Society Scotland
• Law Gender and Sexuality Research Network
• Gender and Justice

I'm a consultant, author and guest speaker currently residing in Scotland, with specialisms in policing, harm reduction, public health, childhood domestic abuse and vulnerability.

With over two decades of experience, I focus on promoting trauma-aware care, addressing the challenges faced by communities, children, young people and marginalised populations in relation to organised crime and criminalisation.

I have been part of the Global Law Enforcement and Public Health Association (GLEPHA) since 2016 and continue to support this network at the present day.

I regularly write commentaries or good standards of practice for Policing Insight, mainly on public health, organised crime and community safety/wellbeing. I have also given advisory pieces to the Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centre.

I use my lived and professional experience to encourage generative and transformative approaches for children and young people who have experienced childhood adversity, community disadvantage and violence.

I have been published in a number of networks in relation to good practice in child welfare and safeguarding.

I excelled in higher education having gained several qualifications in advanced research methods, public health, criminology, sociology, leadership and management - for many of these, I earned a top distinction.

I am looking for paid consultancy work, either in the UK or International work. I have a keen interest in an asset-based approach.

• Achieved numerous qualifications in criminology, public health, sociology, management/leadership and advanced research methods. In many of these I earned a top distinction.
• Early work was based on developing provision, training and support in the areas in childhood domestic abuse, trauma, substance misuse and child-centred policing.
• Leading on cases in relation to exploitation and vulnerability.
• Extensive partnership work with agencies.
• Supported undeserved populations through empowering methodologies.
• Was responsible for helping to pull together one of Scotland's largest harm reduction projects, which was allocated for four years of funding by the Scottish Government.
• I have trained police and worked with international police organisations on improving justice and care for victims of crime (including UNODC).
• Achieved a number of consultation projects, including policing vulnerable populations in Europe and organising Scotland's first gender, safety and harm reduction strategy.
• I developed a tool for partners to access (globally) on how best to design a health needs assessments together for underserved populations for the Global Law Enforcement and Public Health Association.
• I have collaborated and participated in several studies on childhood domestic abuse/policing domestic abuse and child protection.
• Producing open access material to enhance trauma aware care for young people.
• Experienced in management of teams between 6-30 people.

• Certified in supporting victims affected by crime
• Certified in both adult and child safeguarding
• Certified in trauma enhanced training
• Certified in understanding the impacts of crime
• Certified in understanding victims of sexual crime
• Certified in understanding victims and witnesses rights
• Certified in understanding domestic abuse

Janine's work and writing centres survivors. She is not afraid to voice the tensions and challenges within policy/practice around young people's experiences of violence and harm. Her writing on creative approaches and methodologies is inspiring. I find Janine's astute reflections so valuable; grounded in her own authentic work and life experience, and unafraid of speaking truth to power.

Dr Jade Levell (Senior Lecturer in Criminology)