Personal profile
Biography
Dr Ana Morales is a Research Fellow in the Edinburgh Law School. Ana is currently working in the ESRC-funded Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research (SCADR) and is the Co-I in the ESRC Project 'Disproportionality: Exploring the Nature of Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing' . Ana is an applied statistician with a background in Sociology and Public Policy. Her research interests encompass the use of quantitative methods for understanding social inequalities in social phenomena, with a special emphasis on violence, prisons, crime and recidivism.
Before joining the School of Law, Ana was a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Sheffield.
Research Interests
- Prisons
- Reoffending
- Violence
- Crime
- Inequalities
- Quantitative Methods,
- Statistics
Teaching
Lecturer: An Introduction to Data Science for Administrative Data Research (SCADR).
Education/Academic qualification
Social Statistics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Individual and Structural Factors Affecting Recidivism: The Role of Prisoners, Prisons and Places in the Chilean Context, University of Manchester
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Controlled delivery of illegal drug parcels in Scotland: Does policing practice align with a public health approach focused on drug-related harm?
Morales-Gomez, A., McVie, S. & Pantoja Nunez, F., 5 May 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Drug Issues. 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Estimating the complier average causal effect via a latent class approach using gsem
Troncoso, P. & Morales-Gomez, A., Jun 2022, In: The Stata Journal. 22, 2, p. 404-415 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Deal or no-deal? Using administrative data to explore buyer motivation in online drug purchases and its association with community risk factors in Scotland
Pantoja, F., McVie, S. & Morales-Gómez, A., May 2022, In: International Journal of Drug Policy. 103, 103647.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Interim report on data for the Independent Advisory Group on Police Use of Temporary Powers related to the Coronavirus Crisis
McVie, S., Morales, A. & Pantoja Nunez, F., 28 Jun 2020, 51 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Using data to support law enforcement decision making around illegal drug parcels
Morales-Gomez, A., 28 Jan 2021, Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research . 4 p. (Data Insights)Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Projects
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Understanding the prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Chilean Prisons: a pilot study
Morales-Gomez, A. (Principal Investigator)
1/08/22 → 31/01/23
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
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Disproportionality: Exploring the Nature of Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing through Causal Inference
Morales-Gomez, A. (Co-investigator), Pina-Sanchez, J. (Principal Investigator), Geneletti, S. (Co-investigator) & Guilfoyle, E. (Co-investigator)
1/08/22 → 30/09/24
Project: Research
Press/Media
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Reinserción social: seminario de psicología del cuerpo de Gendarmería de Chile de Yumbel convocó gran cantidad de asistentes
15/12/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities