Dr Lucy Baldwin is a retired Associate Professor and current Honorary Research Fellow at Durham University, having previously been a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at De Montfort University, Leicester. She joined academia in 2004 after a long career in social and criminal justice. She has practised in a variety of fields including social work, probation and prisons and has experience across a wide range of settings from service user, victim and offender-focussed perspectives when she has been ‘touched by the heart and soul of women, especially the mothers with whom I have worked and the challenges they face.’ A mother of three and stepmother of one she is also a novice grandmother.