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Charlotte Lawson
Researcher
Charlotte Lawson joined Perpetuity in January 2009 and currently works as a Researcher, managing and delivering research contracts. Charlotte's knowledge and experience spans the range of our areas of expertise - including crime prevention and community safety, security research, and the social aspects of health research (such as substance misuse, obesity & weight management and smoking cessation).
Charlotte is involved in the delivery of Perpetuity's annual Security Research Initiative - a three year programme of research with a seperate study each year evaluating topics that are of importance to the security world. Charlotte also manages the running of the Secured Environments accreditation - a police accreditation run by Perpetuity on behalf of the Association of Chief Police Officers.
Charlotte has experience in a variety of research skills. Her quantitative skills include analysis of datasets such as survey responses, client data and performance data. Her qualitative research skills include undertaking literature reviews and undertaking consultation through interviews, focus groups and street surveys. Charlotte has consulted with a range of individuals, including stakeholders (such as individuals from the police, local authorities, teachers and service commissioners and staff), offenders (both in prison and in the community), and clients accessing services (including children and their families) such as weight management services, drug and alcohol treatment services, domestic abuse services and support services for sex workers.
Charlotte also acts as book review editor for the Safer Communities Journal - a quarterly publication that looks at practice, opinion, policy and research.
Prior to working for Perpetuity, Charlotte graduated from the University of the West of England with a first class LLB (Hons) in Law in 2003. Following this she received an MSc in Criminology from the University of Leicester in 2004. After graduating, Charlotte worked for the Leicester Criminal Justice Drugs Team, analysing and reporting on Class A drug misuse and treatment information, to maintain and improve performance.
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