Jennifer Barton-Crosby

Jenni is a mixed methods Senior Researcher for the Crime and Justice Team. Prior to joining NatCen in November 2019, Jenni was a researcher at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge.

Jenni’s research interests centre on understanding the motivational and causal processes that explain delinquent and criminal behaviour, with a particular interest in violent and aggressive behaviour. She has previously carried out prison-based research exploring the offence supportive beliefs of gun violence perpetrators in the UK, and for her PhD research, focused on the role of moral rules and emotions in the perpetration of intimate partner violence.