Helen Hodges
Prifysgol Caerdydd
Crwsibl Cymru 2024
Helen obtained her PhD in Criminology from Swansea University and is now undertaking a Health and Care Research Wales Social Care Fellowship hosted by CASCADE whilst also working as a Research Officer and Data Scientist at Swansea University. Working at the interface between children’s social care and youth justice, she specialises in using data linkage to explore complex societal issues. Notably she has a keen focus on expanding the evidence with respect to the challenges faced by those who have had contact with children’s social services and/or the youth justice system. Her current research includes using responses from the School Health Research Network’s biennial survey of secondary age pupils to look at the patterns of engagement in risky behaviours of children receiving care and support compared to their peers.