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Member, British Society of Criminology

Member, European Society of Criminology

Member, American Society of Criminology

Member, Criminal Investigations Research Network

Advisory Board Member Locate International

Investigating homicide: back to the future

Motivations, money and modern policing: accounting for cold case reviews in an age of austerity

Review: Cold Case Research: Resources for Unidentified, Missing, and Cold Homicide Cases

Cold Case Reviews: DNA, Detective Work and Unsolved Major Crimes (Clarendon Studies in Criminology)

The Handbook&nbsp;of Homicide (Wiley Handbooks in Criminology and Criminal Justice)

Dr Cheryl Allsop is Senior Lecturer in Criminology in the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of South Wales. She researches cold cases - with a particular interest in the police investigation processes, expertise used in investigations, and how detectives make decisions during cases. Her work extends into missing persons, sexual violence, ‘stranger rapes’, and miscarriages of justice. Cheryl runs a cold case re-investigation unit - working with her USW students to explore such crimes, as well as an international partnership between university departments with similar investigation interests by students.

Cheryl has written a book - called Cold Case Review: DNA, Detective Work, and Unsolved Major Crimes. She is a member of Locate International - which is dedicated to tracking down missing persons. She serves on the Editorial Board of The Police Journal and she is a member of both the British Society of Criminology and the American Criminological Society.

Cold Case Reviews

Missing Persons

No Body Murders

Unidentified Found Remains

ResearchGate Profile

University of South Wales Faculty Profile 

Cold case mystery: Only clue to man's identity is a ring inscription

University’s Cold Case Unit investigates unsolved missing person cases

Getting warmer: why police chase cold cases like Suzy Lamplugh

Senior Lecturer in Criminology

The National DNA Database was opened in 1995, which means that DNA found at crime scenes can now be matched with any DNA stored on the database. Presented by Dr Cheryl Allsop, Award Leader for Criminology at the University of South Wales.

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