Sam Barnes

Dr Sam Barnes is a criminologist with particular expertise and experience in traditional and virtual ethnographic methods. Her research concerns the complex crimes and harms associated with the demand, consumption and supply of licit and illicit products and services for image-enhancement. Sam’s doctoral thesis explored the connections between the counterfeit beauty industry and the landscape of late-capitalism to understand motivations for using and selling illicit beauty products and services. She works within the school of ultra-realist criminology and is particularly interested in understanding why some individuals and groups are willing to self-harm and risk harm to others and their environments in the pursuit of ‘ideal perfection’.

Companies

• Senior Lecturer in Criminology Arden University (2022)
• Lecturer in Criminology Arden University (2022 — 2022)
• Associate Lecturer in Criminology Arden University (2021 — 2022)
• PhD Researcher Teesside University (2016 — 2021)
• Associate Lecturer TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY (2017 — 2017)

Education

• Master of Science (MSc) University of Plymouth (2015 — 2016)
• Bachelor of Science (BSc) University of Plymouth (2012 — 2015)
• Level 2 Diploma The Fashion Retail Academy- London (2009 — 2010)