Nick has been a practitioner within the Criminal Justice System for over a decade and has a history working with young people, homelessness, drug and alcohol users, Youth Justice Teams and as an ‘Offender Manager,’ co-ordinating the multi-agency supervision of ‘Priority and Prolific’ and other ‘High Risk’ offenders. He has an academic background in criminology and now runs the ‘Offender Management’ programme at the University of Northampton, also working as a consultant in the field of criminal justice, lecturing, designing applied training and supporting external, community based agencies and the secure estate on behalf of the University. Nick is a member of The University’s New Media & Radicalism Team and The Centre for Children and Youth, based within the School of Social Sciences.