Professor Iolo Madoc-Jones
Professor in Social and Criminal Justice
Professor Iolo Madoc-Jones was appointed Professor of Criminal and Social Justice at Wrexham Glyndŵr University in 2018. Iolo is a first language Welsh speaker who, before becoming an academic, was a Probation Officer and then Senior Probation Officer.
He has an MSc in Forensic Behavioural Science and his PhD (awarded in 2010) explored Welsh language use in the Criminal Justice System in Wales. Since 2004, as well as working at Wrexham University, he has been an Associate Inspector with Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation and inspected provisions for managing and addressing offending behaviour in communities (probation and youth justice) and custodial contexts.
He has published in a range of criminology and social work journals, and has presented his work at national and international academic conferences. He has been Principal Investigator on a Welsh Government funded evaluation of services provided to homeless adults leaving the secure estate in Wales. He has been involved in a review of the Welsh Government Substance Misuse Strategy, and an evaluation of the provisions to address homelessness in the Wales (Housing) Act 2015.
He is Director of ‘Cyfiawnder: The Social Inclusion Research Centre at Wrexham University. Iolo’s areas of academic interest include probation, prisons, homelessness. Iolo welcomes enquiries by students wishing to undertake doctoral level study in any of those areas.
Research Interests
Probation; Prison; Housing and Homelessness; Social Inclusion and Justice
Research Projects
| Title | Role | Description | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Use of Cti in prisons |
Co-I |
A pilot study of the feasibility of an RCT in Prison |
01/06/2020 | 31/12/2024 |
Publications
| Year | Publication | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Insight into the beliefs, attitudes and behaviours around cannabis use in Wales: A Report for Public Health Wales., Livingston, W;Walsh,H;Barry,R;Skumlien,N;Barlow,H;Burke,C;Hines,L;Madoc-Jones,I;Sunderland,P;Freeman,T |
Other Publication |
| 2023 | 24-month Review of the Introduction of Minimum Pricing for Alcohol in Wales: Appendices, Livingston, Wulf;Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Perkins, Andy;Holloway, Katy;Buhociu, Marian;Murray, R |
Other Publication |
| 2023 | 24-month Review of the Introduction of Minimum Pricing for Alcohol in Wales, Livingston, Wulf;Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Holloway, Katy;Perkins, Andy;Buhociu, Marian;Murray, R |
Other Publication |
| 2023 | 24-Month Review of the Introduction of Minimum Pricing for Alcohol in Wales: Summary, Livingston, Wulf;Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Holloway, Katy;Perkins, Andy;Buhociu, Marian;Murray, R |
Other Publication |
| 2023 | Assessing the Experiences and Impact of Minimum Pricing for Alcohol on Service Users and Service Providers: Interim Findings, Perkins, Andy;Livingston, Wulf;Cairns, Beth;Dumbrell, Josh;Holloway, Katy;Buhociu, Marian;Murray, Shannon;Madoc-Jones, Iolo |
Other Publication |
| 2022 | Social capital and alcohol risks among older adults (50 years and over): analysis from the Drink Wise Age Well Survey, Ageing and society. [DOI] Adnum, Laura;Elliott, Lawrie;Raeside, Robert;Wadd, Sarah;Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Donnelly, Michael |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2022 | Understanding Substance Use and the Wider Support Needs of Scotland’s Prison Population, Perkins, Andy;Livingston, Wulf;Cairns, Beth;Dumbrell, Josh;Gardiner, Kevin;Little, Simon;Madoc-Jones, Iolo |
Other Publication |
| 2021 | Factors influencing routine cognitive impairment screening in older at-risk drinkers: Findings from a qualitative study in the United Kingdom, Health and Social Care in the Community, 29. [DOI] Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Wadd, Sarah;Elliott, Lawrie;Whittaker, Anne;Adnum, Laura;Close, Ciara;Seddon, Jennifer;Dutton, Maureen;McCann, Michelle;Wilson, Fiona |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2021 | Cognitive impairment and treatment outcomes amongst people attending an alcohol intervention service for those aged 50+, Advances in Dual Diagnosis, 14. [DOI] Seddon, Jennifer;Wadd, Sarah;Elliott, Lawrie;Madoc-Jones, Iolo |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2021 | Cognitive impairment and treatment outcomes among people attending an alcohol intervention service for those aged 50+, [DOI] Seddon, Jennifer;Wadd, Sarah;Elliot, Lawrie;Madoc-Jones, Iolo |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2020 | Demystifying criminal justice social work In India, JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK. [DOI] Madoc-Jones, Iolo |
Book Review |
| 2020 | The potential of contribution analysis to alcohol and drug policy strategy evaluation: an applied example from Wales, DRUGS-EDUCATION PREVENTION AND POLICY, 27. [DOI] Livingston, Wulf;Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Perkins, Andrew |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2020 | Preventing homelessness among women prison leavers in Wales, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY. [DOI] Gorden, Caroline;Lockwood, Kelly;Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Dubberley, Sarah;Hughes, Caroline;Washington-Dyer, Karen;Wilding, Mark A.;Ahmed, Anya |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2020 | Homelessness Prevention in an International Policy Context Introduction, Social Policy and Society, 19. [DOI] Ahmed, Anya;Madoc-Jones, Iolo |
Other Publication |
| 2020 | Homelessness Prevention Policy in an International Context: The Housing Act (Wales) 2014, Social Policy and Society, 19. [DOI] Ahmed, Anya;Madoc-Jones, Iolo |
Other Publication |
| 2020 | Challenges to Implementing the New Homelessness Prevention Agenda in Wales, Social Policy and Society, 19. [DOI] Ahmed, Anya;Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Gibbons, Andrea;Jones, Katy;Rogers, Michaela;Wilding, Mark |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2020 | Rural Homelessness: Prevention Practices in Wales, Social Policy and Society, 19. [DOI] Gibbons, Andrea;Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Ahmed, Anya;Jones, Katy;Rogers, Michaela;Wilding, Mark |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2020 | Policy Transfer and Part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014, Social Policy and Society, 19. [DOI] Wilding, Mark;Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Ahmed, Anya;Gibbons, Andrea;Jones, Katy;Rogers, Michaela |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2020 | Interrogating the Prevention Approach of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 for People with Mental Health Needs Who Are Homeless, Social Policy and Society, 19. [DOI] Rogers, Michaela;Ahmed, Anya;Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Gibbons, Andrea;Jones, Katy;Wilding, Mark |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2020 | Imaginary Homelessness Prevention with Prison Leavers in Wales, Social Policy and Society, 19. [DOI] Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Ahmed, Anya;Hughes, Caroline;Dubberley, Sarah;Gorden, Caroline;Washington-Dyer, Karen;Lockwood, Kelly;Wilding, Mark |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2020 | Factors influencing routine cognitive impairment screening in older at‐risk drinkers: Findings from a qualitative study in the United Kingdom, [DOI] Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Wadd, Sarah;Elliot, Lawrie;Whittaker, Anna;Adnum, Laura;Close, Ciara;Seddon, Jennifer;Dutton, Maureen;McCann, Michelle;Wilson, Fiona |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2020 | Preventing homelessness among women prison leavers in Wales, [DOI] Gorden, Caroline;Lockwood, Kelly;Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Dubberley, Sarah;Hughes, Caroline;Washington-Dyer, Karen;Wilding, Mark;Ahmed, Anya |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2020 | Adapting existing behaviour: perceptions of substance switching and implementation of minimum pricing for alcohol in Wales, [DOI] Livingston, Wulf;Holloway, Katy;May, Tom;Buhociu, Marian;Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Perkins, Andy |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2020 | Review of Priority Need in Wales, Mackie, Peter;Gray, Tim;Hughes, Caroline;Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Mousteri, Pawson;Spyropoulos, Nick;Stirling, Tamsin;Taylor, Helen;Beth, Watts |
Other Publication |
| 2019 | Drink wise, age well; reducing alcohol related harm among people over 50: a study protocol, BMC Public Health, 19. [DOI] Seddon, J. L.;Wadd, S.;Wells, E.;Elliott, L.;Madoc-Jones, I.;Breslin, J. |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2019 | Motivational interviewing with offenders: Engagement, rehabilitation and re-entry, JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK. [DOI] Madoc-Jones, Iolo |
Book Review |
| 2019 | Rethinking Preventing Homelessness amongst Prison Leavers, [DOI] Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Hughes, Caroline;Gorden, Caroline;Dubberley, Sarah;Washington-Dyer, Karen;Ahmed, Anya;Lockwood, Kelly;Wilding, Mark |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2019 | The potential of Contribution Analysis to alcohol and drug policy strategy evaluation: an applied example from Wales, [DOI] Livingston, Wulf;Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Perkins, Andrew |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2018 | Rethinking preventing homelessness amongst prison leavers, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PROBATION, 10. [DOI] Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Hughes, Caroline;Gorden, Caro;Dubberley, Sarah;Washington-Dyer, Karen;Ahmed, Anya;Lockwood, Kelly;Wilding, Mark |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2018 | Assessing and addressing domestic abuse by Ex-armed service personnel, PROBATION JOURNAL, 65. [DOI] Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Lloyd-Jones, Nikki;Owen, Emyr;Gorden, Caroline |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2018 | On the parole board: Reflections on crime, punishment, redemption, and justice, JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK. [DOI] Madoc-Jones, Iolo |
Book Review |
| 2018 | Assessing and addressing domestic abuse by Ex-armed service personnel, [DOI] Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Lloyd-Jones, Nikki;Gorden, Caroline;Owen, Emyr |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2017 | 'A place to call our own: On the geographical and social marginalisation of homeless people, [DOI] Hughes, Caroline;Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Parry, Odette;Dubberley, Sarah |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2017 | A place to call our own: perspectives on the geographical and social marginalisation of homeless people, JOURNAL OF ADULT PROTECTION, 19. [DOI] Hughes, Caroline;Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Parry, Odette;Dubberley, Sarah |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2016 | Stigma and low levels of knowledge about alcohol in older adults in the United Kingdom 2015, European Journal of Public Health, 26. Wadd, S.;Madoc-Jones, I.;Elliott, L.;Donnelly, M.;Whittaker, A. |
Other Publication |
| 2016 | FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER RISK ALCOHOL USE IN OLDER ADULTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN 2015, DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW. Wadd, Sarah;Elliott, Lawrie;Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Donnelly, Michael;Whittaker, Anne |
Other Publication |
| 2016 | PRECIPITATING FACTORS AND NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF ALCOHOL USE IN OLDER ADULTS, UNITED KINGDOM 2015, The Gerontologist, 56. Wadd, S.;Donnelly, M.;Madoc-Jones, I.;Elliott, L.;Whittaker, A. |
Other Publication |
| 2016 | Encouraging signs: A qualitative evaluation of Review and Congratulate Panels in the Wrexham Youth Justice Team, Hughes, Caroline;Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Washington-Dyer, Karen;Dubberley, Sarah;Gorden, Caroline |
Other Publication |
| 2016 | Prison building ‘Does size still matter?’: A Re-Assessment, Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Williams, E;Hughes, Caroline;Turley, Jo |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2015 | Where next for victim services in England and Wales?, JOURNAL OF ADULT PROTECTION, 17. [DOI] Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Hughes, Caroline;Humphries, Keith |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2015 | "Dangerous conversations": a case study involving language, EQUALITY DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, 34. [DOI] Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Jones, Dawn;Parry, Odette;Dubberley, Sarah |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2015 | Wake-up call: Achieving compliance with Youth Justice Orders, PROBATION JOURNAL, 62. [DOI] Dubberley, Sarah;Jones, Iolo Madoc;Parry, Odette;Graham, Karen;Roscoe, Karen |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2015 | "Dangerous conversations”: a case study involving language, [DOI] Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Jones, Dawn;Parry, Odette;Dubberley, Sarah |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2015 | Wake up Call: Achieving Compliance with Youth Justice Orders', [DOI] Dubberley, Sarah;Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Parry, Odette;Graham, Karen;Roscoe, Karen D |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2014 | From celebrity criminal to criminal celebrity: the celebrification of sex crime in the UK, Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Gorden, Caroline;Dubberley, Sarah;Hughes, Caroline |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2013 | More sinned against than sinning? Perceptions about European migrants and crime, CRIMINOLOGY & CRIMINAL JUSTICE, 13. [DOI] Baker, Sally-Ann;Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Parry, Odette;Warren, Emily;Perry, Kirsty;Roscoe, Karen D.;Mottershead, Richard |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2012 | Damned if you do and damned if you don’t: Language choice in the research interview, [DOI] Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Parry, Odette |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2011 | Independent domestic violence advocates: perceptions of service users, Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Roscoe, Karen D |
Other Journal |
| 2011 | Voices of Children and Young People in Wales Study: A qualitative study of Wellbeing among children and young people under 25 years old, Parry, Odette;Warren, Emily;Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Baker, Sally-Ann;Hughes, Caroline;Pithouse, Andrew;Crawley, Anne |
Other Publication |
| 2011 | Narrative social work: conversations between theory and practice, Journal of Social Work Practice, 25. [DOI] Roscoe, Karen Dawn;Carson, Alexander M.;Madoc-Jones, Lolo |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2010 | Women’s Safety Service within the Integrated Domestic Abuse Programme: Perceptions of Service Users, Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Roscoe, Karen |
Other Journal |
| 2010 | Women's safety service within the Integrated Domestic Abuse Programme: perceptions of service users, Child and Family Social Work, 15. [DOI] Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Roscoe, Karen |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2009 | Addressing drug and alcohol use in the workplace, Heath, Brian;Madoc-Jones, Iolo |
Other Publication |
| 2008 | Models of Intervention, Madoc-Jones, Iolo |
Other Publication |
| 2008 | Comprehensive Mental Health Practice with Sex Offenders and Their Families, JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK. [DOI] Roscoe, Karen;Madoc-Jones, Iolo |
Book Review |
| 2008 | Reclaiming Information and Communication Technologies for Empowering Social Work Practice, JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK, 8. [DOI] Parrott, Lester;Madoc-Jones, Iolo |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2007 | Welsh Prisoners in English Jails, Madoc-Jones, Iolo |
Other Journal |
| 2007 | Planned telephone support for disadvantaged parents in North Wales: perceptions of service users, Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Warren, Emily;Ashdown-Lambert, Joan;Williams, E;Parry, Odette |
Other Journal |
| 2007 | Students with criminal convictions: Policies and practices in social work education, British Journal of Social Work, 37. [DOI] Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Bates, John;Facer, Barbara;Roscoe, Karen |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2007 | Manned telephone support for disadvantaged parents in North Wales: perceptions of service users, Child and Family Social Work, 12. [DOI] Madoc-Jones, Lolo;Warren, Emily;Ashdown-Lambert, Joan;Williams, Elaine;Parry, Odette |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2006 | Students with Criminal Convictions: Policies and Practices in Social Work Education, Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Bates, J;Facer, B;Roscoe, K |
Other Journal |
| 2005 | Meeting the needs of Welsh speaking young people in custody, Hughes, Caroline;Madoc-Jones, Iolo |
Other Journal |
| 2004 | Indigenous people, language and criminal justice: the experience of first language Welsh speakers in wales, Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Buchanan, Julian |
Other Journal |
| 2004 | Linguistic sensitivity, indigenous peoples and the mental health system in Wales, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING, 13. [DOI] Madoc-Jones, Iolo |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2003 | Welsh Language, Identity & Probation Practice: The Context For Change, Madoc-Jones, Iolo;Buchanan, Julian |
Other Journal |
Honors and Awards
| Date | Title | Awarding Body |
|---|---|---|
| 12-06-2024 | Fellow Higher Education Academy | Advance HE |
Professional Associations
| Association | Function |
|---|---|
| Welsh Centre for Criminal and Social Justice | Member |
Committees
| Name | Description | From/To |
|---|---|---|
| University Research Ethics Committee | Committee Chair | 01/01/2018 |
Education
| Institution | Qualification | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| University of Wales | PhD | Criminal Justice System |
| University of Liverpool | MSc | Forensic Behavioural Science |
Journal Reviewer or Editor
| Journal Name | Activity |
|---|---|
| University of Wales Press | Peer Reviewer |
| British Journal of Social Work | Peer Reviewer |
| Qualitative Health Review | Peer Reviewer |
| Journal of Health and Social Care | Peer Reviewer |
| Journal of Social Policy and Society | Peer Reviewer |
Programs/ Modules Coordinated
| Title | Subject |
|---|---|
| Forensic Psychology in the Criminal Justice Process | PSYON710 |
| Research Project | POL604 |
| Introduction to Forensic Psychology | SOC467 |
| Advanced Research Methods | SOC720 |
| Undergraduate Research Project | SOC671 |
| Research Project | SOC715 |