Ellen is Research Fellow at Anglia Ruskin University's Policing Institute for the Eastern Region, UK, where she recently completed her PhD in Criminology. Ellen has previously studied at the internationally recognised Child and Women Abuse Studies Unit in London and has over 7 years of practice-based experience working with victim-survivors of sexual violence. In her most recent research work, Ellen has worked on an evaluation of independent legal representation for rape complainants in North East England, and in other research work has examined state compensation for rape complainants, and the reporting of disability hate crime.