AQMeN - Applied Quantitative Methods Network

I am Director of the Applied Quantitative Methods Network (AQMeN). My role is to provide strategic direction to the work of the Network and ensure it meets the training needs of the Scottish social science community.  I am also Co-Director of the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime, a prospective longitudinal study of youth offending; and leader of the CJ-Quest network for the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, which aims to deliver high quality quantitative criminological research in Scotland. My research interests include youth crime and justice, patterns and trends in offending and victimisation, and criminal careers through the life-course.  I am an experienced SPSS and Stata user, and dabble in MPlus. My analytical expertise includes regression modelling using categorical dependent variables, semi-parametric trajectory modelling and propensity score matching.