She is an expert in the law, context, and history of homicide, suicide, and abortion. Her work tackles the question of how prosecution is shaped by social ideas about violence, gender, ethnicity, and class. She is interested in changes and continuities in the law, punishment, and the wider criminal justice system.

Stephanie’s wider research interests include legal and social conceptions of violence, the socio-economic backgrounds of criminals and victims, the construction (and deconstruction) of criminality, media narratives on crime, public perceptions on crime and criminal justice, and critical criminology.