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Ruth Penfold-Mounce

Lecturer in Criminology, University of York Following her PhD (2001-2005) Ruth worked in the Leeds Metropolitan University Law School as a Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice before coming to the University of York in April 2008 as a Lecturer in Criminology. Ruth has a broad interest in the sociological aspects of celebrity, crime and death. Her key research interests are fame and celebrity; death, corpses and dark tourism; popular culture, the media and visual culture.