Professor of Criminal Justice Studies at Leeds Metropolitan UniversityAt Leeds Metropolitan University taught on social work courses for many years before moving to criminology and criminal justice. Retired in 2011 but was awarded the title of Visiting Professor to the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences.Books:Thomas T (2005) Sex Crime: sex offending and society (2nd ed.) Willan Publishing, Cullompton, DevonThomas T (2007) Criminal Records: a database for the criminal justice system and beyond, Palgrave Macmillan, LondonThomas T (2011) The Registration and Monitoring of Sex Offenders: a comparative study Routledge, London Thomas T (with Groves N) (2014) Domestic Violence and Criminal Justice, Routledge, LondonChapters in Books:Thomas T (2014) Public Sex (chapter nine) (with Kingston S) in Atkinson R (ed.) Shades of Deviance: a primer on crime, deviance and social harm, Routledge, London Thomas T (2013) ‘Sex Crime’ in Hale C Hayward K Wahidin A and Wincup E (eds.) Criminology, (3rd. edition) Oxford University Press, OxfordThomas T (2013) ‘Sex Offender Registration in the USA and the UK: emerging legal and ethical debates’ and Thomas T (2013) ‘The Travelling Sex Offender: monitoring movements across international borders’ both in Harrison K and Rainey B (eds.) The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Legal and Ethical aspects of Sex Offender Treatment and Management Wiley, ChichesterThomas T ‘The Sex Offender Register, Community Notification and some reflections on Privacy’, in Harrison K (ed.) (2010) Dealing with High Risk Sex Offenders in the Community: risk management, treatment and social responsibilities Willan Publishing, Cullompton, Devon Research ReportsThomas T, Thompson D and Karstedt S (2014) Assessing the impact of Circles of Support and Accountability on the reintegration of adults convicted of sexual offences in the community - Final Report, Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, School of Law,University of Leeds, Leeds (272pp)