Dr. Oona Brooks

Oona has a long-standing interest in violence against women and has worked as a researcher and a practitioner in this area for over ten years. Her research interests include rape and sexual assault, domestic abuse, the commercial sexual exploitation of women and girls, and legal responses to sexual offences.

In 2009 Oona completed her PhD study, Negotiating Power, Resistance and Control: Young Women's Safety in Bars Pubs and Clubs at the University of Stirling. Prior to her PhD she completed an MSc in Applied Social Research at the University of Stirling titled, Preventing ‘real drug rape'? A feminist analysis of awareness raising initiatives about drug-assisted rape and sexual assault.

Previously, Oona worked as a researcher on the Scottish Executive funded study, Impact of Aspects of the Law of Evidence in Sexual Offence Trials: An Evaluation Study (2007) at the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, University of Glasgow. She also worked as a research interviewer for the Scottish Women's Aid Oral History Project.

Prior to engaging in academic research, Oona worked for a number of years as the Training and Development Worker at Rape Crisis, Glasgow.