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Emma Booth

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Emma Booth is a Lecturer on Childhood Development and Playwork and Working With Children Young People and Families courses at Leeds Beckett University. Holding a BA (Hons) in Playwork.

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Emma Booth is a Lecturer on Childhood Development and Playwork and Working With Children Young People and Families courses at Leeds Beckett University. Holding a BA (Hons) in Playwork.

Emma Booth is a Lecturer on Childhood Development and Playwork and Working With Children Young People and Families courses at Leeds Beckett University. Holding a BA (Hons) in Playwork.

Before her role at the university, Emma was employed for just over seven years in the prison and probation sector. Starting her career as a Playworker, and then moving over Family Support Work. Emma is passionate about the role of play within prisons and how it can support in maintaining family ties and is currently focusing on this aspect within her role at the university.

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Research interests

Emma is currently completing her PhD, which is an examination of Playwork Practice in Prisons in the UK.