His recent experience is as follows:

• His PhD focused on the psychosocial experience of young adults in prison and included a study on self-harming behaviour (Harvey 2007, Young men in prison: surviving and adapting to life inside, Willan).
• He is a registered clinical and forensic psychologist and has worked for eight years in forensic settings, with both adults and young people. As part of his clinical psychology training he completed a study with prison officers on perceived physical health, psychological distress and social support (Harvey 2014, The Prison Journal).
• He has been a research associate on a project funded by the Ministry of Justice’s Safer Custody Group (the Safer Locals Programme Evaluation) and a KPMG Foundation Study on the evaluation of a staff training programme for staff working with young people in STCs and YOIs. He has spent several years researching prisons. He has also worked as a research officer for HM Prison Service on the development team of OASys and also as a research officer with the New South Wales Police Service, Australia.
• He has co-edited the books Psychological therapy in prisons and other secure settings (Harvey and Smedley 2010, Willan), and Young people in forensic mental health settings: psychological thinking and practice (Rogers, Harvey and Law, 2015).