Criminology & Criminal Justice Research Group

Overview

This Criminology and Criminal Justice Research Group has an international reputation for critical research in the areas of crime and media; policing, surveillance and social control; victimology, youth studies and justice studies.

Three emergent research areas are 'Violence and Society', 'Urban Encounters and Subcultural Practices' and 'Phenomenologies of Crime', particularly analysing local and global manifestations.

Emphasis is placed on research which is theoretically sophisticated and relevant to public deliberation, policy formation and scholarly development.

Core Group members

• Dr Chris Greer
• Professor Eugene McLaughlin
• Dr Carrie-Anne Myers
• Professor Howard Tumber
• Dr Faiza Qureshi

The Group researches and offers expertise on issues including:

• Crime and the Media
• Policing, Surveillance and Social Control
• Urban Encounters and Subcultural Practices
• Victimology, Youth Studies and Justice Studies
• Violence and Society
• Phenomenologies of Crime

We welcome applications from graduate students in any of the above substantive areas.

For media organisations

The Group regularly deals with the media. Each member has an international reputation in her/his specialist field and journalists should contact City University London Press Office.

Postgraduate teaching and supervision

MA in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Research methodology

We are committed to research innovation using an extensive array of methodological approaches. In particular, the Group is committed to developing methods which allow connections to be made between micro and macro processes.

Research output

Two major international criminology journals - Theoretical Criminology and Crime, Media, Culture - are situated within the Group. This facilitates extensive links with researchers elsewhere in the UK, mainland Europe, the US and Australasia.

We also aim to stimulate public knowledge of criminology through the organisation of public lectures, expert seminars and work with the media.

Books

C. Greer, Sex Crime and the Media: Sex Offending and the Press in a Divided Society, Willan Publishing, 2003

P.Schlesinger, H. Tumber, Reporting Crime: The Media Politics of Criminal Justice 

E. McLaughlin, The New Policing, SAGE Publications Ltd, 2007

E. McLaughlin, J. Muncie, Controlling Crime, SAGE Publications (Published in association with The Open University), 2002

G. Hughes, E. McLaughlin, J. Muncie, Crime Prevention and Community Safety New Directions, SAGE Publications (Published in association with The Open University), 2002 

P.Davies, P. Francis, C. Greer, Victims, Crime and Society, SAGE Publications, 2007

J. Muncie, G. Hughes, E. McLaughlin, Youth Justice: Critical Readings, SAGE Publications, 2002

T.Crabbe, J. Solomos, L. Back, The Changing Face of Football: Racism, Identity and Multiculture in the English Game

G. Hughes, E. McLaughlin, J. Muncie, Criminological Perspectives: Essential Readings, SAGE Publications Ltd. (Published in association with The Open University), 2003

Research journals

Crime, Media, Culture is the primary vehicle for exchange between scholars working at the intersections of criminological and cultural inquiry. It promotes a broad cross-disciplinary understanding of the relationship between crime, criminal justice, media and culture.

Theoretical Criminology is a major interdisciplinary and international journal for the advancement of the theoretical aspects of criminological knowledge. The journal is committed to renewing general theoretical debate, exploring the interrelation of theory and data in empirical research and advancing the links between criminological analysis and general social and political theory.