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Chris Greer

Professor Chris Greer

Honorary Professor

School of Arts and Social Sciences

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Professor Chris Greer City, University of London
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom

About

Overview

Professor Chris Greer joined City as a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology in 2005. Having completed his MSSc (1997) and PhD (2001) at the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Queen's University Belfast, he worked at Northumbria University until the lure of a global city brought him to London. He was promoted to Professor of Criminology in 2013, and from 2014-2017 served as Head of the Department of Sociology. He was appointed Dean of Arts and Social Sciences in 2017 and left City in 2020 to be Pro-Vice Chancellor Research at University of Essex. Professor Greer now holds the position of Honorary Professor at City.

Research

Research students

Holly Powell-Jones

Attendance: 2014 – 2018, full-time

Thesis title: Young People’s Understandings of Digital Communications Offences

Role: 1st Supervisor

Jon Eilenberg

Attendance: Sep 2013 – Mar 2017, full-time

Thesis title: Scandalising the NHS: The Construction of Healthcare and Deviance in the BBC and ITV Coverage of the Mid Staffordshire Hospital Scandal

Role: 1st Supervisor

Further information: Completed March 2017

Gemma Anslow

Attendance: Oct 2011 – Apr 2015, full-time

Thesis title: Media, Politics and Penal Reform: A Case Study of Pressure Groups Working on Women's Imprisonment

Role: 1st Supervisor

Further information: Completed April 2015

Dimitris Akrivos

Attendance: Oct 2009 – Jul 2014, full-time

Thesis title: Framing Internet Suicide: Media Influences and Public Understandings of Cyber-deviance in Bridgend

Role: 1st Supervisor

Further information: Completed July 2014

John Kerr

Attendance: Oct 2009 – Feb 2013, part-time

Thesis title: The Securitization and Policing of Art Theft in London

Role: 1st Supervisor

Further information: Completed February 2013

Brooke Van Dam

Attendance: Sep 2006 – Sep 2010, full-time

Thesis title: The Distinctive Nature of Making News Online: A Comparison of How latimes.com and salon.com covered the 2008 US Presidential Elections

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Further information: Completed September 2010

Luis Perez-Neto

Thesis title: Public Opinion and Criminal Policy-Making: Penal Populism in Spain, 2000-2004

Role: External Supervisor

Further information: Completed 2011
(visited from University of Barcelona, Spain, 2009-10)

David Pichonnaz

Thesis title: The Reforms of Police Perceptions of Youth Crime and Young Offenders Through Occupational Socialisation

Role: External Supervisor

Further information: Completed May 2014
(Visited periodically from Fribourg, Switzerland, 2011-14)

Publications

Publications by category

Books (6)

  1. Davies, P., Francis, P. and Greer, C. (2017). Victims, Crime and Society. Davies, P., Francis, P. and Greer, C. (Eds.), London: Sage.
  2. Greer, C. (2012). Sex Crime and the Media: Sex Offending and the Press in a Divided Society. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-62801-3.
  3. Greer, C. (2009). Crime and Media: A Reader. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-42239-0.
  4. Davies, P., Francis, P. and Greer, C. (2007). Victims, crime and society. Sage Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1-4129-0760-6.
  5. Greer, C. (2003). Sex crime and the media. Willan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84392-004-5.
  6. Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. Trial by Media. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-60089-7.

Chapters (22)

  1. Greer, C. (2017). News Media, Victims and Crime. In Davies, P., Francis, C. and Greer, C. (Eds.), Victims, Crime and Society. Second edition SAGE. ISBN 978-1-4462-5591-9.
  2. Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2017). News Power, Crime and Media Justice. In Liebling, A. and McAra, L. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Criminology, Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-871944-1.
  3. Davies, P., Francis, P. and Greer, C. (2017). Victims, Crime and Society: An Introduction. In Davies, P., Francis, P. and Greer, C. (Eds.), Victims, Crime and Society. Second edition SAGE. ISBN 978-1-4462-5591-9.
  4. Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2015). The return of the repressed: secrets. lies, denial and "historical" child sexual abuse scandals. In Whyte, D. (Ed.), How Corrupt is Britain London: Pluto Press. ISBN 978-0-7453-3530-8.
  5. Greer, C. and Reiner, R. (2014). Labelling, Deviance, and Media. Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice (pp. 2814–2823). Springer New York.
  6. Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2014). Righting Wrongs: Citizen Journalism and Miscarriages of Justice. In Thorsen, E. and Allan, S. (Eds.), Citizen Journalism, Global Perspectives (Volume 2) (pp. 39–50). Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften. ISBN 978-1-4331-2282-8.
  7. Greer, C. (2013). Crime and media: understanding the connections. In Hale, C., Hayward, A., Wahadin, A. and Wincup, E. (Eds.), Criminology (pp. 143–164). ISBN 978-0-19-927036-1.
  8. Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2012). ‘Trial by Media’: Riots, Looting, Gangs and Mediatised Police Chiefs. In Peay, J. and Newburn, T. (Eds.), Policing, Politics, Culture and Control: Essays in Honour of Robert Reiner (pp. 135–153). Hart. ISBN 978-1-84946-300-3.
  9. Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2010). ‘Prevemos um Motim: O Policiamento da Ordem Pública, os Novos Ambientes Mediáticos e a Emergência do Cidadão-Jornalista’. In Machado, H. and Santos, F. (Eds.), Justiça, Media e Cidadania, Almedina: Coimbra
  10. McLaughlin, E. and Greer, C. (2010). 'Prevemos um Motim: O Policiamento da Ordem Pública, os Novos Ambientes Mediáticos e a Emergência do Cidadão-Jornalista'. In Machado, H. and Santos, F. (Eds.), Justiça, Media e Cidadania Almedina: Coimbra.
  11. Greer, C. (2010). News Media Criminology. In McLaughlin, E. and Newburn, T. (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Criminological Theory Sage Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1-4129-2038-4.
  12. Greer, C. (2009). Crime and Media: Understanding the Connections. In Hale, C., Hayward, K. and Wahidin, A. (Eds.), Criminology Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-922729-7.
  13. Greer, C. (2008). Media Reporting. In Goldson, B. (Ed.), Dictionary of Youth Justice (pp. 223–224). Cullompton: Willan.
  14. Greer, C. (2007). News Media, Victims and Crime. In Davies, P., Francis, P. and Greer, C. (Eds.), Victims, crime and society Sage Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1-4129-0760-6.
  15. Greer, C., Davies, P. and Francis, P. (2007). Victims, Crime and Society. In Davies, P., Francis, P. and Greer, C. (Eds.), Victims, crime and society Sage Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1-4129-0760-6.
  16. Greer, C. (2005). Crime and Media: Understanding the Connections. In Hale, C., Hayward, K. and Wahidin, A. (Eds.), Criminology Oxford University Press, USA.
  17. Greer, C. (2005). ‘Sex Crime’. In Muncie, J. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), The Sage Dictionary of Criminology London: Sage.
  18. Greer, C. (2005). Delivering Death: Capital Punishment, Botched Executions and the American Press. In Mason, P. (Ed.), Captured by the media Willan Pub.
  19. Greer, C. (2004). Crime, Media and Community: Grief and Virtual Engagement in Late Modernity. In Ferrell, J. (Ed.), Cultural criminology unleashed Routledge Cavendish. ISBN 978-1-904385-37-0.
  20. Greer, C. (2003). Sex Crime and the Media: Press Representations in Northern Ireland. In Mason, P. (Ed.), Criminal visions Willan Pub.
  21. Greer, C. ‘Fear of Crime’. In Goldson, B. (Ed.), Dictionary of Youth Justice Cullompton: Willan.
  22. Greer, C. and Reiner, R. Mediated Mayhem: Media, Crime and Criminal Justice. In Maguire, M., Morgan, R. and Reiner, R. (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Criminology Oxford: Oxford University Press..

Journal articles (22)

  1. Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2021). The Celebrity Icon Mask: The Multi-Institutional Masking of Sir Jimmy Savile. Cultural Sociology, 15(3), pp. 364–385. doi:10.1177/1749975520985385.
  2. Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2020). Why becoming a national treasure matters: Elite celebrity status and inequality in the United Kingdom. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 23(1), pp. 71–88. doi:10.1177/1367549419861630.
  3. Greer, C. and Mclaughlin, E. (2018). Breaking Bad News: Penal Populism, Tabloid Adversarialism and Brexit. The Political Quarterly, 89(2), pp. 206–216. doi:10.1111/1467-923x.12506.
  4. Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2017). Theorizing institutional scandal and the regulatory state. Theoretical Criminology, 21(2), pp. 112–132. doi:10.1177/1362480616645648.
  5. Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2013). The Sir Jimmy Savile Scandal: Child Sexual Abuse and Institutional Denial at the BBC. Crime Media Culture: An International Journal, 9(3), pp. 243–264.
  6. Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2013). Julgamento Pelos Media: Policiamento, Ambiente Mediatico das Noticias 24/7 e a Politica da Indignacao (Portuguese translation of 'Trial By Media: Policing, The 24-7 News Mediasphere, And The Politics Of Outrage'). Comunicação & Cultura, 14, pp. 23–57.
  7. Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2012). This is not justice: Ian Tomlinson, institutional failure and the press politics of outrage. British Journal of Criminology, 52(2), pp. 274–293.
  8. Greer, C. and Mclaughlin, E. (2012). Media Justice: Madeleine McCann, Intermediatisation and ‘Trial by Media’ in the British Press. Theoretical Criminology: an international journal, 16(4), pp. 396–416.
  9. Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2012). A paedophile scandal foretold: Sir Jimmy Savile, child sexual abuse and the BBC. British Society of Criminology Newsletter, 71(Winter).
  10. Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2011). 'Trial by media': Policing, the 24-7 news mediasphere and the 'politics of outrage'. THEORETICAL CRIMINOLOGY, 15(1), pp. 23–46. doi:10.1177/1362480610387461.
  11. Greer, C. and Hamm, M. (2011). Into the Future, Darkly. Crime, Media, Culture: an international journal, 7(1), pp. 3–4.
  12. Hamm, M., Ferrell, J. and Greer, C. (2010). Provocateur for justice: Notes on the imprisonment of Professor Luis Barrios. Crime, Media, Culture, 6(2), pp. 227–238. doi:10.1177/1741659010369960.
  13. Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2010). We predict a riot?: Public order policing, new media environments and the rise of the citizen journalist. British Journal of Criminology, 50(6), pp. 1041–1059.
  14. Greer, C. and Hamm, M. (2010). ‘Editorial Updates’. Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal, 6(1), pp. 5–9.
  15. Ferrell, J. and Greer, C. (2009). Editorial: Global collapse and cultural possibility. Crime, Media, Culture, 5(1), pp. 5–7. doi:10.1177/1741659008102059.
  16. Greer, C., Ferrell, J. and Jewkes, Y. (2008). Investigating the crisis of the present. CRIME MEDIA CULTURE, 4(1), pp. 5–8. doi:10.1177/1741659007087269.
  17. Greer, C., Ferrell, J. and Jewkes, Y. (2007). It’s the Image that Matters: Style, Substance and Critical Scholarship. Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal, 3(1), pp. 5–10.
  18. Jewkes, Y., Greer, C. and Ferrell, J. (2006). Borders Breached, Conventional Claims Questioned. Crime, Media, Culture: an international journal, 2(1), pp. 5–9. doi:10.1177/1741659006061707.
  19. Greer, C. and Jewkes, Y. (2005). Extremes of Otherness: Media Images of Social Exclusion. Social Justice, 32(1), pp. 20–31.
  20. Ferrell, J., Greer, C. and Jewkes, Y. (2005). Hip Hop Graffiti, Mexican Murals, and the War on Terror. Crime, Media, Culture: an international journal, 1(1), pp. 5–9. doi:10.1177/1741659005050240.
  21. Greer, C. (2003). Media Representations of Dangerousness. Criminal Justice Matters, 51(1), pp. 4–5. doi:10.1080/09627250308553507.
  22. Greer, C. (2001). Risky Business. Criminal Justice Matters, 43(1), pp. 28–29. doi:10.1080/09627250108552962.

Media

  1. Greer, C. (2017). The Scandal Machine.

Reports (6)

  1. Greer, C., Rosbrook-Thompson, J. and Armstrong, G. (2020). The Disproportionality Project: Addressing issues relating to the disproportionately high representation of Islington’s and Haringey’s BAME young people in the Criminal Justice System..
  2. Greer, C., Rosbrook-Thompson, J., Armstrong, G., Ilan, J., McLaughlin, E., Myers, C. … Taylor, E. (2019). Enhancing the work of the Islington Integrated Gangs Team: A pilot study on the response to serious youth violence in Islington. London, UK: Centre for City Criminology, City, University of London. London: Centre of City Criminology, City, University of London.
  3. Greer, C. and Denny, G. (2005). An Evaluation of CCTV in Blyth Town Centre..
  4. Francis, P., Greer, C., Thompson, J. and Wood, A. (2004). Elderly Sex Offenders and Social and Health Care. Northumbria University Press.
  5. Dolman, F., Francis, P. and Greer, C. (2004). Evaluating Police Community Support Officers within the Northumbria Police Area: A Review of Progress. Northumbria University Press.
  6. Greer, C., Dolman, F. and Turner, K. (2004). An Evaluation of the South East Northumberland Community Wardens Scheme. Northumbria University Press.

Professional activities

Online articles (6)

  1. Anders Behring Breivik Reconstruction: Making a Killer look Cool. (2011). The Guardian with McLaughlin, E.
    Comment is Free
  2. The Ian Tomlinson Inquest was Justice seen to be Done. (2011). The Guardian with McLaughlin, E.
    Comment is Free
  3. How Trial by Media is Redefining Justice. (2007). The Guardian with McLaughlin, E.
    Letters to the Editor : 7 (included in Letters of the Year 2007 book)
  4. ‘Risky Business’. (2001). Criminal Justice Matters Spring 2001, 43: 28-30
  5. ‘Media Representations of Dangerousness’. (2003). Criminal Justice Matters 51, Spring 2003: 4-5
  6. ‘Headline News'. (2006). Safer Society 30: 14-16

Other

  1. Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2011) ‘The Camera Never Lies: Documenting G20’, Foreword in Price, G. The Visual Documentation of G20, self-published photography book.