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Professor Eugene McLaughlin

Professor of Criminology

School of Policy & Global Affairs Department of Sociology and Criminology

Contact details

Address

Professor Eugene McLaughlin D617 , Rhind Building [D]
City, University of London
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom

About

Overview

Eugene McLaughlin is Professor of Criminology in the School of Policy and Global Affairs. His current research and writing focuses on institutional scandals and 'trial by media'. He has also written extensively on the politics of policing and the history and development of critical criminology. His work has been published in leading academic journals. Recent books are The Sage Dictionary of Criminology (with John Muncie, 4th Edition, 2019) and Understanding Deviance (with David Downes and Paul Rock, 7th Edition, 2016). He was, with Lynn Chancer, co-editor of Theoretical Criminology and has served on the editorial boards of the British Journal of Criminology, Crime, Media and Culture, Critical Social Policy and the Howard Journal of Criminal Justice. He is currently on the International Editorial Boards of Crime, Media and Culture, the Journal of Criminology and Theoretical Criminology.

Teaching

Areas of PhD Supervision

Eugene welcomes enquiries from prospective doctoral or post-doctoral applicants wishing to work in the areas of: mediatisation of crime and criminal justice; high profile crimes; crimes of the powerful; institutional scandal; policing; police accountability; and criminological theory

Research

Research interests

Eugene’s current research focuses on two substantive areas. The first research topic is the inter-mediatisation of crime and justice and in particular, trial by media and media justice, high profile crimes and institutional corruption and scandal. The second topic is the rapidly changing politics and governance of the police in England and Wales.

His most recent books are Understanding Deviance (with Paul Rock and David Downes, Oxford, 7th edition, 2016Criminological Perspectives (with John Muncie, Sage, 3rd edition, 2013), The Sage Handbook of Criminological Theory (with Tim Newburn, paperback, Sage, 2013) and The Sage Dictionary of Criminology (with John Muncie, Sage, 3rd edition, 2012). He has also authored and co-authored numerous journal articles and book chapters.

Publications

Featured publications

  1. Baker, S.A., McLaughlin, E. and Rojek, C. (2023). Simple solutions to wicked problems: Cultivating true believers of anti-vaccine conspiracies during the COVID-19 pandemic. European Journal of Cultural Studies pp. 136754942311735–136754942311735. doi:10.1177/13675494231173536.

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  2. Goldsmith, A. and McLaughlin, E. (2022). Policing’s New Vulnerability Re-Envisioning Local Accountability in an Era of Global Outrage. The British Journal of Criminology, 62(3), pp. 716–733. doi:10.1093/bjc/azab073.

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  3. 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.

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  4. Goulandris, A. and McLaughlin, E. (2020). ‘A victim, and that’s all’: the construction of Meredith Kercher in the British national newspapers. Feminist Media Studies, 20(7), pp. 1043–1058. doi:10.1080/14680777.2019.1690018.

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  5. 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.

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Publications by category

Books (21)

  • McLaughlin, E. (2023). Community, Policing and Accountability The Politics of Policing in Manchester in the 1980s. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-03-241216-0.
  • McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (Eds.), (2019). Sage Dictionary of Criminology. London: Sage. ISBN 978-1-5264-3672-6.
  • Downes, D., Rock, P. and McLaughlin, E. (2016). Understanding Deviance A Guide to the Sociology of Crime and Rule-Breaking. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-874734-5.
  • Downes, D., Rock, P. and McLaughlin, E. (2016). Understanding Deviance. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-874734-5.
  • McLaughlin, E. and Cashmore, E. (Eds.), (2013). Out of Order? The Policing of Black People. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-03726-6.
  • McLaughlin, E. (2013). Criminological Perspectives. McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (Eds.), London: Sage. ISBN 978-1-4462-0786-4.
  • McLaughlin, E. (2013). Sage Handbook of Criminological Theory. McLaughlin, E. (Ed.), London: Sage. ISBN 978-1-4462-7053-0.
  • McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (Eds.), (2012). The Sage Dictionary of Criminology. SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1-4129-1085-9.
  • McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (2012). Diccionario de criminología. ISBN 978-84-9784-324-9.
  • Newburn, T. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), (2010). The Sage Handbook of Criminological Theory. SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1-4462-4587-3.
  • McLaughlin, E. (2007). The New Policing. London: SAGE. ISBN 978-0-8039-8905-4.
  • McLaughlin, E., Fergusson, R., Hughes, G. and Westmarland, L. (Eds.), (2003). Restorative Justice: Critical Issues. London: SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-0-7619-4209-2.
  • McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (Eds.), (2003). Criminological Perspectives. SAGE. ISBN 978-0-7619-4144-6.
  • Muncie, J., Hughes, G. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), (2002). Youth Justice. London: SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7619-4914-5.
  • Hughes, G. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), (2001). Crime Prevention and Community Safety: New Directions. London: SAGE. ISBN 978-0-7619-7409-3.
  • McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (Eds.), (2001). The Problem of Crime. London: SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7619-6971-6.
  • McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (Eds.), (2001). Controlling Crime. London: SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7619-6973-0.
  • Clarke, J., Gewirtz, S. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), (2000). New Managerialism, New Welfare? London: SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1-4129-3166-3.
  • Clarke, J., Cochrane, A. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), (1994). Managing Social Policy. London: SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-0-8039-7769-3.
  • McLaughlin, E. (1994). Community, Policing, and Accountability. Aldershot: Avebury Series in Criminology. ISBN 978-1-85628-488-2.
  • Dallos, R. and McLaughlin, E. (1993). Social Problems and the Family. London: SAGE. ISBN 978-0-8039-8837-8.

Chapters (54)

  • McLaughlin, E. and Greer, C. (2023). Crime news, trial by media, and scandal hunting. Oxford Handbook of Criminology (pp. 243–243). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-886091-4.
  • McLaughlin, E. and Rojek, C. (2022). Pandemonium: authority and obedience under lockdown. In Horvath, A. (Ed.), Liminal Politics in the New Age of Disease London: Routledge.
  • Chancer, L. and McLaughlin, E. (2020). Everything Still to Play for: Revisiting "Public Criminologies: Diverse Perspectives on Academia and Policy". In Henne, K. and Shah, R. (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Public Criminologies New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-47929-6.
  • 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.
  • Neal, S. and McLaughlin, E. (2017). Assumptions of Power Subverted: Media and Emotions and the Parekh Report. In Lefebvre, S. (Ed.), Public Commissions on Cultural and Religious Diversity: Analysis, Reception, and Challenges New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-4724-7288-5.
  • McLaughlin, E. (2016). Arresting Images: the Power of Murder Scene Photography. In Amorelli, S. and Sezzi, R. (Eds.), Clue Cold: The Genesis of Forensic Photography Genoa: Tormena Editore.
  • Goluandris, A. and McLaughlin, E. (2016). What's in a name? the UK newspapers' fabrication and commodification of Foxy Knoxy. In Gies, L. and Bortoluzzi, M. (Eds.), Transmedia Crime Stories: the Trial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito a Globalised Media Sphere London: Palgrave. ISBN 978-1-137-59003-9.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • McLaughlin, E. and Greer, C. (2012). Trial by Media: Phone-hacking, Riots, Looting, Gangs and Police Chiefs. In Peay, J. and Newburn, T. (Eds.), Policing, Politics, Culture and Control (pp. 135–154). London: Hart Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84946-300-3.
  • McLaughlin, E. (2011). Critical criminology: the renewal of theory, politics and practice. In Bosworth, M. and Hoyle, C. (Eds.), What is Criminology? Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-163541-0.
  • Greer, C. (2011). Introduction to 'The Camera Never lies: Documenting G20'. The Camera Never Lies: Documenting G20 London: Giles Price.
  • 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.
  • McLaughlin, E. (2010). Critical criminology. In McLaughlin, E. and Newburn, T. (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Criminology London: SAGE Publications Ltd.
  • McLaughlin, E. (2010). Rethinking policing and race: from community cohesion to national security. In Bloch, A. and Solomos, J. (Eds.), Race and Ethnicity in the 21st Century (pp. 93–111). Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN 978-0-230-00778-9.
  • McLaughlin, E. (2009). Transnational policing. In Fleming, J. (Ed.), Sage Dictionary of Policing (pp. 305–310). London: SAGE. ISBN 978-1-4129-3099-4.
  • McLaughlin, E. (2009). Postmodern policing. In Fleming, J. (Ed.), Sage Dictionary of Policing (pp. 237–240). London: SAGE. ISBN 978-1-4129-3099-4.
  • McLaughlin, E. (2007). Diversity or anarchy: the post-Macpherson blues. In Rowe, M. (Ed.), Policing Beyond Macpherson (pp. 18–42). Cullompton: Willan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84392-212-4.
  • McLaughlin, E. (2006). Anti-racism research. Sage Dictionary of Social Research Methods London: Sage Books.
  • McLaughlin, E. and McLaughlin, E. (2005). Consuming crime and avoiding punishment: media influence in the shaping of public perceptions of crime and punishment. The Persistent Prison: Problems, Images and Alternatives (pp. 113–143). London: Francis Boutle Punlishers.
  • McLaughlin, E. (2004). Recovering blackness/repudiating whiteness: the Daily Mail’s construction of the five white suspects accused of the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence. In Murji, K. and Solomos, J. (Eds.), Racialization : Studies in Theory and Practice (pp. 163–184). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-155518-3.
  • McLaughlin, E. and Hughes, G. (2003). Towards a new paradigm of sovereign power: community governance, preventative safety and the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships. In Cottee, S. and Smith, C. (Eds.), British Society of Criminology Conference Proceedings (pp. 30–44). Bangor: British Society of Criminology.
  • McLaughlin, E., Fergusson, R., Hughes, G. and Westmarland, L. (2003). Justice in the round: contextualizing restorative justice. In McLaughlin, E., Fergusson, R. and Hughes, G. (Eds.), Restorative Justice: Critical Issues (pp. 1–19). London: Sage. ISBN 0-7619-4208-4.
  • McLaughlin, E. (2002). Same bed, different dreams: postmodern reflections on crime prevention and community safety. In Edwards, A. and Hughes, G. (Eds.), Crime Prevention and the Community Collumpton: Willan Press.
  • McLaughlin, E. and Hughes, G. (2002). Together we’ll crack it’: partnership and the governance of crime. In Glendenning, C. and et al, (Eds.), Partnerships and Public Policy Bristol: Policy Press.
  • McLaughlin, E. (2001). Political Violence, Terrorism and States of Fear. In Muncie, J. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), The Problem of Crime (pp. 283–330). London: SAGE. ISBN 978-0-7619-6971-6.
  • McLaughlin, E. and Murji, K. (2001). Ways of seeing: the news media and the reporting of racist violence. In May, M. and et al, (Eds.), Understanding Social Problems (pp. 263–278). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-0-631-22030-5.
  • McLaughlin, E. and Hughes, G. (2001). Teetering on the edge: the futures of crime control and community safety. In Hughes, G. and et al, (Eds.), Crime Prevention and Community Safety: New Directions (pp. 318–340). London: SAGE. ISBN 978-0-7619-7409-3.
  • McLaughlin, E. (2001). ’The crisis of the social and the materialisation of community safety. In Hughes, G. and et al, (Eds.), Crime Prevention and Community Safety: New Directions London: SAGE Publications.
  • McLaughlin, E. and Murji, K. (2001). Drugs and European governance. In Guibernau, M. (Ed.), Governing European Diversity (pp. 229–258). London: SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7619-5465-1.
  • McLaughlin, E. and Murji, K. (2001). Loose connections and new directions: neo-liberalism, new managerialism and the modernisation of the British police. In Stenson, K. and Sullivan, R. (Eds.), Crime, Neo-Liberalism and the Risk Society Cambridge: Willan Press.
  • McLaughlin, E. (2001). Key issues in policework. In McLaughlin, E. (Ed.), Controlling Crime (pp. 53–100). London: Sage. ISBN 0-7619-6972-1.
  • McLaughlin, E. (2001). Controlling crime:introduction. In McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (Eds.), Controlling Crime (pp. 1–9). London: Sage. ISBN 0-7619-6972-1.
  • McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (2000). Partners in crime prevention: new managerialism, New Labour and the modernisation of criminal justice. In Clarke, J., Gewirtz, S. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), New Managerialism, New Welfare? (pp. 169–185). London: SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1-4129-3166-3.
  • McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (2000). The criminal justice system: New Labour's partnerships. In Clarke, J., Gewirtz, S. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), New Managerialism, New Welfare (pp. 169–185). London: Sage. ISBN 0-7619-6756-7.
  • McLaughlin, E. (2000). Crime. In Pile, S. (Ed.), City A-Z London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-20727-4.
  • McLaughlin, E. (2000). Police stations. In Pile, S. (Ed.), City A-Z London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-20727-4.
  • McLaughlin, E., Clarke, J. and Gewritz, S. (2000). Reinventing the welfare state. In Clarke, J., Gewirtz, S. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), New Managerialism, New Welfare (pp. 1–26). London: Sage. ISBN 0-7619-6756-7.
  • McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (1999). Walled Cities: surveillance, regulation and segregation. In Brook, C. (Ed.), Disorderly Cities London: Routledge.
  • McLaughlin, E. (1999). Cultural constructions of Englishness: the case of the English ‘Bobby’. In Leskela, M. (Ed.), Outsiders or Insiders? Constructing Identities in an Integrating Europe Turku: Unipaps University of Turku. ISBN 978-951-29-1503-3.
  • McLaughlin, E. (1998). Social Work or social control? Remaking probation work. In Hughes, G. and Lewis, G. (Eds.), Unsettling Welfare: the Reconstruction of Social Policy (Social Policy: Welfare, Power and Diversity) (pp. 159–208). London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-18134-1.
  • McLaughlin, E. and Murji, K. (1997). The future lasts along time: public policework and the managerialist paradox. In Francis, P., Davies, P. and Jupp, V. (Eds.), Policing Futures Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-312-17597-9.
  • McLaughlin, E. and Murji, K. (1996). Times Change: new formations and representations of police accountability. In Critcher, C. and Waddington, D. (Eds.), Policing Disorder: Theoretical and Practical Issues Aldershot: Avebury.
  • McLaughlin, E. (1996). Police, policing and policework. In McLaughlin, E. (Ed.), Controlling Crime (pp. 51–106). London: Sage. ISBN 0-7619-5000-1.
  • McLaughlin, E. (1996). Political violence, terrorism and states of fear. In Muncie, J. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), The Problem of Crime (pp. 283–331). London: Sage. ISBN 0-7619-6971-3.
  • McLaughlin, E. and Murji, K. (1995). The end of public policing? police reform and the ‘new managerialism. In Noaks, L., Maguire, M. and Levi, M. (Eds.), Contemporary issues in criminology Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-7083-1297-1.
  • McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (1994). Managing criminal justice. In Clarke, J., Cochrane, A. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), Managing Social Policy London: SAGE. ISBN 978-0-8039-7769-3.
  • McLaughlin, E. and Clarke, J. (1994). Why management matters. In Clarke, J., Cochrane, A. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), Managing Social Policy (pp. 1–12). London: Sage. ISBN 0-8039-7768-9.
  • McLaughlin, E., Clarke, J. and Cochrane, A. (1994). Mission accomplished or unfinished business?: the impact of managerialisation. In Clarke, J., Cochrane, A. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), Managing Social Policy (pp. 226–242). London: Sage. ISBN 0-8039-7768-9.
  • McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (1993). Juvenile delinquency. In Dallos, R. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), Social Problems and the Family London: Sage. ISBN 978-0-8039-8837-8.
  • McLaughlin, E. (1993). Ireland: From Catholic Corporatism to Social Partnership. In Cochrane, A. and Clarke, J. (Eds.), Comparing Welfare States London: Sage.
  • McLaughlin, E. (1993). Hong Kong: a Residual Welfare Regime. In Cochrane, A. and Clarke, J. (Eds.), Comparing Welfare States London: Sage.
  • McLaughlin, E. (1991). Police accountability and black people: into the future. In Cashmore, E. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), Out of Order: The Policing of Black People London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-03726-6.
  • McLaughlin, E. and Cashmore, E. (1991). Out of order?; the policing of black people. In Cashmore, E. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), Out of Order: The Policing of Black People London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-03726-6.

Journal articles (54)

Reports (3)

Other (3)

  • McLaughlin, E. (2003). Restorative Justice.
  • McLaughlin, E. (2003). Problem of Crime.
  • McLaughlin, E. (2003). Controlling Crime.

Professional activities

Editorial activity (5)

  • Previously the co-editor of 'Theoretical Criminology: an International Journal' (Sage).
  • Previously served on the editorial board of the 'British Journal of Criminology' (Oxford University Press).
  • Previously served as a co-editor of 'Critical Social Policy' (Sage).
  • Associate Editor: 'Crime, Media and Culture: An International Journal (Sage).
  • Editorial Board Member: 'Criminal Justice Matters' (Centre for Crime and Justice, London).

Online articles (3)

  • 'Anders Breivik Reconstruction - making a killer look cool'. (2011). The Guardian
  • 'How trial by media is redefining justice'. (2007). The Guardian
  • 'Police reform'. (2007). Daily Telegraph

Television programmes (3)

  • The Undertones - Here Comes the Summer. BBC 4 (interview)
  • Rebranding Britain. BBC 3 (academic consultant)
  • Moral Panics. BBC 2 (academic consultant and interview).