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Critical Criminology and Social Justice Research Group

Unit(s) of assessment: Social Work and Social Policy

Research theme(s): Safety and Sustainability

School: School of Social Sciences

Overview

Informed by a dynamic and thriving research environment, our scholarship looks to critically interrogate conventional understandings of crime, deviance, and the social, economic and political influences upon processes of criminalisation and victimisation. The group’s research and activities span a diverse range of areas including gender, race and class inequalities; social exclusion and marginalisation; secondary victimisation & co-victims; technology-enhanced abuse; active citizenship and identity; prison education; social harm and social justice; policing and regulation; and crimes against the environment.

Our group are trained in methodological innovation, with a particular strength in qualitative mixed-methods, participatory action research, visual methods, biography, life-story and narrative research, and ethnography.

The group is associated with Centre for Crime, Offending, Prevention and Engagement (COPE) and work in collaboration with other research groups within the School of Social Sciences.

Areas of research

  • Gender, race and class inequalities
  • Narrative and cultural criminology
  • Social Exclusion and marginalisation
  • Secondary victimisation & co-victims
  • Technology-enhanced abuse
  • Active citizenship and identity
  • Phenomenological criminology and Labelling Theories
  • Prison Education and Social Justice
  • Green Criminology
  • Policing and regulation

Current projects

QR Funded project entitled ‘Working women Impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.’ The project examines the changes in the workplace due to the COVID-19 pandemic and how have these changes impacted working women. Currently the project is in the pilot phase. This project is a collaboration between Dr Hind Elhinnawy (PI), Dr Silvia Gomes and Dr Morag Kennedy.

For the next phase of this project, we are seeking interdisciplinary collaborators, i.e. psychology, sociology, or education. For more information, please email Dr Hind Elhinnawy.

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Publications

Brown, G., Brady, G. and Letherby, G., 2011.  Child Care in Practice, 17 (4), pp. 359-374. ISSN 1357-5279

Bywaters, P., Kwhali, J., Brady, G., Sparks, T. and Bos, E., 2017.  British Journal of Social Work, 47 (7), pp. 1884-1902. ISSN 0045-3102

Crowther-Dowey, C. and Silvestri, M., 2017. . British Journal of Community Justice, 14 (3). ISSN 1475-0279

Cohen, C., 2014. . Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230223967

De Motte, C. and Mutale, G., 2019. . Journal of Criminal Psychology, 9 (4), pp. 155-165. ISSN 2009-3829

Elhinnawy, H., 2021. ‘Mothers of Intervention: The Politics of Motherhood in the Battle Against ISIS.’ Reading, ACI, pp. 97 - 103. Available at https://tinyurl.com/ICGR2021 or http://academic-bookshop.com/

Elhinnawy, H. 2019. Contested Voices: Secular Muslim Women in the Age of ISIS. PhD Thesis. University of Kent. Available at https://kar.kent.ac.uk/82264/

Elhinnawy, H., 2012. Rethinking Gender in the New Muslim Public Sphere: New Egyptian Religious Satellite Television in Relation to Young Female Viewers. Saarbrücken: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing.

Newton, A., Mackay, J., Ikhile, D. and Wallace, L., 2020.  Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé: The Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé City and Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈéshire Violence Reduction Unit (NNVU); The Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈéshire Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC), p. 71.

Silvestri, M. and Crowther-Dowey, C., 2008. . Sage. ISBN 9780000000000

Wright, E.J., 2019.  The Sociological Review. ISSN 0038-0261

WRIGHT, E.J., 2020.  Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Review for the Sociology of Sport, 55 (4), pp. 437-452. ISSN 1012-6902

Bywaters, P., Brady, G., Bunting, L., Daniel, B., Davidson, G., Elliot, M., Featherstone, B., Hooper, J., Jones, C., Kwhali, J., Mason, W., McCartan, C., McGhee, J., Mirza, N., Morris, K., Scourfield, J., Shapira, M., Slater, T., Sparks, T., Steils, N. and Webb, C., 2020.  London: Nuffield Foundation.

Bywaters, P., Brady, G., Bunting, L., Daniel, B., Featherstone, B., Jones, C., Morris, K., Scourfield, J., Sparks, T. and Webb, C., 2018.  Child and Family Social Work, 23 (1), pp. 53-61. ISSN 1356-7500

Bywaters, P., Scourfield, J., Webb, C., Morris, K., Featherstone, B., Brady, G., Jones, C. and Sparks, T., 2019.  Children and Youth Services Review, 96, pp. 145-154. ISSN 0190-7409

Featherstone, B., Morris, K., Daniel, B., Bywater, P., Brady, G., Bunting, L., Mason, W. and Mirza, N., 2019.  Children and Youth Services Review, 97, pp. 127-133. ISSN 0190-7409

Harding, R. and Hamilton, P., 2009. . British Journal of Social Work, 39 (6), pp. 1118-1137. ISSN 1468-263X

Kwhali, J., Martin, L., Brady, G. and Brown, S.J., 2016.  British Journal of Social Work, 46 (8), pp. 2208-2226. ISSN 0045-3102

Mahoney, I., 2019.  Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 39 (3/4), pp. 250-263. ISSN 0144-333X

Mahoney, I. and Kearon, T., 2018.  In: C. Walker and S. Roberts, eds., Masculinity, labour, and neoliberalism. Global masculinities . Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 77-99. ISBN 9783319631714

Morris, K., Mason, W., Bywaters, P., Featherstone, B., Daniel, B., Brady, G., Bunting, L., Hooper, J., Mirza, N., Scourfield, J. and Webb, C., 2018.  Child and Family Social Work, 23 (3), pp. 364-372. ISSN 1356-7500

Brady, G. and Lowe, P., 2020.  Children and Society, 34 (1), pp. 78-92. ISSN 0951-0605

Cohen, C., 2019. . Crime, Media, Culture: an Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Journal. ISSN 1741-6590

Cohen, C., 2018. . In: M. DUGGAN, ed., Revisiting the 'ideal victim': developments in critical victimology. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 279-296. ISBN 9781447338765

Crowther-Dowey, C., Gillespie, T. and Hopkins, K., 2016. . In: S. Hilder and V. Bettinson, eds., Domestic violence: interdisciplinary perspectives on protection, prevention and intervention. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 155-180. ISBN 9781137524515

Franklin, A., Brady, G. and Bradley, L., 2020.  Global Studies of Childhood, 10 (1), pp. 64-77. ISSN 2043-6106

Franklin, A., Brown, S. and Brady, G., 2018.  Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 27 (8), pp. 978-997. ISSN 1053-8712

Hamilton, P. and Trickett, L., 2014. In: N. HALL, A. CORB, P. GIANNASI and J.G.D. GRIEVE, eds., The Routledge international handbook on hate crime. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 207-226. ISBN 9780415818902

Ward, J., De Motte, C. and Bailey, D., 2013. . Journal of Research in Nursing, 18 (2), pp. 114-130. ISSN 1744-9871

Technology-enhanced abuse

Boulton, M.J., Boulton, L., Camerone, E., Down, J., Hughes, J., Kirkbride, C., Kirkham, R., Macaulay, P.J.R. and Sanders, J., 2016.  Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 19 (10), pp. 609-614. ISSN 2152-2715

Active citizenship and identity

Mahoney, I. and Kearon, T., 2018.  Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Journal of Social Quality, 8 (1), pp. 1-20. ISSN 1757-0344

Brown, G., Bos, L. and Brady, G., 2020.  In: M. Maycock, R. Meek and J. Woodall, eds., Issues and innovations in prison health research: methods, issues, innovations. Palgrave Studies in Prison Penology . Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 139-165. ISBN 9783030464004

Mahoney, I. and Chowdhury, R., 2021.  Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé: Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé.

Crewe, H., 2020.  Cambridge: Cambridge Open Engage.

Crewe, H., 2020.  Cambridge: Cambridge Open Engage.

Crewe, H., 2020.  Cambridge: Cambridge Open Engage.

De Motte, C., Bailey, D., Hunter, M. and Bennett, A.L., 2017. Journal of Criminal Psychology, 7 (4), pp. 287-301. ISSN 2009-3829

GRIFFITHS, L., BAILEY, D. and SLADE, K., 2020.  Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 15 (6), pp. 347-360. ISSN 1755-6228

GRIFFITHS, L., BAILEY, D. and SLADE, K., 2019.  Journal of Criminal Psychology, 9 (3), pp. 109-121. ISSN 2009-3829

Griffiths, L., 2017.  PhD, Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé.

GRIFFITHS, L. and BAILEY, D., 2015.  Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Journal of Prisoner Health, 11 (3), pp. 157-168. ISSN 1744-9200

Moore, R. and Hamilton, P., 2016. The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, 55 (1-2), pp. 111-130. ISSN 2059-1098

De Motte, C., 2015. Understanding older male prisoners' satisfaction with quality of life and wellbeing. PhD, Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé.

De Motte, C., Bailey, D. and Ward, J., 2012. . The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 7 (4), pp. 170-179. ISSN 1755-6228

Kellezi, B., Wakefield, J., BOWE, M., Bridger, K. and Teague, K., 2021. . Community Psychology in Global Perspective. ISSN 2421-2113 (Forthcoming)

Garius, L., Ward, B., Teague, K. and Tseloni, A., 2020. . Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice. ISSN 0192-4036

Long, M., 2020. . Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice. ISSN 1755-6228

Long, M. and Hopkins-Burke, R., 2015. . Basingstoke: Palgrave. ISBN 9780230580855

Maguire, K., Hodson, P., Kamoche, K., Long, M. and Love, K., 2012. Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 16 (1), pp. 19-33. ISSN 0953-5225

Crowther-Dowey, C., 2007. . In: M. Simpson, T. Shildrick and R. Macdonald, eds., Drugs in Britain: supply, consumption and control. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 108-124. ISBN 9.7814E+12

Senior, P., Crowther-Dowey, C. and Long, M., 2007. . Open University Press. ISBN 9780000000000

Crowther-Dowey, C., 2005. . British Journal of Community Justice, 3 (3), pp. 31-43. ISSN 1475-0279

Alberro, H., 2020.  PhD, Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé.

Mahoney I and Collins V (2020) . Leisure Studies 39(2) pp.280-293 DOI: 

Alberro, H., 2019.  Methodological Innovations, 12 (1). ISSN 2059-7991

Brady, G. and Brown, G., 2013.  Methodological Innovations Online, 8 (1), pp. 99-112. ISSN 1748-0612

Brady, G., Bywaters, P., Knypsel, M., Letherby, G. and Steventon, G., 2007.  In: G. Letherby and P. Bywaters, eds., Extending social research: application, implementation and publication. Maidenhead: Open University Press, pp. 123-144. ISBN 9780335215294

Brown, G. and Brady, G., 2020.  Methodological Innovations, 13 (2). ISSN 2059-7991

Brady, G. and Franklin, A., 2019.  Journal of Children's Services, 14 (3), pp. 174-185. ISSN 1746-6660

Letherby, G., Brady, G. and Brown, G., 2007.  In: C.J. Clay, M. Madden and L. Potts, eds., Towards understanding community: people and places. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 123-136. ISBN 9780230542648

Mahoney, I. and Kearon, T. (2018) ‘(De)constructing ethical research narratives in criminological research’, Research Ethics, 14(2), pp. 1–5. doi: 10.1177/1747016117719050.

Mason, W., Morris, K., Webb, C., Daniels, B., Featherstone, B., Bywaters, P., Mirza, N., Hooper, J., Brady, G., Bunting, L. and Scourfield, J., 2020.  Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 14 (2), pp. 164-183. ISSN 1558-6898

Mutale, G.J., De Motte, C. and Bailey, D., 2020. . Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health. ISSN 2198-9834

Wright, E.J., 2020.  Emotion, Space and Society, 35: 100689. ISSN 1755-4586

Educational texts

Burton, S., Hutchings, S., Lundy, C. and Lyons-Lewis, A., 2019.  Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 23 (3), pp. 89-103. ISSN 1534-6102

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