Doing Criminological Research

Professor Pamela Davies' research interests coalesce around gender, crime, harm, victimization and justice. Combining her interest in victimology and social harm with a critical/feminist infused approach she has explored a range of contemporary social problems – both visible and hidden. Her early research explored female offending and the inter-play between women’s offending patterns and experiences of victimization. More recently she has examined tensions around social and environmental justice adopting a case study approach. She has lead a number of research projects and evaluations of multi-agency innovations that tackle gendered forms of harm including interpersonal violence, domestic abuse, the policing of serial perpetrators and support for victims. The ways in which gender mediates our life experiences continues to provoke new areas of inquiry and she is currently working with colleagues on ‘gendering green criminology’. Pam has published widely on the subject of victimization and social harm and on how gender connects to matters of community safety, public protection and well-being. Her most recent books are Crime and Power authored with Tanya Wyatt and Victimology Research Policy and Activism edited with Jacki Tapley. She is the series editor of the Palgrave Macmillan ‘Victims and Victimology’ book series (with Associate Professor Tyrone Kirchengast, University of New South Wales, Sydney).

Peter has worked at Northumbria University since 1994 and before that at the Universities of Leicester and Hull. He gained his undergraduate degree from Northumbria University and studied at postgraduate level at Hull University. Between 2002 and 2008 he was a Senior Advisor to the Home Office and has been a council member and trustee of the independent charity the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, Kings College, London since 1996.

Victor Jupp is Principal Lecturer in Criminology and Social Research in the School of Arts and Social Sciences at Northumbria University Contributors Malcolm Ashmore, Loughborough University, UK Lee Barron, Northumbria University, UK Russell W. Belk, Northwestern University, USA Roy Boyne, University of Durham, UK Angela Brady, Northumbria University, UK David Brockington, University Of Plymouth, UK Martin Bulmer, University of Surrey, UK John Bynner, University of London, UK David Byrne, University of Durham, UK Michael Carrithers, University of Durham, UK Ellis Cashmore, Staffordshire University, UK Amanda Coffey, Cardiff University, UK Tony Columbo, Coventry University, UK Louise Corti, University of Essex, UK Iain Crow, University of Sheffield, UK Julia Davidson, University of Westminster, UK Pamela Davies, Northumbria University, UK Martyn Denscombe, De Montfort University, UK Derek Edwards, Loughborough University, UK Nigel Fielding, University of Surrey, UK Uwe Flick, University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany Jeremy Foster, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Philip Gardner, Cambridge University, UK Jeanette Garwood, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK Luca Greco, University of Paris III (Sorbonne Nouvelle), France Martyn Hammersley, The Open University, UK Jamie Harding, Northumbria University, UK Rom Harré, Georgetown University, USA Eric Harrison, University of Oxford, UK Alexa Hepburn, Loughborough University, UK Claire Hewson, Bolton Institute, UK Dick Hobbs, University of Durham, UK Mark Israel, Flinders University, Australia David Jary, University of Birmingham, UK Vince Keddie, Department for Education and Skills, UK Aidan Kelly, University of East London, UK Robert Kozinets, Northwestern University, USA Richard Lampard, University of Warwick, UK Gayle Letherby, Coventry University, UK Curt Le Baron, Brigham Young University, Utah, USA Ana Lopes, University of East London, UK Eugene McLaughlin, The Open University, UK Craig McLean, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Bernd Marcus, Chemintz University, Germany Steve Miles, Northumbria University, UK David L. Morgan, Portland State University, USA Rachael Moss, University of Liverpool, UK George Moyser, University of Vermont, USA John Muncie, The Open University, UK John Newton, Northumbria University, UK Paul Oliver, University of Huddersfield, UK Geoff Payne, formerly University of Plymouth, UK Sarah Pink, Loughborough University, UK Helen Poole, Coventry University, UK Jonathon Potter, Loughborough University, UK Paul Pye, University of Teesside, UK Deborah Reed-Danahay, University of Texas at Arlington, USA Karl-Heinz Renner, University of Bamburg, Germany Catherine Riessman, Boston University, USA Lyn Richards, Director, Research Services, QSR, Australia Margaret Rowe, Northumbria University, UK Andrew Rutherford, University of Keele, UK Roger Sapsford, University of Teesside, UK Mark Saunders, Oxford Brookes University, UK Thomas A. Schwandt, University of Illinois, USA John Scott, University of Essex, UK Christina Silver, University of Surrey, UK Teresa Smallbone. Oxford Brookes University, UK Mark Smith, The Open University, UK Paul Spector, University of South Florida, USA Robert Stallings, University of Southern California, USA Thomas Staufenbriel, University of Osnabrueck, Germany Graham Steventon, Coventry University, UK Maggie Sumner, University of Westminster, UK John Swain, Northumbria University, UK Nick Tilley, Nottingham Trent University, UK Adelinde Uhrmacher, University of Rostock, Germany Paul Valentine, University of East London, UK David de Vaus, La Trobe University, Australia Margie Wetherell, The Open University, UK Chris Wharton, Northumbria University, UK Malcolm Williams, University of Plymouth, UK