About the Group

The Police and Policing Research Discussion Group holds discussions about practical and theoretical issues relating to police research on a fortnightly basis. We meet over a morning coffee and biscuits in the Centre for Criminology's meeting room in the Manor Road Building. The Trinity term discussions will be held on Mondays of the even weeks of term from 10:30-12:00. We hold two types of discussions:

(A) Member Research - At least 3 days prior to any Member Research discussions, members of the group can send ~150 words to the convener of the group about some issue that has cropped up in their research planning (e.g. Access, participant selection, site selection, methods), research execution (e.g. Unexpected situations, revising methods mid-stream, ethical quandaries, loss of access), interpretation of findings, or in some other aspect of their project. These submissions will form a sort of agenda for the meeting, and will be shared with all participants beforehand so that they may prepare comments and thoughts. These discussions are intended to be for students and junior researchers only, although exceptions may be made.

(B) Police Literature - Members of the group can volunteer to facilitate a Police Literature discussion on some aspect of the public police. The facilitator's job will be to select two articles on policing and share them with the group at least a week beforehand. These articles should ideally present (at least) two sides of some issue surrounding the public police and/or their study. The facilitator will then be expected to open the discussion by briefly presenting each article, and then lead discussion in whatever way s/he sees fit. These discussions are open to anyone and interested faculty are encouraged to attend.

Interested participants are asked to get in contact with the group's convener by email to be included in the emails for upcoming discussions. The meeting room is a limited space and preparation reading is required so attendees should register their interest beforehand. Any interested student or faculty member is more than welcome to take part, and we encourage participants from all disciplines.

Convenor: Chris Giacomantonio

Papers and other downloads

Seminar schedule