- Study at the OU
- Research degrees
- Research areas
- Social Policy and Criminology
Social Policy and Criminology
- On this page
The Department of Social Policy and Criminology is recognised nationally and internationally for its distinctive approach to teaching and research. A vibrant research culture, broadly drawing on critical constructivist approaches, is sustained through our commitment to producing scholarship and research publications of national and international significance that can act as a catalyst for and inform public dialogue on critical issues in social policy and criminology, from the global to the local and everyday. The interdisciplinary character of the department's research underpins the involvement of most of the staff's research in the faculty's Sociology (UoA 43) submission in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. Many members of the department are actively involved in the Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG) (where we lead the research programmes of Families and Relationships, and Publics), and the International Centre for Comparative Criminological Research (ICCCR). Research students are also encouraged to join these centres and to take an active part in the department’s supportive and collegial research culture.
Key facts
- A thriving interdisciplinary environment
- Wide range of research interests
- PhD students are encouraged to take part in one of our research centres (ICCCR or CCIG)
Further information
If you have an enquiry specific to this research area please contact:
- Name:
- Dr Deborah Talbot
- Email:
- social-policy@open.ac.uk
- Phone:
- +44 (0)1908 654534
For general enquiries please contact the Research Degrees Team via the link under ‘Your questions’ on the right of the page.
Publications
Research publications by Open University staff are available through Open Research Online (ORO), the university's repository of research publications and other research outputs. ORO can be searched or browsed by staff name or subject.
The following list, generated from ORO, provides a flavour of the most recently published work in Social Policy and Criminology:
- Fergusson, Ross and Yeates, Nicola (2013). Business, as usual: the policy priorities of the World Bank’s discourses on youth unemployment and the global financial crisis. Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, 29(1) (In press).
- Mahony, Nick and Clarke, John (2013). Public crises, public futures. Cultural Studies, 27(4) .
- Tombs, Steve (2013). Corporate crime. In: Hale, Chris; Hayward, Keith; Wahidin, Azrini and Wincup, Emma eds. Criminology (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press., (In press).
- Clarke, Nick and Cochrane, Allan (2013). Geographies and politics of localism: the localism of the United Kingdom's coalition government. Political Geography, 34 pp. 10–23.
- Ribbens McCarthy, Jane; Hooper, Carol-Ann and Gillies, Val eds. (2013). Family Troubles? Exploring Changes and Challenges in the Family Lives of Children and Young People. Bristol: The Policy Press.
- More publications relating to Social Policy and Criminology
Research degrees
Your questions
For advice about applying for a research degree, or sponsoring a research student, send us an email or call +44 (0)1908 654882.