University of Salford

Faculty Member, Humanities, Languages, and Social Sciences

Lecturer in Criminology

Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences

About

Dr Tina G. Patel completed her first degree (awarded 1999) in Criminal Justice at Liverpool John Moores University. Having been awarded funding from a fully competitive scheme, Tina spent 3½ years at the University of Sheffield studying for the qualification of PhD, in a study looking at race, identity and policy (awarded 2004). She has also been involved in a research project funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, at Nottingham Trent University, looking at  school exclusion and successful youth transitions within African-Caribbean communities (completed 2004). In September 2004, Tina returned to Liverpool John Moores University to take up a post as a lecturer in Criminology and Sociology.

Tina joined the University of Salford in September 2008, as lecturer in Criminology (Violence). Her research and teaching interests relate to ‘race’, exclusion, police and violent behaviour. Here she carried out research into the policing of racist violence in Northern Ireland; vehicle crime in deprived neighbourhoods; and, the foster care and identity development of refugee status children. Tina is currently undertaking research into ethnic profiling in the North-west of England within the 'war on terror' context. Tina would welcome research collaboration and supervision in any of the following areas: race/ethnicity; racial identity; violence (especially racist violence); police practice and culture (especially following MacPherson, 1999); and qualitative research methods (in particular oral life history; researching marginalised groups and researching the police). Tina's areas of expertise are: Race and ethnicity; Identity (racial); Racism and exclusion; The family (black families and transracial adoption); Black and minority ethnic communities; Marginalised groups and communities; School exclusion and black African Caribbean youth; Institutional racism; Police, policing and challenges (especially in Northern Ireland o Greater Manchester); and, Racist violence / harassment.

Tina is currently working on a number papers and projects. This includes work in the area of
- Ethnically defined deviant labels;
- Racially motivated hate crime;
- Crime in the inner city;
- Black racial minority communities and satisfaction with policing in the North of England.

For more information on my work - please contact me at: t.patel@salford.ac.uk OR to access copies of my publications, please visit: http://www.seek.salford.ac.uk/profiles/TPATEL.jsp

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