Craig Paterson

Dr Craig Paterson PhD, MSc, BA, HEA Fellow

Principal Lecturer


About

I worked for Group 4 Securicor for three years on the UK electronic offender monitoring programme, leaving in 2001 to do a PhD on the role of surveillance technologies in criminal justice. I worked at the John Grieve Centre for Policing and Community Safety at Buckinghamshire New University between 2001 and 2006 as a research consultant and senior lecturer in policing and joined Sheffield Hallam University in January 2007 as a senior lecturer in criminology. I am course leader for the BA (Hons) Criminal Justice Practice. My teaching and research interests include surveillance, policing, crime prevention and criminological theory which have led to the publication of two books: ‘Policing and Criminology’ (2011, with my Sheffield Hallam colleague, Ed Pollock) and 'Understanding the Electronic Monitoring of Offenders (2009).

Policing, crime prevention, crime and punishment and criminal justice practice work at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Teaching

Department Of Law and Criminology

College of Social Sciences and Arts

Publications

Heap, V., & Paterson, C. (2019). Democratic localism and the implementation of the Community Remedy in England and Wales. Criminology and criminal justice. http://doi.org/10.1177/1748895819848812

Paterson, C., & Williams, A. (2019). What Future for Policing? Some reflections on the concept and purpose of policing and their implications for police reform in England and Wales. International Journal of Law and Public Administration, 2 (1). http://doi.org/10.11114/ijlpa.v2i1.4158

Paterson, C., & Williams, A. (2018). Towards victim-oriented police? Some reflections on the concept and purpose of policing and their implications for victim-oriented police reform. Journal Of Victimology and Victim Justice, 1 (1), 85-101. http://doi.org/10.1177/2516606918764997

Paterson, C. (2017). Tagging re-booted! Imagining the potential of victim-oriented electronic monitoring. Probation Journal, 64 (3), 226-241. http://doi.org/10.1177/0264550517711278

Morgan, M., & Paterson, C. (2017). ‘It’s Mental Health, Not Mental Police’: A human rights approach to mental health triage and Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. http://doi.org/10.1093/police/pax047

Paterson, C., & Best, D. (2016). Policing vulnerability through building community connections. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 10 (2), 150-157. http://doi.org/10.1093/police/pav036

Paterson, C., & Pollock, E. (2016). Global shifts in the policing of mental health. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 10 (2), 91-94. http://doi.org/10.1093/police/pav044

Paterson, C. (2015). From offender to victim-oriented monitoring : a comparative analysis of the emergence of electronic monitoring systems in Argentina and England and Wales. URBE (Brazilian Journal of Urban Management), 7 (2), 155-166. http://doi.org/10.1590/2175-3369.007.002.SE01

Paterson, C. (2014). The global trade in (techno)corrections. Criminal Justice Matters, 95 (1), 20-21. http://doi.org/10.1080/09627251.2014.902202

Paterson, C., & Clamp, K. (2014). Innovating responses to managing risk : exploring the potential of a victim-focused policing strategy. Policing, 8 (1), 51-58. http://doi.org/10.1093/police/pat028

Clamp, K., & Paterson, C. (2013). An exploration of the role of leadership in restorative policing in England and Wales. . http://doi.org/10.1108/s1479-3660(2013)0000020016

Paterson, C., & Clamp, K. (2012). Exploring recent developments in restorative policing in England and Wales. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 12 (5), 593-611. http://doi.org/10.1177/1748895812441933

Clamp, K., & Paterson, C. (2011). Rebalancing criminal justice : potentials and pitfalls for neighbourhood justice panels. British Journal of Community Justice, 9 (1-2), 21-35. http://www.cjp.org.uk/bjcj/

Paterson, C. (2011). Adding value? A review of the international literature on the role of higher education in police training and education. Police Practice and Research, 12 (4), 286-297. http://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2011.563969

Paterson, C. (2008). Commercial crime control and the electronic monitoring of offenders in England and Wales. Social justice: a journal of crime, conflict and world order, 34 (3-4), 98-110. http://www.socialjusticejournal.org/fliers/34-3-4flier.html

Paterson, C. (2007). Street-level surveillance: human agency and the electronic monitoring of offenders. Surveillance and society, 4 (2-3), 314-328. http://www.surveillance-and-society.org/articles4(3)/streetlevel.pdf

Paterson, C. (2007). Electronic monitoring, commercial surveillance and the ‘malfunctioning subject’. Criminal Justice Matters, 68 (1), 35-36. http://doi.org/10.1080/09627250708553285

Paterson, C. (2007). ‘street-level surveillance’: Human agency and the electronic monitoring of offenders. Surveillance and Society, 4 (4), 314-328.

Paterson, C., & MacVean, A. (2006). Understanding deviant lifestyles: critically evaluating anti-social behaviour and problem drug use. Police research and management, 6 (3), 33-42.

Book chapters

Paterson, C. (2022). Justice-System Monitoring Technologies and Victim Welfare. In Erez, E., & Ibarra, P. (Eds.) The Oxford Encylopedia of International Criminology. Oxford: Oxford University Press: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-encyclopedia-of-international-criminology-9780190883140?cc=gb&lang=en&

Paterson, C. (2021). Victim-Oriented Police Reform: A Comparative Perspective. In Jeglic, E., & Calkins, C. (Eds.) Handbook of Issues in Criminal Justice Reform in the United States. (pp. 79-95). Cham: Springer International Publishing: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77565-0_5

Paterson, C. (2019). Shaping electronic monitoring markets. In Le bracelet électronique : action publique, pénalité et connectivité. (pp. 49-61). Revue Medicale Suisse: http://doi.org/10.3917/mh.dumou.2019.01.0049

Paterson, C. (2015). Higher education, police training, and police reform: a review of police-academic educational collaborations. In Kratcoski, P.C., & Edelbacher, M. (Eds.) Collaborative Policing: Police, Academics, Professionals, and Communities Working Together for Education, Training, and Program Implementation. (pp. 119-136). CRC Press: http://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2016.1220084

Normore, A.H., Ellis, B., Clamp, K., & Paterson, C. (2015). Cross-Cultural Collaboration for Community-Oriented Policing and Restorative Justice. In Erbe, N., & Normore, A. (Eds.) Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Leadership in Modern Organizations. (pp. 255-272). Cengage Learning: http://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8376-1.ch015

Paterson, C. (2014). Policing Political Protests in the United Kingdom. In Policing Major Events. (pp. 25-40). CRC Press: http://doi.org/10.1201/b17692-3

Paterson, C., & Pollock, E. (2013). Developments in police education in England and Wales: values, culture and ‘common-sense’ policing. In Values in criminology and community justice. (pp. 187-206). Policy Press: http://doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447300359.003.0011

(2013). Commercial crime control and the development of electronically monitored punishment: a global perspective. In Electronically Monitored Punishment. (pp. 223-239). Willan: http://doi.org/10.4324/9780203103029-20

(n.d.). Electronically Monitored Punishment. Willan: http://doi.org/10.4324/9780203103029

Books

Clamp, K., & Paterson, C. (2016). Restorative Policing : Concepts, Theory and Practice. London: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Restorative-Policing-Concepts-theory-and-practice/Clamp-Paterson/p/book/9781138959071

Paterson, C., & Pollock, E. (2011). Policing and criminology. London: Sage. https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/policing-and-criminology/book238639

Paterson, C., & Pollock, E. (n.d.). Criminology for the Police. Routledge. http://doi.org/10.4324/9781003081012

Reports

Severns, R., Paterson, C., & Brogan, S. (2020). Transnational Investigation of Organised Modern Slavery: What Works? ‘A Review of the Evidence’. (Full Research Report). Sheffield Hallam University.

Paterson, C., Severns, R., & Brogan, S. (2019). The Transnational Investigation of Organised Modern Slavery: An evaluation of the use of Joint Investigation Teams to investigate and disrupt transnational modern slavery in the United Kingdom. Derbyshire Constabulary.

Theses / Dissertations

Tatton, S.E. (2023). Coercive and controlling behaviour:Dominant discourse, police response and the victim-survivor experience. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Albertson, K., Paterson, C., & Black, A. http://doi.org/10.7190/shu-thesis-00577

Severns, R. (2015). One Step Ahead: The Police Transnational Firearms Intelligence Network (The 'Network'). (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Paterson, C., & Pollock, E.

Presentations

Heap, V., Paterson, C., & Zanker, F. (2017). Investigating the Implementation of the Community Remedy. Presented at: British Society of Criminology Conference, Sheffield Hallam University

Other activities

I am a member of the Higher Education Forum for Learning and Development in Policing

I am an external examiner and reviewer at a number of other academic institutions. I also review journal articles for Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice and Surveillance and Society

Media

Craig worked for G4S for three years on the UK electronic offender monitoring programme, leaving in 2001 to do his PhD on the role of surveillance technologies in criminal justice.

Craig's teaching and research interests include surveillance and commercial crime control, policing, crime prevention and criminological theory.

He is a frequent commentator on police, particular in relation to policing cuts and strike action, making his debut on the Look North sofa earlier this year.

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