Research Interests
I am open to accepting applications in relation to the following broad areas, but happy to consider most areas of policing as broadly conceived:
- Police practice and reform
- Stop and search
- Security governance
- Policing and technology
Public outreach & key achievements
John’s current research around police stop and search has led to reform of the practice within the Police Service of Northern Ireland; while he is also part of and EU COST action related to police stop and search powers across Europe.
John is currently Chairperson of Community Restorative Justice Ireland – the leading community-based restorative justice body across the island of Ireland; and is on the Executive Committee of the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ), the leading human rights NGO in Northern Ireland over the past 30 years. http://www.qub.ac.uk/Research/GRI/mitchell-institute/
Research students
| PhD area | Policing of hate speech on social media |
| Name | Mark WIlliams |
| Years of study | 3 |
| Country | NI |
| PhD area | Social media and car crime performativity |
| Name | Debbie Hawkins |
| Years of study | 3 |
| Country | NI |
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- Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work
- Mitchell Institute