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Research Interests
I joined the School of Law at Queen's in September 2000 having previously worked in the Department of Criminology at Keele University, Staffordshire after finishing my PhD. My research interests cover a number of areas including policing in Northern Ireland historically, colonial policing, the export of policing models to overseas jurisdictions (e.g. around community policing in particular) and also security sector reform and development on which i co-authored a book with Nathan Pino, Policing, Development and Globalisation: Doing it the Western Way? I have also conducted crime and victimisation surveys including a victimisation survey of young people's experiences of crime in Northern Ireland and was involved (with Peter Shirlow) in the Greater New Lodge Community Crime Survey which assessed the attitudes of a post-conflict community to the PSNI among other things.
More recently I have become interested in the policing and regulation of commerical sex and together with Ron Weitzer completed a four-city study funded by the British Academy / Leverhulme Trust in 2014. This study compared the regulation of commerical sex in four cities: Belfast, Manchester, Berlin and Prague. Currently, I am researching the impact of Northern Ireland's sex purchase legislation for the Department of Justice and the report will be due by Summer 2019.
I am also interested in offending patterns among the military and have recently been given permission by British Army HQ to conduct a study investigating psychosocial maturity among young adult soldiers.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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R1148LAW: Policing, Globalizing and Development: Doing it the western way
01/08/2009 → …
Project: Research
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R1273LAW: The Policing and Regulation of Sex Work: A Four City Case Study
01/08/2012 → 30/04/2014
Project: Research
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UK Policing and the International Agenda: The Emergence of "UK Police PLC" (under contract)
Ellison, G. & Sinclair, G. S., 2020, (In preparation) Oxford University Press. 250 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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A review of the criminalisation of the payment for sexual services in Northern Ireland
Ellison, G., Ni Dhonaill, C. & Early, E., 17 Sep 2019, Belfast: Queen's University Belfast. 177 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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The state of the police of the state: Policing across the United Kingdom (under contract)
Ellison, G., 2019, (Unpublished) Taylor and Francis. 250 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Crime and Development in the Global South
Blaustein, J., Pino, N. & Ellison, G., 2018, The Palgrave Handbook of Criminology and The Global South . Carrington, K., Hogg, R., Scott, J. & Sozzo, M. (eds.). london: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 205-233Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus) -
Criminalising the payment for sex in northern ireland; sketching the contours of a moral panic
Ellison, G., Jan 2017, In: British Journal of Criminology. 57, 1, p. 194-214 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile16 Citations (Scopus)1713 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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Journal of Political Power (Journal)
Graham Ellison (Peer reviewer)
2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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Clementina Salvi
Graham Ellison (Host)
01 Oct 2016 → 01 Dec 2016Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
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Hate Crime Legislation and Violence Against Sex Workers in Ireland
Graham Ellison (Speaker) & Lucy Smith (Speaker)
09 Sep 2016 → 10 Sep 2016Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Hate Crime Legislation and Violence Against Sex Workers in Ireland
Graham Ellison (Speaker) & Lucy Smith (Speaker)
23 Jun 2016 → 24 Jun 2016Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Regulating Commercial Sex Symposium
Graham Ellison (Organiser) & Tanya Serisier (Organiser)
03 Mar 2016 → 04 Mar 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Press / Media
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The Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Queen’s University Belfast: Celebrating 25 years of Research, Policy, and Community Engagement
Alessandro Corda, Shadd Maruna, Kieran McEvoy, Graham Ellison & John Jackson
03/02/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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RUC promotional film was 'far from reality, BBC News
23/09/2017
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Treated Like Trash: Why Irish Sex Workers Don't Report Assaults to the Gardai
22/02/2017
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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PSNI decide not to charge suspects under Assembly’s trafficking law, News Letter
18/11/2015
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
Impact
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Irish Sex Work Research Network
Graham Ellison (Participant)
Impact: Cultural Impact, Health Impact, Public Policy Impact, Societial Impact, Other Impact