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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.
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Projects 2009 2014
R1148LAW: Policing, Globalizing and Development: Doing it the western way
01/08/2009 → 19/11/2019
Project: Research
R1273LAW: The Policing and Regulation of Sex Work: A Four City Case Study
01/08/2012 → 30/04/2014
Project: Research
academy
regulation
Research Output 1996 2019
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
Open Access
criminalization
legislation
prosecution
purchase
jurisdiction
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)
offense
economics
literature
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
Open Access
File
Northern Ireland
Panic
Human Trafficking
Slavery
Sex Work
Drifters, Party Boys and Incumbents: The Life Patterns of Male Street-based Sex Workers
Ellison, G., 13 Jan 2017, In : Sociology. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
prostitution
worker
decision making
literature
Hate crime legislation and violence against sex workers in Ireland: Lessons in Policy and Practice
Ellison, G. & Smith, L., 29 Apr 2017, Critical Perspectives on Hate Crime: Contributions from the Island of Ireland . Amanda, H., Schweppe, J. & Taylor, S. (eds.). Springer, p. 179-207Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
hate crime
Ireland
legislation
violence
worker
Activities 2001 2018
Journal of Political Power (Journal)
Graham Ellison (Peer reviewer)2018
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
Hate Crime Legislation and Violence Against Sex Workers in Ireland
Graham Ellison (Speaker), Lucy Smith (Speaker)09 Sep 2016 → 10 Sep 2016
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Irish Commercial Sex Research Network (ICSRN) (External organisation)
Graham Ellison (Board Member)2016 → 2018
Activity: Membership types › Membership of external research organisation
Policing, sex work and hegemonic masculinity in Northern Ireland
Graham Ellison (Speaker)03 Mar 2016 → 04 Mar 2016
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Clementina Salvi
Graham Ellison (Host)01 Oct 2016 → 01 Dec 2016
Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
Press / Media
RUC promotional film was 'far from reality, BBC News
23/09/2017
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Treated Like Trash: Why Irish Sex Workers Don't Report Assaults to the Gardai
22/02/2017
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Research
PSNI decide not to charge suspects under Assembly’s trafficking law, News Letter
18/11/2015
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Research
More band for your buck: how new technology is shaking up the oldest business
07/08/2014
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Impact
Irish Sex Work Research Network
Graham Ellison (Participant)
Impact: Cultural Impact, Health Impact, Public Policy Impact, Societial Impact, Other Impact
Thesis
A defined understanding of influence and practice in international policing missions in states of transition
Author: Kearney, J., Dec 2015Supervisor: Ellison, G. (Supervisor) & Requa, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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