Books
In progress: Dealing with violent death everyday: an analysis of murder investigators at work.
Citizen Focus and Community Engagement: A Review of the Literature. London: Police Foundation. With Lloyd, K. (2009)
Docklands: Cultures in conflict, worlds in collision London: UCL Press (1999)
Villains: Crime and Community in the Inner City (Routledge, 1990)
Recent Journal Articles
(2010) 'Joining Forces: Maximising ways of making a difference in policing practice' Policing: An International Journal of Policy and Practice Vol. 4 No.2 pp95-103. With Bailey, S.
(2010) '"Nice to do but not essential"': Neighbourhood police officers' views on community engagement and citizen focus in an English police force" Policing: An International Journal of Policy and Practice With Jones, C.
(2008) 'It might have been incompetent but it wasn't racist': murder detectives perceptions of the Lawrence Inquiry' Policing and Society Vol.18 pp89-112
Series Editor for Ideas in British Policing series. Papers by Stanko, E and Hales, G (2009) Policing Violent Places, Lister, S (2009) Policing the Night-Time Economy and Fielding, N (2009) Getting the best out of community policing London: Police Foundation (2009).
'Social Exclusion, Drugs and Crime' in special issue on 'Drugs, Crime and Disorder' Drugs: Education and Policy (2000) Vol 7. No 4. pp317-330.
'Informal Social Control and Community Crime Prevention' British Journal of Criminology (1995) Vol. 34 (4) pp563-584.
"Conflicting forces changing the dynamics of crime and community on 'problem' estates" British Journal of Criminology Vol. 32 (4), (1992) 488-503. With Hope, T.
Reports for the Home Office
Assessing the Impact of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry on Policing (2005) Home Research Study 294 London: HMSO. With Newburn,T and Souhami, A
Housing, Community and Crime: the impact of the Priority Estates Project Home Office Research Study No 131 (1993) London: HMSO. With Hope T.
Selected Book Chapters
'Police Cultures' in Newburn, T (ed.) (2003) The Handbook of Policing Cullompton, Devon: Willan Publishing.
'Policing and the Police' in Maguire M, Morgan R, and Reiner R (eds.) (2002) The Oxford Handbook of Criminology Oxford: Oxford University Press pp 980-1033 .With Bowling, B.
"'People Pieces': The neglected but essential elements of community crime prevention" in Hughes G & Edwards A, (eds.) (2002) Community Crime Prevention Cullompton, Devon: Willan Publishing (2002) pp167-196
"'Island Homes for Island People': Competition, conflict and racism in the battle over public housing on the Isle of Dogs" in Samson C & South N (eds.) (1996) The Social Construction of Social Policy: Methodologies, Racism, Citizenship and the Environment London: Macmillan pp148-168.
"Challenging perceptions: 'community' and neighbourliness on a difficult to let estate" in Jewson, J & Macgregor, S (eds.) (1997) Transforming Cities: Contested Governance and New Spatial Divisions London: Routledge.