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Higher Rates of Bullying Reported by ‘White’ Males: Gender and Ethno-Racial Intersections and Bullying in the Workplace (2022)
Journal Article
Patel, T. G., Kamerade, D., & Carr, L. (2022). Higher Rates of Bullying Reported by ‘White’ Males: Gender and Ethno-Racial Intersections and Bullying in the Workplace. Work, Employment and Society, 38(2), 442-460. https://doi.org/10.1177/09500170221134397

Existing workplace bullying literature suggests that ethno-racial minorities and women are more likely to be bullied in relation to their ethnicity, race or gender. However, very few studies apply an intersectional framework of analysis to consider,... Read More about Higher Rates of Bullying Reported by ‘White’ Males: Gender and Ethno-Racial Intersections and Bullying in the Workplace.

‘Post-race’ racism in the narratives of ‘Brexit’ voters (2019)
Journal Article
Patel, T., & Connelly, L. (2019). ‘Post-race’ racism in the narratives of ‘Brexit’ voters. Sociological Review, 67(5), 968-984. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026119831590

Although a growing body of scholarship seeks to understand the motivations behind the ‘Brexit’ vote – including that which centralises explorations of racism, nationalism and post-colonialism – little consideration has been given to the ways in which... Read More about ‘Post-race’ racism in the narratives of ‘Brexit’ voters.

Is it because I’m black?” Critical race theory (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Patel, T. (2018, November). Is it because I’m black?” Critical race theory. Presented at Criminology Seminar Series: New Directions in Criminological Theory, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK

The popularity of newer racisms : justifications, excuses and re-defined borders (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Patel, T. (2018, April). The popularity of newer racisms : justifications, excuses and re-defined borders. Presented at All Souls Criminology Seminar Series, The Old Library - All Souls College, Oxford, UK

This paper discusses some of the processes and consequences of newer racisms in contemporary society, based on Dr Tina Patel's paper. In arguing that we have recently witnessed a surge in the popularity of racism (under which I also include Islamopho... Read More about The popularity of newer racisms : justifications, excuses and re-defined borders.

Cultural repertoires and modern menaces : the media’s racialised coverage of child sexual exploitation (2018)
Book Chapter
Patel, T. (2018). Cultural repertoires and modern menaces : the media’s racialised coverage of child sexual exploitation. In M. Bhatia, S. Poynting, & W. Tufail (Eds.), Media, Crime and Racism (33-47). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71776-0_3

This chapter will discuss the mass media’s coverage of child sexual exploitation (CSE) cases in Rochdale (Greater Manchester) and Rotherham (South Yorkshire). These cases gained prominent media attention in the period between 2010 and 2015. The cases... Read More about Cultural repertoires and modern menaces : the media’s racialised coverage of child sexual exploitation.

It’s not about security, it’s about racism : counter-terror strategies, civilizing processes and the post-race fiction (2017)
Journal Article
Patel, T. (2017). It’s not about security, it’s about racism : counter-terror strategies, civilizing processes and the post-race fiction. Palgrave Communications, 3, https://doi.org/10.1057/palcomms.2017.31

Using a range of international examples, this article examines the ways in which members of the black and minority ethnic population continue to be viewed as problematic and deviant, challenging the claim that we are now living in a post-race state.... Read More about It’s not about security, it’s about racism : counter-terror strategies, civilizing processes and the post-race fiction.

Failed multiculturalism and limited freedoms: Browning in the terror panic context (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Patel, T. (2013, May). Failed multiculturalism and limited freedoms: Browning in the terror panic context. Presented at Symposium: The Future of the Multi-ethnic City, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

We are supposedly living in post-race times. This refers to a deconstructive approach to identity and social relations, in an attempt to move beyond traditional constructions of race. More recently within the terror panic context, post-race discussio... Read More about Failed multiculturalism and limited freedoms: Browning in the terror panic context.

‘We’ll go grafting, yeah?’ crime as a response to urban neglect (2013)
Journal Article
Patel, T. (2014). ‘We’ll go grafting, yeah?’ crime as a response to urban neglect. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 14(2), 179-195. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895813483761

Urban redevelopment attempts to rebrand spaces. The intention is to make them appear attractive for inward financial investment; to make improvements for residents; and, to reduce crime. It is considered by some to be a problematic process that does... Read More about ‘We’ll go grafting, yeah?’ crime as a response to urban neglect.

Hot goods in happy hands: Occasional user accounts and motivations for buying stolen goods (2013)
Journal Article
Patel, T. (2013). Hot goods in happy hands: Occasional user accounts and motivations for buying stolen goods. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 23(4), 500-513. https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2013.773202

Using qualitative data collected from an empirical study that focused on theft-related activity in a U.K. high crime area, the motivations and purchase patterns of occasional buyers of stolen goods are considered. In doing so, it is argued that as an... Read More about Hot goods in happy hands: Occasional user accounts and motivations for buying stolen goods.

Surveillance, suspicion and stigma: Brown bodies in a terror-panic climate (2012)
Journal Article
Patel, T. (2012). Surveillance, suspicion and stigma: Brown bodies in a terror-panic climate. Surveillance & Society, 10(3/4), 215-234

This paper considers hard and soft surveillance measures, processes of racialised labelling and the allocation of stigma within a post-9/11 terror-panic climate. Using qualitative data from the first stage of a wider study, the paper reports on the p... Read More about Surveillance, suspicion and stigma: Brown bodies in a terror-panic climate.

Car crime and offending behaviour: Ex-offender perspectives (2012)
Journal Article
Patel, T. (2012). Car crime and offending behaviour: Ex-offender perspectives. Prison service journal, 44-49

This paper reports on some of the findings of a study undertaken within a vulnerable residential area of an inner-city in the north-west of England. As a location, it has been marked as vulnerable due to its abnormally high crime rate. As such, i... Read More about Car crime and offending behaviour: Ex-offender perspectives.

The violence of suspicion within a ‘war on terror’ context (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Patel, T. (2012, January). The violence of suspicion within a ‘war on terror’ context. Presented at White Rose Violence Symposium, University of Sheffield

In reporting on work in progress, this paper considers the nature and power of everyday violence within the ‘War on Terror’ context. In particular, the impact of suspicion and citizen surveillance on those marked as ‘hyper-visible’, i.e. those seen a... Read More about The violence of suspicion within a ‘war on terror’ context.

Surveillance, suspicion and stigma within the ‘war on terror’ context (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Patel, T. (2011, December). Surveillance, suspicion and stigma within the ‘war on terror’ context. Presented at Radicalisation and Extremism: A Symposium for Researchers and Practitioners, Lancashire Police Constabulary, Hulton near Preston

This paper considers the impact of surveillance within a ‘War on Terror’ context, especially on those marked as ‘hyper-visible’ (Khoury 2009). This refers to those seen as being of South Asian or Arabic heritage and of the Muslim faith – or, what I t... Read More about Surveillance, suspicion and stigma within the ‘war on terror’ context.

The (Ab)use of ethnic profiling within the ‘war on terror’ context (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Patel, T. (2011, October). The (Ab)use of ethnic profiling within the ‘war on terror’ context. Presented at Black History Month Conference: Racism(s) - Discrimination, Displacement and Home, University of Salford

This paper discusses the deviant labels (immigrant, anti-Western, British hostile, ‘enemy within’ and terrorist) commonly used in surveillance strategies within the ‘war on terror’ context. Particular attention is paid to those who are profiled based... Read More about The (Ab)use of ethnic profiling within the ‘war on terror’ context.

Policing racism or still policing race? (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Patel, T. (2010, September). Policing racism or still policing race?. Presented at Greater Manchester Research Diversity Forum, University of Manchester