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Black minority ethnic communities and levels of satisfaction with policing : findings from a study in the north of England (2013)
Journal Article
Barrett, G., Fletcher, S., & Patel, T. (2014). Black minority ethnic communities and levels of satisfaction with policing : findings from a study in the north of England. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 14(2), 196-215. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895813483760

Using data from an original qualitative study carried out during 2009–10 with a sample located in the north of England (NES), this article considers the satisfaction levels of black minority ethnic (BME) groups with a north of England police force (N... Read More about Black minority ethnic communities and levels of satisfaction with policing : findings from a study in the north of England.

‘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.

Getting a Job After Your PhD (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Patel, T. (2012, November). Getting a Job After Your PhD. Presented at School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences Doctoral Training Programme. University of Salford, Salford

Researching the Agenda: What to do with Unwelcome Truths (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Patel, T. (2012, July). Researching the Agenda: What to do with Unwelcome Truths. Presented at College of Arts and Social Sciences Postgraduate Research Summer School. University of Salford, University of Salford

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 racist incidents in Northern Ireland: attitudes and experiences of the PSNI (2011)
Journal Article
Patel, T. (2011). Policing racist incidents in Northern Ireland: attitudes and experiences of the PSNI. ˜The œjournal of criminal justice research, 1(2),

This article reports on a study which looked at the connectivity between the anti-racist policing agenda of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), when dealing with racially motivated crime involving black and minority ethnic (BME) victims, a... Read More about Policing racist incidents in Northern Ireland: attitudes and experiences of the PSNI.

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

Offender perceptions of criminal opportunities in vulnerable residential areas: a case study in a U.K North West inner city (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Coulton, J., Jackson, W., Jeffery, R., & Patel, T. (2010, June). Offender perceptions of criminal opportunities in vulnerable residential areas: a case study in a U.K North West inner city. Presented at Stockholm Criminology Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden

This paper details an academic study, commissioned by police and local authority practitioners, and the challenges faced therein, within a vulnerable residential area of an inner city in the UK. This area was identified as a site for study because of... Read More about Offender perceptions of criminal opportunities in vulnerable residential areas: a case study in a U.K North West inner city.

Learning lessons from MacPherson? The police and racist incidents in Northern Ireland (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Patel, T. (2010, June). Learning lessons from MacPherson? The police and racist incidents in Northern Ireland. Presented at Stockholm Criminology Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden

Given the increase in the reporting of racist incidents in Northern Ireland involving attacks against members of its black and minority ethnic population, this paper focuses on the degree to which these racist incidents are successfully policed by th... Read More about Learning lessons from MacPherson? The police and racist incidents in Northern Ireland.