All Outputs (4)

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.

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.