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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.

Racialisation, the EU Referendum result and sentiments of belonging in the UK: a consideration of Roma populations (2022)
Journal Article
Patel, T., Martin, P., Brown, P., & Tyler, P. (2023). Racialisation, the EU Referendum result and sentiments of belonging in the UK: a consideration of Roma populations. Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 31(4), 1178-1191. https://doi.org/10.1080/14782804.2022.2110454

This article reports on a qualitative study with migrant Roma communities in South Yorkshire, UK. The study was undertaken shortly after the 2016 European Union membership referendum in the UK. It finds that while hostility towards the studied Roma p... Read More about Racialisation, the EU Referendum result and sentiments of belonging in the UK: a consideration of Roma populations.

‘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.

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.

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.

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.

A desire for change (2009)
Journal Article
Patel, T. (2009). A desire for change. Policing today, 15(2),

Theorising the racial identity development of transracial adoptees : a symbolic interactionist perspective (2007)
Journal Article
Patel, T. (2007). Theorising the racial identity development of transracial adoptees : a symbolic interactionist perspective. Adoption & fostering, 31(2), 32-43

In using the symbolic interactionist perspective, findings from an empirically informed British study carried out from 2000 to 2003, into the racial identity development of a small sample of adults who were transracially adopted as children is presen... Read More about Theorising the racial identity development of transracial adoptees : a symbolic interactionist perspective.

The usefulness of oral life (hi)story to understand and empower: the case of trans-racial adoption (2005)
Journal Article
Patel, T. (2005). The usefulness of oral life (hi)story to understand and empower: the case of trans-racial adoption. Qualitative Social Work, 4(3), 327-345. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325005055601

The article considers the usefulness of the oral life (hi)story approach, and in particular its qualitative method of interviewing, to researching social work issues such as trans-racial adoption. In providing clarification on the decision to use the... Read More about The usefulness of oral life (hi)story to understand and empower: the case of trans-racial adoption.

Identity, race, religion and adoption - The public and legal view (2004)
Journal Article
Patel, T., Williams, C., & Marsh, P. (2004). Identity, race, religion and adoption - The public and legal view. Adoption & fostering, 28(1), 6-15

The importance of the cultural identity of a child awaiting adoption, in terms of ‘race’, religion and ethnic background, is the subject of continuing debate, and often controversial and heated discussion. In the article, Tina Patel, Catherine Willia... Read More about Identity, race, religion and adoption - The public and legal view.

Policing racist incidents in Northern Ireland: attitudes and experiences of the PSNI (2001)
Journal Article
Patel, T. (2001). 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.