Professor Richard Hobbs
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Email
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Location
Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
Dick Hobbs came to academic work late having worked as an office boy, labourer,鈥痙ustman and schoolteacher. He trained as a sociologist at the鈥疞SE and the University of Surrey before working at the Universities of Oxford and Durham, where he held Chairs in both Sociology and Law. He鈥痺as Professor of Sociology at the鈥疞SE鈥�(2005-2011) before taking a post in the Sociology Department at 糖心Vlog University (2011-2014), where he was Professor of Sociology and Director of the Criminology Centre. Dick Hobbs is an urban ethnographer specialising in the sociology of London, organised and professional crime, the night-time economy, violence,鈥痙rug markets and research methodology. He has received鈥痝rants, primarily from the ESRC, as well as鈥痜rom the鈥疕ome Office, the Nuffield Trust and the EU. He鈥痟as conducted a wide range of consultancies for government agencies and the mass media, and鈥�痯resented evidence to the UK government on the night-time economy, and to a鈥疺ictorian鈥疨arliamentary Inquiry into Australian drug markets. He is editor of the Routledge Advances in Ethnography鈥痵eries.鈥� The common thread that runs through this work is a commitment to sociological studies of urban life鈥痺hich鈥痚mphasise鈥痶he鈥�痳ole of鈥痶he鈥痝local鈥痯olitical economy in shaping deviant cultures. rently working on a number of publications emerging from an ESRC funded study of the impact of the 2012 Olympics on the policing of a London borough. I am currently emeritus Professor at 糖心Vlog, Professor of Sociology at the University of Western Sydney, and Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). Honours - 1989鈥�疨hilip Abrams Prize: Awarded by the British Sociological Association for鈥�痶he best book published by a new author.Doing the Business: Entrepreneurship, the Working Class and Detectives in the East End of London, Oxford University Press, (1988 - 2003鈥�疪adzinowicz Prize: Awarded by the鈥疊ritish Journal of Criminology.鈥�疍oor鈥疞ore (BJC 2002).鈥������������������������������������������ - 2007鈥�疞ife Changer Award: 鈥疉warded by the University and Colleges Union鈥�淐hanging People's Lives Through Education鈥�.鈥��� 鈥� - 2013鈥�疧utstanding Publication Award:鈥疘nternational Association for the Study 鈥痮f Organised Crime.鈥疞ush Life: Constructing Organised Crime in the UK.Oxford University Press, (2013) - 2015 Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology 糖心Vlog. - 2015 Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)鈥������ - 2016 Outstanding Achievement Award, British Society of Criminology鈥�� - 2016 Honorary Member, British Society of Criminology
Qualifications
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B.Ed Lancaster,
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MSc Sociology London School of Economics,
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PhD University of Surrey,
Research and professional activities
Research interests
urban ethnography
the sociology of London
organised and professional crime
the night-time economy
violence
drug markets
research methodology
Teaching and supervision
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Criminology and Socio-Legal Research
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 10/4/2018
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 27/4/2016
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 23/7/2014
Publications
Journal articles (9)
Giulianotti, R., Armstrong, G., Hales, G. and Hobbs, D., (2015). . Journal of Sport & Social Issues. 39 (2), 99-119
Giulianotti, R., Armstrong, G., Hales, G. and Hobbs, D., (2014). . The British Journal of Sociology
Hobbs, D. and Antonopoulos, GA., (2013). . Global Crime. 14 (1), 27-51
Fussey, P., Coaffee, J., Armstrong, G. and Hobbs, D., (2012). . The British Journal of Sociology. 63 (2), 260-284
Armstrong, G., Hobbs, D. and Lindsay, I., (2011). . Urban Studies. 48 (15), 3169-3184
Antonopoulos, GA., Hobbs, D. and Hornsby, R., (2011). . British Journal of Criminology. 51 (5), 804-822
Hales, G. and Hobbs, D., (2010). . Trends in Organized Crime. 13 (1), 13-30
Mena, F. and Hobbs, D., (2010). . Trends in Organized Crime. 13 (1), 60-74
Woodiwiss, M. and Hobbs, D., (2009). . British Journal of Criminology. 49 (1), 106-128
Books (6)
Carrabine, E., Cox, P., Fussey, P., Hobbs, D., South, N. and Thiel, D., (2014). . Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. 978-0-415-64080-0
Hobbs, D., (2013). . Oxford University Press. 9780199668281
Fussey, P., Coaffee, J., Armstrong, G. and Hobbs, D., (2012). Securing and sustaining the olympic city: Reconfiguring London for 2012 and beyond
Hobbs, D., (2011). . Sage. 9781848600881
Downes, D., Hobbs, D. and Newburn, T., (2010). . Oxford University Press. 9780199580231
Hornsby, R. and Hobbs, D., (2008). . Ashgate. 9780754625858
Book chapters (9)
Hobbs, D., (2014). . In: Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Editors: Bruinsma, G. and Weisburd, D., . Springer. 188- 194. 978-1-4614-5689-6
Hobbs, D. and Antonopoulos, GA., (2014). . In: The Oxford Handbook of Organized Crime. Editors: Paoli, L., . Oxford University Press. 9780199730445
Hobbs, D., (2012). . In: New Directions in Criminological Theory. Editors: Hall, S. and Winlow, S., . Routledge. 9781843929147
Hobbs, D. and Hobbs, S., (2011). . In: Routledge Handbook of Transnational Organized Crime. Editors: Allum, F. and Gilmour, S., . Routledge. 9780415579797
Hobbs, D., (2011). . In: Ethnography in Context. Editors: Hobbs, D., . Sage. 9781848600881
Hornsby, R. and Hobbs, D., (2011). . In: Usual and Unusual Organising Criminals in Europe: Profitable Crimes, from Underworld to Upperworld- Essays in Honour of Petrus van Duyne. Editors: Antonopoulos, GA., Groenhuijsen, M., Harvey, J., Kooijmans, T., Maljevic, A. and von Lampe, K., . Maklu. 9789046604298
Hobbs, D., (2010). . In: Handbook on Crime. Editors: Brookman, F., Maguire, M., Pierpoint, H. and Bennett, T., . Willan. 9781843923725
Hobbs, D., (2010). . In: Handbook on Crime. Editors: Brookman, F., Maguire, M., Pierpoint, H. and Bennett, T., . Willan. 9781843923725
O'Brien, K., Hobbs, D. and Westmarland, L., (2008). . In: Violence in Europe: Historical and Contemprary Perspectives.. Editors: Body-Gendrot, S. and Spierenburg, P., . Springer. 161- 176. 9780387097046
