Stuart Taylor
Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice
Contact Details:
Address: John Foster Building, 98 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, L3 5UZ
Telephone: +44 (0) 151 231 3902
Email: S.Taylor2@ljmu.ac.uk
At undergraduate level I am module leader for 'Media, The Public and Crime', 'Drugs, Alcohol and Criminal Justice' and 'Criminological Theory'. At postgraduate level I am responsible for 'Drugs, Alcohol & Criminal Justice'.
I am Joint Head of Academic Recruitment for The School of Law and overee all admissions onto the undergraduate Criminal Justice degree programmes. I also believe in engaging with young people in criminological discussion, through events such as our 'Days of Crime' sessions.
Biography
I achieved an Upper Second Class BA (Hons) Criminology at the University of Lincoln. I then moved onto the University of Hull where I studied part-time and completed a Masters in Criminology, whilst working full-time as a social research interviewer for BMRB. I then worked as a generic Probation Service Officer for Derbyshire Probation Service, before moving to Merseyside Probation Service to fulfil a similar role, but specialising in drugs work. I joined LJMU in 2003 as a Research Officer, evaluating the Merseyside Street Crime Initiative, before becoming a Lecturer in Criminal Justice later the following year.
Additional
I am a firm believer in the fusing of theory and practice in the contemporary criminal justice sphere and pursue this in both my research and teaching. I believe that students should widen their theoretical knowledge and ability to think critically, creatively and independently at university, but be able to apply all of this to the 'real-world' and the practices of the criminal justice system.
Research Interests
Drug and Alcohol use / treatment within a criminal justice / societal context. Public engagement, education and attitudes towards crime and justice. Media representations of specific offending groups and the creation of caricatures. Multi-Agency approaches within the criminal justice system.
Publications & Reports
Taylor, S (2011) 'New Strategy, usual suspects': a critique of reducing demand, restricting supply, building recovery' in Criminal Justice Matters 84:1 p24-26.
Taylor, S (2009) Evaluation of the Nottingham Community Justice Initiative Restorative Justice Pilot Project: The views of the Practitioners, LJMU.
Taylor, S (2008) Outside the Outsiders: Drugs, Drug Use and the Media Probation Service Journal Vol. 55 Issue 4, 369-388
Mair, G, Cross, N & Taylor, S (2008) The Community Order and the Suspended Sentence Order: The views and attitudes of sentencers. London, Centre for Crime & Justice Studies.
Mair, G, Cross, N & Taylor, S (2007) The Use & Impact of The Community Order & The Suspended Sentence Order. London, Centre for Crime & Justice Studies.
Mair, G, Burke, L & Taylor, S (2006) “The worst Tax Form you’ve ever see”: Probation Officers’ views on OASys Probation Service Journal Vol. 53, No. 1, 7-23
Mair, G & Taylor, S (2005) An Evaluation of the Street Crime Initiative in Merseyside Liverpool, Centre for Criminal Justice Liverpool JMU.
Conference Papers
Taylor, S 'Days of Crime': The route to a more enlightened, engaged and educated public? Paper presented at the 2011 World Congress of Criminology Conference, Kobe.
Taylor, S 'Community Justice & Public Engagement: Rhetoric & Reality'. Paper presented at the 2010 European Society of Criminology Conference, Liege.
Taylor, S 'Mutton Dressed as Lamb? The case of the community order and the suspended sentence order in England & Wales'. Paper presented at the 2008 World Congress of Criminology Conference, Barcelona.
Mair, G, Taylor, S & Cross, N ‘The Community Order: Issues of implementation & use’. Paper presented at the 2006 British Society of Criminology Conference, Glasgow.
Mair, G, Taylor, S & Cross, N 'The Community Order' Paper presented at the 2006 American Society of Criminology Conference, Los Angeles.
Mair, G, Burke, L & Taylor, S 'Probation Officers views of OASyS'. Paper presented at the 2005 American Society of Criminology Conference, Toronto.
Mair G & Taylor S ‘The worst Tax Form you’ve ever seen’: Probation Officers views on OASyS'. Paper presented at the 2005 British Society of Criminology Conference, Leeds
Taylor, S 'The Street Crime Initiative & Connexions'. Paper presented at the 2004 Merseyside Connexions Annual Conference, Liverpool.
Mair, G & Taylor, S 'Reducing Robbery: An evaluation of the Liverpool Robbery Reduction initiative'. Paper presented at the 2003 American Society of Criminology Conference, Colorado.
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