Role
Zoë James is Lecturer in Criminal Justice Studies and Programme Manager of the Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies undergraduate degree programmes.
Qualifications & background
Zoë James completed her BSc (Hons) in Applied Sociology at the University of Surrey. She then went on to work for the Home Office Research Unit carrying out a range of research projects in the area of crime and criminal justice. The key projects she worked on over three years looked at entrance into the criminal justice system, focusing on police process and procedures and an evaluation of the public order provisions of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. Her work on the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 was then developed through PhD study at the University of Surrey where Zoë gained a studentship. Zoë's PhD specifically focused on the policing of New Travellers in late modernity. Zoë joined the Criminal Justice team at Plymouth in 1999.
Professional membership
Member, British Society of Criminology
Member, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (ISTD)
Director, SOLON (Promoting Interdisciplinary Studies in Crime and Bad Behaviour)
Roles on external bodies
Book Reviews Editor, The Police Journal, Vathek Publishing.
Teaching interests
Zoë James teaches at each stage of the Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies Degree programme at Plymouth, including the modules: Criminology (Stage 1), Policing (Stage 2) and Organised Deviance: Cultures of Resistance (Stage 3). She also teaches on the MSc Degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies on Doing Criminology: Theory, Policy and Practice. Zoë supervises a number of PhD students who are exploring issues in criminology.
Research interests
Policing diversity; public order policing; controlling Gypsies and Travellers; organized deviance.
UoP Research group membership
Law and Criminal Justice Centre (LCJC)
Social and Public Policy
SOLON
Sustainable Transport
Research degrees awarded to supervised students
Patsy Staddon, Women's Alcohol Use: Perceptions and 'Treatment'.
Grants & contracts
Relevant Grant Awards Since 1999
Plymouth Anti-Social Behaviour Unit. (2009) Plymouth Families Project: Evaluation. £3,200 (with Daniel Gilling)
Home Office. (2009) Evaluating the Impact of Local and National Information Dissemination Strategies on Public Confidence, Utilising National Tackling Drugs Week (NTDW) as a Case Study. £77,350 (with Daniel Gilling)
Devonport Regeneration Company. (2008) An Evaluation of Project 709: Addressing anti-social behaviour in Devonport. £5,625 (with Daniel Gilling)
Plymouth Anti-Social Behaviour Unit. (2008) Plymouth Families Project: An Evaluation. £1,600
Vice-Chancellors Community Research Award. (2008) Legal Advice for Gypsies and Travellers £4,022 (with CAB and Lesley Simmonds)
Devon and Cornwall Constabulary. (2007) Plymouth Head Camera Project: Public Relations Evaluation. £1,250 (with SERIO)
Plymouth City Council. (2007) Devon-wide Gypsy and Traveller Housing Needs Assessment: Plymouth Analysis. £1,000 (with SRRU)
Devon-wide Local Authorities. (2006) Devon-wide Gypsy and Traveller Housing Needs Assessment. £70,000 (with SRRU)
British Academy Small Grant. (2005) Policing the Margins: an analysis of the management of New Travellers. £3,773.
Publications
Publications Since 1999
Journal Articles
James, Z. (2007) Policing Marginal Spaces: Controlling Gypsies and Travellers. Criminology and Criminal Justice. 7 (4):367-389
James, Z. (2006) Policing Space: Managing New Travellers in England. British Journal of Criminology. 46 (3): 470-485
James, Z. (2005) Eliminating Communities? Exploring the implications of policing methods used to manage New Travellers. International Journal of the Sociology of Law. 33 (3): 159-168
Barton, A. and James, Z. (2003) “Run to the Sun”: Policing Contested Perceptions of Risk. Policing and Society. 13 (3):259-270.
Book Chapters
James, Z. (2009, forthcoming) Gypsies and Travellers in the Countryside: managing a risky population. In: Yarwood, R. and Mawby, R.I. Constable Countryside? Policing, Governance and Rurality. Ashgate.
James, Z. and Richardson, J. (2006) Controlling accommodation: Policing Gypsies and Travellers. In: Dearling, A, Newburn, T. and Somerville, P. (eds) Supporting Safer Communities – Housing, Crime and Neighbourhoods. Chartered Institute of Housing.
Reports & invited lectures
James, Z, Simmonds, L and Browning, R. (2008) The Legal Advice Needs of Gypises and Travellers in Plymouth. University of Plymouth.
Gilling, D. and James, Z. (2008) Evaluation of Project 709: Addressing Anti-Social Behaviour in Devonport. SERIO, University of Plymouth.
James, Z. and Southern, R. (2007) Plymouth Head Camera Project: Public Relations Evaluation. Social Research and Regeneration Unit, University of Plymouth.
James, Z. and Southern, R. (2007) Devon-wide Gypsy and Traveller Housing Needs Assessment: Plymouth Analysis. Social Research and Regeneration Unit, University of Plymouth.
Southern, R. and James, Z. (2006) Devon-wide Gypsy and Traveller Housing Needs Assessment. Social Research and Regeneration Unit, University of Plymouth.
Conferences organised
Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies Symposium, The Criminological Enterprise: Maximising Impact. 2009, University of Plymouth.
Holocaust Memorial Day Event, 2009: 'The Pride, The Prejudice' film showing and panel discussion. University of Plymouth, with Devon Racial Equality Council and Equality South West.
Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies Research and Teaching Symposium, 2007, University of Plymouth.
