Biography

I joined the Department of Sociology in January 2013 and prior to that I worked and studied at the University of Leicester.

Research Interests

My main areas of research are in the fields of hate crime, rural racism, community and identity, policing and victimisation. Currently I’m working on the Leicester Hate Crime Project (http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/criminology/research/current-projects/hate-crime), the largest study of hate crime victimisation ever undertaken. The two-year project, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, is examining the experiences of those who are victimised because of their identity, vulnerability or perceived 'difference' in the eyes of the perpetrator. It will be investigating not just the experiences of the more ‘recognised’ hate crime victim communities, including those who experience racist, religiously motivated, homophobic, disablist and transphobic victimisation, but also anyone who feels they have been targeted because of who they are. The research will be undertaken via an extensive online and written survey of the wide range of victim communities mentioned above, and this will be complemented by hundreds of in-depth interviews with victims. The findings will be summarised in a series of reports and academic journal articles as the project progresses. The research will therefore be of benefit to potential and actual victims of hate crime, community groups, networks and associations, the police, local authorities, Victim Support, the Ministry of Justice and Home Office, and charities and third sector organisations.
Prior to the Leicester Hate Crime Project I have been awarded research grants from the Home Office (to evaluate police diversity training); Leicester City Council (to conduct an audit of the local African Caribbean community); the European Union (to examine the issue of racism in football); and Greater Manchester Police (to evaluate police diversity training). I have also undertaken a number of projects examining the issue of rural racism, funded by three rural constabularies (Suffolk, Northamptonshire and Warwickshire) and associated partners. I have published four books: Racism and Anti-racism in Football (with Mike Rowe); The Future of Football (with Mike Rowe and Dominic Malcolm), Rural Racism (with Neil Chakraborti), and Hate Crime: Impact, Causes, and Consequences (also with Neil Chakraborti). I have also had numerous journal articles and reports published on issues of racism, community safety, hate crime, policing, cultural criminology, and identity.

Publications

Journal Articles
Garland, J. and Chakraborti, N. (2012) 'Divided By a Common Concept? Assessing the Implications of Different Conceptualisations of Hate Crime in the European Union', European Journal of Criminology, 9 (1): 38-52.
Garland, J. (2012) 'Difficulties in Defining Hate Crime Victimisation', International Review of Victimology, 18 (1): 25-37.
Rowe, M. and Garland, J. (2012) ‘Paying the Price? Why Football Still Has a Problem’, Criminal Justice Matters, 88 (1): 30-31.
Garland, J. and Treadwell, J. (2012) ‘The New Politics of Hate? An Assessment of the Appeal of the English Defence League Amongst Disadvantaged White Working Class Communities in England’, The Journal of Hate Studies, 10 (1): 123-141.
Chakraborti, N. and Garland, J. (2012) ‘Reconceptualising Hate Crime Victimisation Through the Lens of Vulnerability and ‘Difference’’, Theoretical Criminology, 16 (4): 499-514.
Garland, J. and Chakraborti, N. (2012) ‘Divided By a Common Concept? Assessing the Implications of Different Conceptualisations of Hate Crime in the European Union’, European Journal of Criminology, 9 (1): 38-52.
Garland, J. (2012) ‘Difficulties in Defining Hate Crime Victimisation’, International Review of Victimology, 18 (1): 25-37.
Garland, J. and Bilby, C. (2011) ‘“What Next, Dwarves?” Police Powers and Working Cultures in “Life on Mars”’, Crime, Media, Culture, 7 (2): 115-132.
Treadwell, J. and Garland, J. (2011) ‘Masculinity, Marginalisation and Violence: A Case Study of the English Defence League’, British Journal of Criminology, 51 (4): 621-634.
Garland, J. (2010) ‘It’s a Mosher Just Been Banged for No Reason’: Assessing the Victimisation of Goths and the Boundaries of Hate Crime’, International Review of Victimology, 17 (2): 159-177.
Garland, J. and Treadwell, J. (2010) ‘No Surrender to the Taliban!’ Football Hooliganism, Islamophobia and the Rise of the English Defence League’, Papers from the British Criminology Conference, 10: 19-35.
Garland, J. and Chakraborti, N. (2007) ‘‘Protean Times?’ Exploring the Relationship Between Policing, Community and Identity in Rural England’, Criminology and Criminal Justice: An International Journal, 7 (4): 347-366.
Garland, J. Spalek, B. and Chakraborti, N. (2006) ‘Hearing Lost Voices: Issues in Researching ‘Hidden’ Minority Ethnic Communities’ in British Journal of Criminology, 46 (3): 423-437.
Garland, J. and Chakraborti, N. (2006) ‘Recognising and Responding to Victims of Rural Racism’, International Review of Victimology, 13 (1): 49-69.
Garland, J. and Chakraborti, N. (2006) ‘‘Race’ Place and Space: Examining Identity and Cultures of Exclusion in Rural England’ in Ethnicities, 6 (2): 159-177.
Garland, J. and Chakraborti, N. (2004) ‘England’s Green and Pleasant Land? Examining Racist Prejudice in a Rural Context’ in Patterns of Prejudice, 38 (4): 383-398.
Garland, J. and Chakraborti, N. (2004) ‘Racist Victimisation, Community Safety and the Rural: Issues and Challenges’ in British Journal of Community Justice, 3 (2): 21-32.
Garland, J. (2004) ‘The Same Old Story? Englishness, the Tabloid Press and the 2002 Football World Cup’ in Leisure Studies, 23 (1): 79-92.
Chakraborti, N. and Garland, J. (2003) ‘Under-Researched and Overlooked? An Explanation of the Attitudes of Rural Minority Ethnic Communities Towards Crime, Community Safety and the Criminal Justice System’, in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 29 (3): 563–572.
Garland, J. and Chakraborti, N. (2003) ‘Countryside Alliance? An Assessment of Multi-Agency Responses to Racism in Rural Suffolk’ in Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal, 5 (2): 61-73.
Garland, J. (2003) ‘Police Resources on the Web’ in Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal, 5 (2): 75-79.
Chakraborti, N. & Garland, J. (2003) ‘An ‘Invisible’ Problem? Uncovering the Nature of Racist Victimisation in Rural Suffolk’, International Review of Victimology, 10 (1): 1-17.
Garland, J. and Rowe, M. (2003) ‘Have You Been Diversified Yet?’ in Policing and Society, 13 (4): 399-412.
Garland, J. (2002) ‘An Assessment of Anti-racist organisations on the Web’ in Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal, 4 (4): 63-68.
Garland, J. (2002) ‘Conducting Local Crime and Disorder Audits’ in Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal, 4 (2): 55-60.
Garland, J. and Rowe, M. (2000) ‘The Hooligans’ Fear of the Penalty’ in Soccer and Society, 1 (1): 144-157.
Garland, J. and Rowe, M. (1999) ‘War Minus the Shooting: Jingoism, the English Press and Euro ’96’, in the. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 23 (1): 80-95.
Garland, J. and Rowe, M. (1999) ‘Field of Dreams: An Assessment of Antiracism in British Football’, in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 25 (2): 335–344.
Garland, J. and Rowe, M. (1999) ‘Selling the Game Short: An Examination of the Role of Antiracism in British Football’, in the Sociology of Sport Journal, 16 (1): 35-53.
Garland, J. and Rowe, M. (1999) ‘The ‘English Disease’: Cured or in Remission? An Analysis of Police Responses to Football Hooliganism in the 1990s’, in Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal, 1 (4): 35–47.
Garland, J. and Rowe, M. (1999) ‘Responding to Racism: An Assessment of Policing Racism and Fascism in Football’ in International Journal of the Sociology of Law, 27 (3): 251-266.
Garland, J. and Rowe, M. (1996) ‘Racism at Work: A Study of Professional Football’ The International Journal of Risk, Security and Crime Prevention, 1 (3): 195-205.

Books
Chakraborti, N. and Garland, J. (2009) Hate Crime: Impact, Causes and Responses, London: Sage.
Chakraborti, N. and Garland, J. (eds) (2004) Rural Racism, Cullompton: Willan.
Garland, J. and Rowe, M. (2001) Racism and Anti-Racism in Football, Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Garland, J., Malcolm, D. and Rowe, M. (eds) (2000) The Future of Football: Challenges for the 21st Century, Ilford: Frank Cass.

Book Chapters
Chakraborti, N. and Garland, J. (2011) 'Hate Crime' in W.S. DeKeseredy and M. Dragiewicz (eds) The Handbook of Critical Criminology, London: Routledge: 303-315.
Garland, J. (2010) ‘“The Victimisation of Goths and the Boundaries of Hate Crime’ in N. Chakraborti, (ed.) Hate Crime: Concepts, Policy, Future Directions, Cullompton: Willan, pp. 40-57.
Garland, J. and Chakraborti, N. (2009) 'Identity, “Otherness” and the Impact of Racist Victimisation in the English Countryside' in P. Iganski (ed) Hate Crimes: The Consequences of Hate Crime, Westport, CT: Praeger, 143-160.
Garland, J. and Rowe, M. (2007) ‘Police Diversity Training: a Silver-Bullet Tarnished?’ in M. Rowe (ed.) Policing Beyond Macpherson, Cullompton: Willan, 43-65.
Garland, J. and Chakraborti, N. (2004) ‘Another Country? Community, Belonging and Exclusion in Rural England’ in N. Chakraborti and J. Garland (eds) Rural Racism, Cullompton: Willan, pp. 122-140.
Garland, J. and Rowe, M. (2003) ‘Field of Dreams?: An Assessment of Antiracism in British Football’, in Melossi, D. (ed.) Migrazioni, Interazioni e Conflitti nella Contruzione di una Democrazia Europea, Milan: Giuffre, pp. 161-178.
Garland, J. and Rowe, M. (2000) ‘The Hooligans’ Fear of the Penalty’ in J. Garland, D. Malcolm and M. Rowe (eds) The Future of Football: Challenges for the 21st Century, Ilford: Frank Cass.
Garland, J. and Rowe, M. (1999) ‘Antiracism in British Football’ in Melossi, D. (ed.) Migrations, Interactions and Conflicts in the Making of a European Democracy, Bologna, Italy: Giuffrè Publishing.
Garland, J. and Rowe, M. (1996) ‘Challenging Racism and Xenophobia’ in U. Merkel and W. Tokarski (eds) Racism and Xenophobia in European Football, Aachen: Meyer and Meyer Verlag, pp 101–128.

Teaching

Current Teaching

• Introduction to Criminal Justice Systems (level one undergraduate)
• Crime, Power and Justice (level two undergraduate)
• The Criminal Justice System (postgraduate)
• Dissertation supervision (undergraduate and postgraduate)

Selected Previous Teaching

• Racism, Crime and Disorder (postgraduate)
• Hate Crime (third year undergraduate)
• Policing (second year undergraduate)
• Introduction to Criminal Justice (first year undergraduate)

Departmental Duties

Selected Previous Duties
Programme Director, BA Criminology; MSc Community Safety; MSc Police Leadership; MSc Criminal Justice Studies (University of Leicester)
Chair of Department Learning and Teaching Committee (Department of Criminology, University of Leicester)

I’m currently on the Board of Directors, of the Sophie Lancaster Foundation (http://www.sophielancasterfoundation.com/) and on the Steering Committee of a new national Hate Crime Network. I’m also involved in the work of the Interdisciplinary Network for the Study of Subcultures, Popular Music and Social Change (http://www.reading.ac.uk/history/research/Subcultures/subcultures.aspx). As part of this work I co-edited a special issue of Contemporary British History entitled ‘Youth Culture, Popular Music and the End of ‘Consensus’ in Post-War Britain’, 26 (3): 2012.
I’m a member of the British Society of Criminology and the Howard League for Penal Reform and am on the Editorial Advisory Board of Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal. I’ve been the external examiner for two doctoral theses: one on hate crime, Department of Sociology, University of Essex, December 2008, and the other on racism in Sport (University of Loughborough, June 2010). I have previously supervised two research students through to completion (both studying rural racism).
Previously I was External examiner for the Applied Criminology suite of undergraduate degrees at De Montfort University and for the BSc Criminology and Sociology at the University of Surrey. I was on the organising committee of the ‘Subcultures, Popular Music and Social Change’ conference, held in September 2011 at London Metropolitan University, and had a similar role for the ‘Human Rights Human Wrongs’ British Society of Criminology annual conference, held in July 2010 at the University of Leicester.