Professor Eugene McLaughlin • City St George's, University of London

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Overview

Eugene McLaughlin is Professor Emeritus of Criminology at City St George's, University of London. He completed his postgraduate criminology studies at the University of Cambridge and the University of Sheffield. He he has held various academic appointments, including positions at the University of Hong Kong, the Open University, and the University of Southampton.

His current research spans (a) understanding the impact of institutional scandals and injustice, with a particular focus on the role of 'Trial by Media' and 'public justice' and (b) 21st Century Cults. He has also written extensively on police accountability, the managerialisation of criminal justice and criminological theory. Recent books are Cults (with Stephanie Baker and Chris Rojek), the Sage Dictionary of Criminology (with John Muncie, 4th Edition) and Understanding Deviance (with David Downes and Paul Rock, 7th Edition). Eugene was, with Lynn Chancer, co-editor of Theoretical Criminology and a member of Critical Social Policy's editorial collective. He has also served on the editorial boards of the British Journal of Criminology, Crime, Media and Culture, the Journal of Criminology and the Howard Journal of Criminal Justice. He currently serves on the International Editorial Board of Theoretical Criminology.

Teaching

Areas of PhD Supervision

Eugene welcomes enquiries from prospective doctoral or post-doctoral applicants wishing to work in the areas of: mediatisation of crime and criminal justice; high profile crimes; crimes of the powerful; institutional scandal; policing; police accountability; and criminological theory

Research

Research interests

Eugene’s current research focuses on two substantive areas. The first research topic is the inter-mediatisation of crime and justice and in particular, trial by media and media justice, high profile crimes and institutional corruption and scandal. The second topic is the rapidly changing politics and governance of the police in England and Wales.

His most recent books are Understanding Deviance (with Paul Rock and David Downes, Oxford, 7th edition, 2016Criminological Perspectives (with John Muncie, Sage, 3rd edition, 2013), The Sage Handbook of Criminological Theory (with Tim Newburn, paperback, Sage, 2013) and The Sage Dictionary of Criminology (with John Muncie, Sage, 3rd edition, 2012). He has also authored and co-authored numerous journal articles and book chapters.

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Books (23)

Baker, S., McLaughlin, E. and Rojek, C. (2024). cults. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781032370576.
Baker, S., McLaughlin, E. and Rojek, C. (2024). Cults. Routledge.
McLaughlin, E. (2023). Community, Policing and Accountability. Routledge.
McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (Eds.), (2019). Sage Dictionary of Criminology. London: Sage. ISBN 9781526436726.
Downes, D., Rock, P. and McLaughlin, E. (2016). Understanding Deviance A Guide to the Sociology of Crime and Rule-Breaking. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198747345.
Downes, D., Rock, P. and McLaughlin, E. (2016). Understanding Deviance. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198747345.
McLaughlin, E. and Cashmore, E. (Eds.), (2013). Out of Order? The Policing of Black People. Routledge. ISBN 9780415037266.
McLaughlin, E. (2013). Criminological Perspectives. McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (Eds.), London: Sage. ISBN 9781446207864.
McLaughlin, E. (2013). Sage Handbook of Criminological Theory. McLaughlin, E. (Ed.), London: Sage. ISBN 9781446270530.
McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (2012). Diccionario de criminología. ISBN 9788497843249.
McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (Eds.), (2012). The Sage Dictionary of Criminology. SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 9781412910859.
Newburn, T. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), (2010). The Sage Handbook of Criminological Theory. SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 9781446245873.
McLaughlin, E. (2007). The New Policing. London: SAGE. ISBN 9780803989054.
McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (Eds.), (2003). Criminological Perspectives. SAGE. ISBN 9780761941446.
McLaughlin, E., Fergusson, R., Hughes, G. and Westmarland, L. (Eds.), (2003). Restorative Justice: Critical Issues. London: SAGE Publications. ISBN 9780761942092.
Muncie, J., Hughes, G. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), (2002). Youth Justice. London: SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 9780761949145.
Hughes, G. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), (2001). Crime Prevention and Community Safety: New Directions. London: SAGE. ISBN 9780761974093.
McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (Eds.), (2001). The Problem of Crime. London: SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 9780761969716.
McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (Eds.), (2001). Controlling Crime. London: SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 9780761969730.
Clarke, J., Gewirtz, S. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), (2000). New Managerialism, New Welfare? London: SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 9781412931663.
Clarke, J., Cochrane, A. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), (1994). Managing Social Policy. London: SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 9780803977693.
McLaughlin, E. (1994). Community, Policing, and Accountability. Aldershot: Avebury Series in Criminology. ISBN 9781856284882.
Dallos, R. and McLaughlin, E. (1993). Social Problems and the Family. London: SAGE. ISBN 9780803988378.

Chapters (60)

Alice Baker, S., McLaughlin, E. and Rojek, C. (2026). “Am I Big Chungus?” Media and the Spirit of Populism (pp. 140-157). Routledge.
McLaughlin, E., Baker, S. and Rojek, C. (2024). The cult of the public intellectual: Jordan B.Peterson. Cults (pp. 123-142). London: Routledge. ISBN 9781032370590.
McLaughlin, E., Baker, S. and Rojek, C. (2024). Doomsday cults: the Manson Family. Cults (pp. 46-66). Routledge. ISBN 9781032370590.
McLaughlin, E. and Greer, C. (2023). Crime news, trial by media, and scandal hunting. Oxford Handbook of Criminology (pp. 243-266-243-266). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198860914.
McLaughlin, E. and Rojek, C. (2022). Pandemonium. Liminal Politics in the New Age of Disease (pp. 97-104). Routledge.
Chancer, L. and McLaughlin, E. (2020). Everything still to play for: Revisiting "public criminologies: Diverse perspectives on academia and policy". Routledge Handbook of Public Criminologies (pp. 11-20).
McLaughlin, E. (2019). Recovering Blackness/Repudiating Whiteness (2005). Crime and Media (pp. 264-276). Routledge.
In Lefebvre, S. and Brodeur, P. (Eds.), (2017). Public Commissions on Cultural and Religious Diversity. In Routledge.
Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2017). News Power, Crime and Media Justice. In Liebling, A., McAra, L. and Manura, S. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (pp. 260-283). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198719441.
Goluandris, A. and McLaughlin, E. (2016). What's in a name? the UK newspapers' fabrication and commodification of Foxy Knoxy. In Gies, L. and Bortoluzzi, M. (Eds.), Transmedia Crime Stories: The Trial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito in the Globalised Media Sphere (pp. 17-46). London: Palgrave. ISBN 9781137590039.
McLaughlin, E. (2016). Arresting Images: the Power of Murder Scene Photography. In Amorelli, S. and Sezzi, R. (Eds.), Clue Cold: The Genesis of Forensic Photography Genoa: Tormena Editore.
Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2015). The return of the repressed: secrets. lies, denial and "historical" child sexual abuse scandals. In Whyte, D. (Ed.), How corrupt is Britain? (pp. 113-123). London, UK: Pluto Press. ISBN 0745335306.
In Thorsen, E. and Allan, S. (Eds.), (2014). Citizen Journalism. In Peter Lang US.
Mclaughlin, E. (2013). Police Bias, Incidents of. Encyclopedia of the World S Minorities (pp. 968-971).
Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2012). ‘Trial by Media’: Riots, Looting, Gangs and Mediatised Police Chiefs. In Peay, J. and Newburn, T. (Eds.), Policing, Politics, Culture and Control: Essays in Honour of Robert Reiner (pp. 135-153). Hart. ISBN 9781849463003.
McLaughlin, E. (2011). Critical criminology: the renewal of theory, politics and practice. In Bosworth, M. and Hoyle, C. (Eds.), What is Criminology? Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191635410.
Greer, C. (2011). Introduction to 'The Camera Never lies: Documenting G20'. The Camera Never Lies: Documenting G20 London: Giles Price.
McLaughlin, E. and Greer, C. (2010). 'Prevemos um Motim: O Policiamento da Ordem Pública, os Novos Ambientes Mediáticos e a Emergência do Cidadão-Jornalista'. In Machado, H. and Santos, F. (Eds.), Justiça, Media e Cidadania Almedina: Coimbra.
McLaughlin, E. (2010). Critical criminology. In McLaughlin, E. and Newburn, T. (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Criminology London: SAGE Publications Ltd.
McLaughlin, E. (2010). Rethinking policing and race: from community cohesion to national security. In Bloch, A. and Solomos, J. (Eds.), Race and Ethnicity in the 21st Century (pp. 93-111). Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN 9780230007789.
McLaughilin, E. and Newburn, T. (2010). Introduction. The SAGE Handbook of Criminological Theory (pp. 1-19). SAGE Publications Ltd.
McLaughlin, E. (2009). Transnational policing. In Fleming, J. (Ed.), Sage Dictionary of Policing (pp. 305-310). London: SAGE. ISBN 9781412930994.
McLaughlin, E. (2009). Postmodern policing. In Fleming, J. (Ed.), Sage Dictionary of Policing (pp. 237-240). London: SAGE. ISBN 9781412930994.
McLaughlin, E. (2007). Diversity or anarchy: the post-Macpherson blues. In Rowe, M. (Ed.), Policing Beyond Macpherson (pp. 18-42). Cullompton: Willan Publishing. ISBN 9781843922124.
McLaughlin, E. (2006). Anti-racism research. Sage Dictionary of Social Research Methods London: Sage Books.
McLaughlin, E. and McLaughlin, E. (2005). Consuming crime and avoiding punishment: media influence in the shaping of public perceptions of crime and punishment. The Persistent Prison: Problems, Images and Alternatives (pp. 113-143). London: Francis Boutle Punlishers.
McLaughlin, E. (2004). Recovering blackness/repudiating whiteness: the Daily Mail’s construction of the five white suspects accused of the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence. In Murji, K. and Solomos, J. (Eds.), Racialization : Studies in Theory and Practice (pp. 163-184). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191555183.
McLaughlin, E. and Hughes, G. (2003). Towards a new paradigm of sovereign power: community governance, preventative safety and the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships. In Cottee, S. and Smith, C. (Eds.), British Society of Criminology Conference Proceedings (pp. 30-44). Bangor: British Society of Criminology.
McLaughlin, E., Fergusson, R., Hughes, G. and Westmarland, L. (2003). Justice in the round: contextualizing restorative justice. In McLaughlin, E., Fergusson, R. and Hughes, G. (Eds.), Restorative Justice: Critical Issues (pp. 1-19). London: Sage. ISBN 0761942084.
McLaughlin, E. (2002). Same bed, different dreams: postmodern reflections on crime prevention and community safety. In Edwards, A. and Hughes, G. (Eds.), Crime Prevention and the Community Collumpton: Willan Press.
McLaughlin, E. and Hughes, G. (2002). Together we’ll crack it’: partnership and the governance of crime. In Glendenning, C. and et al, (Eds.), Partnerships and Public Policy Bristol: Policy Press.
McLaughlin, E. (2001). Political Violence, Terrorism and States of Fear. In Muncie, J. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), The Problem of Crime (pp. 283-330). London: SAGE. ISBN 9780761969716.
McLaughlin, E. and Murji, K. (2001). Ways of seeing: the news media and the reporting of racist violence. In May, M. and et al, (Eds.), Understanding Social Problems (pp. 263-278). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9780631220305.
McLaughlin, E. and Hughes, G. (2001). Teetering on the edge: the futures of crime control and community safety. In Hughes, G. and et al, (Eds.), Crime Prevention and Community Safety: New Directions (pp. 318-340). London: SAGE. ISBN 9780761974093.
McLaughlin, E. (2001). ’The crisis of the social and the materialisation of community safety. In Hughes, G. and et al, (Eds.), Crime Prevention and Community Safety: New Directions London: SAGE Publications.
McLaughlin, E. and Murji, K. (2001). Drugs and European governance. In Guibernau, M. (Ed.), Governing European Diversity (pp. 229-258). London: SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 9780761954651.
McLaughlin, E. and Murji, K. (2001). Loose connections and new directions: neo-liberalism, new managerialism and the modernisation of the British police. In Stenson, K. and Sullivan, R. (Eds.), Crime, Neo-Liberalism and the Risk Society Cambridge: Willan Press.
McLaughlin, E. (2001). Key issues in policework. In McLaughlin, E. (Ed.), Controlling Crime (pp. 53-100). London: Sage. ISBN 0761969721.
McLaughlin, E. (2001). Controlling crime:introduction. In McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (Eds.), Controlling Crime (pp. 1-9). London: Sage. ISBN 0761969721.
McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (2000). Partners in crime prevention: new managerialism, New Labour and the modernisation of criminal justice. In Clarke, J., Gewirtz, S. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), New Managerialism, New Welfare? (pp. 169-185). London: SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 9781412931663.
McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (2000). The criminal justice system: New Labour's partnerships. In Clarke, J., Gewirtz, S. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), New Managerialism, New Welfare (pp. 169-185). London: Sage. ISBN 0761967567.
McLaughlin, E. (2000). Crime. In Pile, S. (Ed.), City A-Z London: Routledge. ISBN 0415207274.
McLaughlin, E. (2000). Police stations. In Pile, S. (Ed.), City A-Z London: Routledge. ISBN 0415207274.
McLaughlin, E., Clarke, J. and Gewritz, S. (2000). Reinventing the welfare state. In Clarke, J., Gewirtz, S. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), New Managerialism, New Welfare (pp. 1-26). London: Sage. ISBN 0761967567.
McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (1999). Walled Cities: surveillance, regulation and segregation. In Brook, C. (Ed.), Disorderly Cities London: Routledge.
McLaughlin, E. (1999). Cultural constructions of Englishness: the case of the English ‘Bobby’. In Leskela, M. (Ed.), Outsiders or Insiders? Constructing Identities in an Integrating Europe Turku: Unipaps University of Turku. ISBN 9789512915033.
McLaughlin, E. (1998). Social Work or social control? Remaking probation work. In Hughes, G. and Lewis, G. (Eds.), Unsettling Welfare: the Reconstruction of Social Policy (Social Policy: Welfare, Power and Diversity) (pp. 159-208). London: Routledge. ISBN 9780415181341.
McLaughlin, E. and Murji, K. (1997). The future lasts along time: public policework and the managerialist paradox. In Francis, P., Davies, P. and Jupp, V. (Eds.), Policing Futures Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780312175979.
McLaughlin, E. and Murji, K. (1996). Times Change: new formations and representations of police accountability. In Critcher, C. and Waddington, D. (Eds.), Policing Disorder: Theoretical and Practical Issues Aldershot: Avebury.
McLaughlin, E. (1996). Police, policing and policework. In McLaughlin, E. (Ed.), Controlling Crime (pp. 51-106). London: Sage. ISBN 0761950001.
McLaughlin, E. (1996). Political violence, terrorism and states of fear. In Muncie, J. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), The Problem of Crime (pp. 283-331). London: Sage. ISBN 0761969713.
McLaughlin, E. and Murji, K. (1995). The end of public policing? police reform and the ‘new managerialism. In Noaks, L., Maguire, M. and Levi, M. (Eds.), Contemporary issues in criminology Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 9780708312971.
McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (1994). Managing criminal justice. In Clarke, J., Cochrane, A. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), Managing Social Policy London: SAGE. ISBN 9780803977693.
McLaughlin, E. and Clarke, J. (1994). Why management matters. In Clarke, J., Cochrane, A. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), Managing Social Policy (pp. 1-12). London: Sage. ISBN 0803977689.
McLaughlin, E., Clarke, J. and Cochrane, A. (1994). Mission accomplished or unfinished business?: the impact of managerialisation. In Clarke, J., Cochrane, A. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), Managing Social Policy (pp. 226-242). London: Sage. ISBN 0803977689.
McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (1993). Juvenile delinquency. In Dallos, R. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), Social Problems and the Family London: Sage. ISBN 9780803988378.
McLaughlin, E. (1993). Ireland: From Catholic Corporatism to Social Partnership. In Cochrane, A. and Clarke, J. (Eds.), Comparing Welfare States London: Sage.
McLaughlin, E. (1993). Hong Kong: a Residual Welfare Regime. In Cochrane, A. and Clarke, J. (Eds.), Comparing Welfare States London: Sage.
McLaughlin, E. (1991). Police accountability and black people: into the future. In Cashmore, E. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), Out of Order: The Policing of Black People London: Routledge. ISBN 9780415037266.
McLaughlin, E. and Cashmore, E. (1991). Out of order?; the policing of black people. In Cashmore, E. and McLaughlin, E. (Eds.), Out of Order: The Policing of Black People London: Routledge. ISBN 9780415037266.

Internet publications (2)

Baker, S.A., McLaughlin, E. and Rojek, C.(2024).The ‘truther playbook’: tactics that explain vaccine conspiracy theorist RFK Jr’s presidential momentum. The Conversation.
McLaughlin, E. and Greer, C.(2022).Jimmy Savile: how the Netflix documentary fails to address the role institutions play in abuse. The Conversation.

Journal articles (70)

McLaughlin, E. (2026). Book Review: Abolish Criminology by Vivian Saleh-Hannah, Jason Williams, and Michael Coyle Saleh-HannahVivianWilliamsJasonCoyleMichael (eds). Abolish Criminology. Abingdon: Routledge, 2024. ISBN 9780367521332. £32.79 (pbk). 196 pp. Theoretical Criminology. doi:10.1177/13624806261450855
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Goulandris, A. and McLaughlin, E. (2026). The magistrates' courts closure policy in England and Wales: A study of advanced managerialism in practice. Social & Legal Studies. doi:10.1177/09646639261441607
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Rosbrook-Thompson, J., Greer, C., McLaughlin, E., Ilan, J., Armstrong, G., Myers, C.-.A.... Rojek, C. (2025). Integrated Through Risk?: How Actuarial and Epidemiological Approaches to Urban Violence Reduction Interact Within a Multi-Agency Gangs Team. The British Journal of Criminology, 65(4), pp. 743-762. doi:10.1093/bjc/azae089
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Baker, S.A., McLaughlin, E. and Rojek, C. (2024). Simple solutions to wicked problems: Cultivating true believers of anti-vaccine conspiracies during the COVID-19 pandemic. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 27(4), pp. 577-596. doi:10.1177/13675494231173536
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McLaughlin, E. (2023). Book Review: Penality in the Underground: The IRA's Pursuit of Informers by Ron Dudai. Theoretical Criminology, 27(3), pp. 521-524. doi:10.1177/13624806231168691
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Goldsmith, A. and McLaughlin, E. (2022). Policing’s New Vulnerability Re-Envisioning Local Accountability in an Era of Global Outrage. The British Journal of Criminology, 62(3), pp. 716-733. doi:10.1093/bjc/azab073
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Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2021). The Celebrity Icon Mask: The Multi-Institutional Masking of Sir Jimmy Savile. Cultural Sociology, 15(3), pp. 364-385. doi:10.1177/1749975520985385
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Goulandris, A. and McLaughlin, E. (2020). ‘A victim, and that’s all’: the construction of Meredith Kercher in the British national newspapers. Feminist Media Studies, 20(7), pp. 1043-1058. doi:10.1080/14680777.2019.1690018
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Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2020). Why becoming a national treasure matters: Elite celebrity status and inequality in the United Kingdom. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 23(1), pp. 71-88. doi:10.1177/1367549419861630
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Greer, C. and MCLaughlin, E. (2019). « Ça n’est pas la justice », Ian Tomlinson, échec institutionnel et politique médiatique d’indignation. Semen, 46. doi:10.4000/semen.12003
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Greer, C. and Mclaughlin, E. (2018). Breaking Bad News: Penal Populism, Tabloid Adversarialism and Brexit. The Political Quarterly, 89(2), pp. 206-216. doi:10.1111/1467-923x.12506
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Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2017). Theorizing institutional scandal and the regulatory state. Theoretical Criminology, 21(2), pp. 112-132. doi:10.1177/1362480616645648
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McLaughlin, E. (2016). Taking stock: the establishment of a distinctive criminological tradition. Social Transformations in Chinese Societies, 12(1), pp. 8-20. doi:10.1108/stics-05-2016-005
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Lowe, K. and McLaughlin, E. (2015). ‘Caution! The Bread is Poisoned’: The Hong Kong Mass Poisoning of January 1857. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 43(2), pp. 189-209. doi:10.1080/03086534.2014.974904
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McLaughlin, E. (2015). On Flypaper. London Review of Books, (December)
McLaughlin, E. (2014). See also Young, 1971: Marshall McLuhan, moral panics and moral indignation. Theoretical Criminology, 18(4), pp. 422-431. doi:10.1177/1362480614557207
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McLaughlin, E. (2013). ‘Start worrying: details to follow’. Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal, 9(2), pp. 190-192. doi:10.1177/1741659013491780
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Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2013). The Sir Jimmy Savile Scandal: Child Sexual Abuse and Institutional Denial at the BBC. Crime Media Culture: An International Journal, 9(3), pp. 243-264
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Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2013). Julgamento Pelos Media: Policiamento, Ambiente Mediatico das Noticias 24/7 e a Politica da Indignacao (Portuguese translation of 'Trial By Media: Policing, The 24-7 News Mediasphere, And The Politics Of Outrage'). Comunicação & Cultura, 14, pp. 23-57
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Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2012). Media justice: Madeleine McCann, intermediatization and ‘trial by media’ in the British press. Theoretical Criminology, 16(4), pp. 395-416. doi:10.1177/1362480612454559
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Fleming, J. and McLaughlin, E. (2012). Researching the confidence gap: theory, method, policy. Policing and Society, 22(3), pp. 261-269. doi:10.1080/10439463.2012.703440
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McLaughlin, E. and Greer, C. (2012). 'This is not Justice: Ian Tomlinson, Institutional Failure and the Press Politics of Outrage. British Journal of Criminology, 52(6), pp. 274-293. doi:10.1093/bjc/azr086
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McLaughlin, E. and Greer, C. (2012). Media Justice: Madeleine McCann, Intermediatisation and 'Trial by Media' in the British Press. Theoretical Criminology, 16(4), pp. 395-416. doi:10.1177/1362480612454559
McLaughlin, E. and Fleming, J. (2012). Through a different lens: researching the rise and fall of New Labour's ‘public confidence agenda. Policing and Society, 22(3), pp. 280-294. doi:10.1080/10439463.2012.704921
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McLaughlin, E. and Fleming, J. (2012). Researching Public Confidence. Policing and Society, 22(3)
McLaughlin, E. (2012). A paedophile scandal foretold: Sir Jimmy Savile, child sexual abuse scandals and the BBC. British Society of Criminology Newsletter, (7), pp. 1-5
Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2011). ‘Trial by media’: Policing, the 24-7 news mediasphere and the ‘politics of outrage’. Theoretical Criminology, 15(1), pp. 23-46. doi:10.1177/1362480610387461
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McLaughlin, E. and Greer, C. (2011). 'Trial by Media: Policing, the 24-7 News Mediasphere, and the Politics of Outrage. Theoretical Criminology, 15(1), pp. 23-46. doi:10.1177/1362480610387461
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Greer, C. and McLaughlin, E. (2010). We Predict a Riot?: Public Order Policing, New Media Environments and the Rise of the Citizen Journalist. British Journal of Criminology, 50(6), pp. 1041-1059. doi:10.1093/bjc/azq039
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Mills, H. (2010). Policy, purpose, and pragmatism: dilemmas for voluntary and community organisations working with black young people affected by crime. Criminal Justice Matters, 79(1), pp. 38-40. doi:10.1080/09627250903570054
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McLaughlin, E. and Greer, C. (2010). 'We Predict a Riot: Public Order Policing, News Coverage and the Rise of the Citizen Journalist. British Journal of Criminology, 50(6), pp. 1041-1059. doi:10.1093/bjc/azq039
McLaughlin, E. and Fleming, J. (2010). The public gets what the public wants?: interrogating the public confidence agenda. Policing: a Journal of Policy and Practice, 4(3), pp. 199-202. doi:10.1093/police/paq024
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McLaughlin, E. and Neal, S. (2009). Researching up: interviews, emotionality and policy making elites. Journal of Social Policy, 38(4), pp. 689-707. doi:10.1017/S0047279409990018
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McLaughlin, E. (2008). Hitting the panic button: policing/mugging/media/crisis. Crime, Media and Culture, 4(1), pp. 145-154. doi:10.1177/1741659007087280
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McLaughlin, E. (2008). Last one out turn off the ‘Blue Lamp’: the geographical placement of police performance management. Policing: a Journal of Policy and Practice, 2(3), pp. 266-275. doi:10.1093/police/pan041
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McLaughlin, E. (2008). Straining towards dissolution : global Merton vs global jihad. Theoretical Criminology, 12(4), pp. 531-534. doi:10.1177/13624806080120040603
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McLaughlin, E. and Neal, S. (2007). Who can speak to race and nation? Intellectuals, public policy formation’ and the future of multi-ethnic Britain’. Cultural Studies, 21(6), pp. 911-931. doi:10.1080/09502380701470791
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McLaughlin, E. and Chancer, L. (2007). Public Criminologies: Diverse perspectives on academia and policy. Theoretical Criminology: an International Journal, 11(2). doi:10.1177/1362480607075845
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McLaughlin, E. (2005). Forcing the Issue: New Labour, New Localism and the Democratic Renewal of Police Accountability’. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 44(5), pp. 473-489. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2311.2005.00392.x
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McLaughlin, E. (2005). Book Review: Policing and the Condition of England: Memory, Politics and Culture. Theoretical Criminology, 9(1), pp. 122-125. doi:10.1177/136248060500900106
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McLaughlin, E. (2005). From Reel to Ideal: the ‘Blue Lamp’ and the cultural construction of PC George Dixon. Crime, Media and Culture: an International Journal, 1(1), pp. 1-32. doi:10.1177/1741659005050241
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McLaughlin, E. and Neal, S. (2004). Misrepresenting the multi-cultural nation: the policy making process, news media management and the Parekh Report’. Policy Studies, 25(3), pp. 155-174. doi:10.1080/0144287012000277462
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McLaughlin, E. and Hughes, G. (2003). Upravlanje kriminalitete in neredov v skupnosti: trendi in nestabilnosti v Velki Britainiji. Prakso Varstvoslovja, 5(4), pp. 273-282
Gillespie, M. and McLaughlin, E. (2002). Media and the Shaping of Public Attitudes. Criminal Justice Matters, 49(1), pp. 8-23. doi:10.1080/09627250208553485
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McLaughlin, E. (2002). Cause for Concern: the policing of hate crime. Criminal Justice Matters, 48(1), pp. 38-39. doi:10.1080/09627250208553456
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McLaughlin, E., Hughes, G. and Muncie, J. (2002). Aan de rand de afgrond: de toekomst van misdaadbestrijding en publiek veiligheid. Justitiele Verkenningen, 4(2), pp. 63-87
McLaughlin, E. (2002). Rocks and hard places: the politics of hate crime. Theoretical Criminology, 6(4), pp. 445-451. doi:10.1177/136248060200600408
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McLaughlin, E. and johansen, A. (2002). A force for change: the prospects for applying restorative justice to citizen complaints against the police in England and Wales. British Journal of Criminology, 42(3), pp. 635-653. doi:10.1093/bjc/42.3.635
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McLaughlin, E., Hughes, G. and Muncie, J. (2001). The permanent revolution: New Labour, new public management and the modernisation of criminal justice. Criminal Justice and Criminology, 3(3), pp. 301-318. doi:10.1177/1466802501001003003
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McLaughlin, E. (2000). Book Review: A New Criminal Type. Theoretical Criminology, 4(4), pp. 399-204
McLaughlin, E. and Murji, K. (2000). The Postmodern Condition of the Police. Liverpool Law Review, 21(1), pp. 217-240. doi:10.1023/A:1005637612120
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McLaughlin, E., Fergusson, R., Muncie, J. and Pye, D. (2000). Normalised dislocation and new subjectivities in post-16 markets for education and work. Critical Social Policy, 20(3), pp. 283-307. doi:10.1177/026101830002000302
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McLaughlin, E. and Murji, K. (1999). After Stephen Lawrence. Critical Social Policy, 19(3), pp. 371-385. doi:10.1177/026101839901900305
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McLaughlin, E. (1999). Cop out: the Macpherson report. Fortnight pp. 48-48
McLaughlin, E. and Murji, K. (1998). Resistance through representation: ‘storylines’, advertising and Police Federation Campaigns. Policing and Society, 8(1), pp. 367-399. doi:10.1080/10439463.1998.9964796
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McLaughlin, E. and Murji, K. (1996). Past tense: future tense. Criminal Justice Matters, 26(1), pp. 18-19. doi:10.1080/09627259608553351
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Lowe, K. and McLaughlin, E. (1995). Dollars and dim sum: merchandising Chinese history. History Today, 45(6)
McLaughlin, E. (1994). Book Reviews : Watching Police, Watching Communities Mike McConville and Dan Shepherd Routledge, London, 1992, 271pp, £45.00. hbk. Critical Social Policy, 14(40), pp. 110-113. doi:10.1177/026101839401404011
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McLaughlin, E. and Murji, K. (1993). Controlling the Bill: restructuring the police in the 1990s. Critical Social Policy, 13(37), pp. 95-103. doi:10.1177/026101839301303705
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McLaughlin, E. (1993). Book Review: Dynamics of Collective Conflict. Social and Legal Studies, 2(2), pp. 243-246
McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (1993). The silent revolution: market-based criminal justice in England and Wales. The Australian Socio-Legal Journal, 9(1), pp. 4-14
McLaughlin, E. and Murji, K. (1993). Controlling the bill: restructuring the police in the 1990s. Critical Social Policy, 13(1), pp. 95-103
McLaughlin, E. and Lowe, K. (1993). An El Dorado of riches and a place of unpunished crime: the politics of penal reform in Hong Kong, 1877–1882’. Criminal Justice History: An Annual Review, 14, pp. 57-91
McLaughlin, E. (1992). Book Review: Inside the RUC:. Soical and Legal Studies, 1(1), pp. 117-119
McLaughlin, E. (1992). Book Review: The Stalker Affair and the Press. British Journal of Criminology, 32(2), pp. 256-258
McLaughlin, E. (1992). The democratic deficit: European union and the accountability of the British police. British Journal of Criminology, 32(4), pp. 473-484
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McLaughlin, E. and Lowe, K. (1992). Sir John Pope Hennessy and the “Native Race Craze”: colonial government in Hong Kong, 1877–1882. Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 20(2), pp. 223-247. doi:10.1080/03086539208582871
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McLaughlin, E., Jefferson, T. and Robertson, L. (1988). Monitoring the monitors: accountability, democracy and police-watching in Britain. Contemporary Crises, 12(2), pp. 91-106. doi:10.1007/BF00729669
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McLaughlin, E. and Redhead, S. (1986). Here we go again. Marxism Today
McLaughlin, E. and Redhead, S. (1985). Soccer’s style wars. New Society, 73(1181), pp. 225-228

Reports (3)

Greer, C., Rosbrook-Thompson, J., Armstrong, G., Ilan, J., McLaughlin, E., Myers, C.-.A.... Taylor, E. (2019). Enhancing the work of the Islington Integrated Gangs Team: A pilot study on the response to serious youth violence in Islington. London, UK: Centre for City Criminology, City, University of London.
Gillespie, M. and McLaughlin, E. (2003). Media and the Shaping of Public Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Crime and Punishment. London.
Hall, S., McLaughlin, E. and Lewis, G. (1998). Racial Stereotyping in the Police: Statement on Research on Stereotyping and Racial Attitudes. Milton Keynes: Open University.

Other (3)

McLaughlin, E.(2003). Restorative Justice.
McLaughlin, E.(2003). Problem of Crime.
McLaughlin, E.(2003). Controlling Crime.

Professional activities

Editorial activity (5)

Associate Editor: 'Crime, Media and Culture: An International Journal (Sage).
Editorial Board Member: 'Criminal Justice Matters' (Centre for Crime and Justice, London).
Previously the co-editor of 'Theoretical Criminology: an International Journal' (Sage).
Previously served on the editorial board of the 'British Journal of Criminology' (Oxford University Press).
Previously served as a co-editor of 'Critical Social Policy' (Sage).

Online articles (3)

'Anders Breivik Reconstruction - making a killer look cool'. (2011). The Guardian
'How trial by media is redefining justice'. (2007). The Guardian
'Police reform'. (2007). Daily Telegraph

Television programmes (3)

The Undertones - Here Comes the Summer. BBC 4 (2012). (interview)
Rebranding Britain. BBC 3 (2002). (academic consultant)
Moral Panics. BBC 2 (2000). (academic consultant and interview).