Profile

Biography

• BA,
• PhD (Durham)

Simon Winlow joined the department of Sociology at the University of York in 2005. He is currently course leader of BA Sociology with Criminology and MA Social Research Methods. Simon’s research is mainly in the field of criminology, but he retains an interest in social class, political economy, exclusion and elements of theoretical psychoanalysis.

Research

Supervision

I am keen to supervise PhD students interested in the following areas:

• Working-class cultures and identities
• Masculinities
• Theoretical criminology
• Covert street ethnography
• The night-time economy
• Social exclusion
• Criminal identities
• Youth identities
• Consumerism and identity
• Violence and identity
• Celebrity and contemporary media cultures
• The sociology of happiness

Publications

Selected publications

Authored Books

• Winlow, S. (2001), Badfellas: Crime, Tradition and New Masculinities, Oxford: Berg
• Hobbs , D., Hadfield, P., Lister, S. and Winlow, S. (2003), Bouncers: Violence and Governance in the Night-time Economy, Oxford: Oxford University Press
• Winlow, S. and Hall, S. (2006), Violent Night: Urban Leisure and Contemporary Culture, Oxford: Berg
• Hall, S., Winlow, S. and Ancrum, C. (2007), Criminal Identities and Contemporary Culture, Cullompton: Willan

Chapters in books

• Winlow, S., Hobbs, D., Lister, S. and Hadfield, P. (2003), ‘Bouncers and the social context of violence: masculinity, class and violence in the night-time economy’ in E. Stanko (ed.) The Meanings of Violence, London: Routledge
• Hall, S. and Winlow, S. (2004), ‘Barbarians at the Gate: Crime and violence in the breakdown of the pseudo-pacification process’, in Ferrell, J., Hayward, K., Morrison, W. and Presdee, M. (eds), Cultural Criminology Unleashed. London: Cavendish

Articles in journals

• Hobbs, D., Hadfield, P., Lister, S., Winlow, S. and Hall, S. (2000), 'Receiving Shadows: Governance and liminality in the night-time economy', British Journal of Sociology 51(4): 701-717
• Lister, S., Hobbs, D., Hall, S. and Winlow, S. (2000), 'Violence in the Night-Time Economy; Bouncers: The reporting and prosecuting of assaults', Policing and Society, 10: 383-402
• Lister, S., Hadfield, P., Hobbs, D. and Winlow, S. (2001), 'Accounting for Bouncers: Occupational Licensing as a Mechanism for Regulation' Criminology and Criminal Justice, Vol. 1, No. 4, 363-384
• Hadfield, P., Lister, S., Hobbs, D. and Winlow, S. (2001) 'The '24-hour city': condition critical?', Town and Country Planning, 70, 11: 300-302
• Winlow, S. Hobbs, D. Lister, S. and Hadfield, P. (2001) 'Get Ready to Duck: Bouncers and the realities of ethnographic research on violent groups', The British Journal of Criminology, 41/3:536-548
• Hobbs, D. Hadfield, P. Lister, S. and Winlow, S. (2002), 'Dore Lore: The art and economics of intimidation' British Journal of Criminology, 42/2:352-370 (Winner of the Sir Leon Radzinowicz Prize, 2003)
• Hall, S. and Winlow, S. (2003), 'Rehabilitating Leviathan: Reflections on the state, economic regulation and violence reduction', Theoretical
  Criminology, 7(2): 139-162
• Hall, S., Winlow, S. and Ancrum, C. (2005) 'Radgies, Gangstas and Mugs: imaginary criminal identities in the twilight of the pseudo-pacification process', Social Justice, 32(1)
• Hall, S. and Winlow, S. (2005) 'Anti-Nirvana: Crime, culture and instrumentalism in the age of insecurity', in Crime, Media, Culture, 1(1): 31- 48
• Hobbs. D. Winlow, S. Lister, S. and Hadfield, P. (2005) 'Violent Hypocrisy: Governance and the Night-time Economy' European Journal of Criminology, 2, 2: 161- 185
• Hobbs, D., Hadfield, P., Lister, S. and Winlow, S. (2005), 'Violence and control in the night-time economy', European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, Vol. 13/1
• Hall, S. and Winlow, S. (2005), 'Night-time leisure and violence in the breakdown of the pseudo-pacification process', Probation Journal, Vol. 52 (4): 377 - 390
• Hall, S. and Winlow, S. (2007), 'Cultural Criminology and Primitive Accumulation: A formal introduction for two strangers who should really become more intimate', Crime, Media, Culture, Vol. 3, No. 1, 82-90
• Winlow, S. and Hall, S. (2008), 'Living for the Weekend: Instrumentalism, consumption and 'individualism' in youth identities in the North East of England', Ethnography 10 (1): 91-113
• Winlow, S. and Hall, S. (2009) 'Retaliate First: Memory, Humiliation and Male Violence', Crime, Media, Culture 5(2)