John Lea
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John Lea is a left realist criminologist based at the Crime and Conflict Research Centre, Middlesex University
in the United Kingdom.
He graduated from the London School of Economics
and Political Science, University of London with a BSc in Economics in 1967, before gaining MSc's in Economics and Social Policy there too.
Lea was one of the key founders of the left realist approach alongside Jock Young
, Roger Matthews
, Richard Kinsey and Geoff Pearson, Collaborating with Jock Young on What is to be Done About Law and Order? (1984) and with Richard KInsey and Jock Young on Losing the Fight Against Crime (1986).
He is currently Professor of Criminology
at Middlesex University
, where his research interests include policing, organised crime, business crime and the historical development of crime and criminal justice institutions.
Middlesex University
Middlesex University is a university in north London, England. It is located in the historic county boundaries of Middlesex from which it takes its name. It is one of the post-1992 universities and is a member of Million+ working group...
in the United Kingdom.
He graduated from the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
and Political Science, University of London with a BSc in Economics in 1967, before gaining MSc's in Economics and Social Policy there too.
Lea was one of the key founders of the left realist approach alongside Jock Young
Jock Young
This article is about the sociologist. For the rapper, see Yung JocJock Young is a British sociologist and criminologist.He began teaching at Enfield College of Technology....
, Roger Matthews
Roger Matthews
Roger Matthews is a British criminologist. He is currently Professor of Criminology at the University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom.Matthews is one of the key figures in left realism, a criminological critique of both the dominant administrative criminology and the left...
, Richard Kinsey and Geoff Pearson, Collaborating with Jock Young on What is to be Done About Law and Order? (1984) and with Richard KInsey and Jock Young on Losing the Fight Against Crime (1986).
He is currently Professor of Criminology
Criminology
Criminology is the scientific study of the nature, extent, causes, and control of criminal behavior in both the individual and in society...
at Middlesex University
Middlesex University
Middlesex University is a university in north London, England. It is located in the historic county boundaries of Middlesex from which it takes its name. It is one of the post-1992 universities and is a member of Million+ working group...
, where his research interests include policing, organised crime, business crime and the historical development of crime and criminal justice institutions.
1970s
- Fine, B., Kinsey, R., Lea, J., Picciotto, S. & Young, J. (eds) (1979) Capitalism and the Rule of Law, London: Hutchinson
1980s
- Lea, J. & Young, J. (1981) "The Riots in Britain 1981" In: Cowell, D., Jones, T. & Young, J. (eds) Policing the Riots, London: Junction
- Lea, J. & Young, J. (1982) "Race and Crime", Marxism Today, August pg.38-39
- Lea, J. & Young, J. (1984) What Is To Be Done About Law and Order — Crisis in the Eighties. Harmondsworth: Penguin. (Pluto Press revised edition: 1993) ISBN 0-7453-0735-3
- Kinsey, R., Lea, J. & Young, J. (1986). Losing the Fight Against Crime. London: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-13721-1
- Lea, J. (1986) 'Police Racism: some theories and their policy implication' in Matthews, R. & Young, J. (eds) Confronting Crime, London: Sage Publications.
- Jones, T., Lea, J. & Young, J. (1987) Saving the Inner City: The First Report of the Broadwater Farm Survey, London: Middlesex Polytechnic
- Lea, J., Matthews, R. & Young, J. (1987) Law and Order: Five Years On, London: Middlesex Polytechnic, Centre for Criminology
- Lea, J., Jones, T., Woodhouse, T. & Young, J. (1989) Preventing Crime: The Hilldrop Environmental Improvement Survey, Enfield: Centre for Criminology, Middlesex Polytechnic
- Painter, K., Lea, J., Woodhouse, T. & Young, J. (1989) The Hammersmith and Fulham Crime and Policing Survey, London: Middlesex Polytechnic, Centre for Criminology
2000s
- Lea, J. (2002). Crime and Modernity: Continuities in Left Realist Criminology. London: Sage. ISBN 0-8039-7557-0