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I’d describe myself as outgoing, creative, and thoughtful.
My out of work interests include painting and drawing, Buddhism, crafts, cinema and politics
My main research interests are young people, public space, urban regeneration, cities and culture.
Criminology at MMU is about the way that society deals with and legislates against crime. It is not about serial killers, criminal profiling or forensics. If you are interested in how institutions such as the police and courts operate or the impact of class, gender, age and ethnicity within the Criminal Justice System then this is the degree for you!
My role is as an educator and researcher. It’s important to give students a sound overview of criminology and sociology using contemporary examples. I try to draw on my own research to do this. If students can relate knowledge to their own experience and talk about this as part of seminars this is also useful. Our everyday lives are impacted upon by those with power such as the government, media, police and increasingly multi-national corporations. Equipping students with a critical understanding of how these institutions work is beneficial.
During the course of my teaching I use lectures to give an overview of a subject and seminars to explore the subject in more detail. I expect that students do a certain amount of independent learning, such as reading, in preparation for seminars.
I like to give the seminars over to students as much as possible, so they can direct their own learning and ask for clarification or raise questions on areas of interest. In terms of measuring learning the assessment methods for students are as innovative as possible using techniques such as presentations and posters, alongside more conventional methods such as examinations and essays.
The three words which best describe my approach are varied, interactive and democratic.
Joanne’s PhD thesis ‘Public Space and the Rebuilding of Manchester’ focused on the regeneration of an area of central Manchester (now known as the Millennium Quarter) after the 1996 IRA bombing.
Lecturer on Crime in Contemporary Society and Cities, Cime and Control.
Joanne Massey is a full-time senior lecturer in Cultural Criminology in the Sociology department at Manchester Metropolitan University. Joanne teaches on the SCCS (Sociology, Criminology and Cultural Studies) undergraduate programme. The units she teaches include Cities, Crime and Control, Crime in Contempprary Society, Doing Qualitative Research and Understanding Criminology.
Completed:
MA Sociology 'Grafitti as a means of revoutionary expression'
MA Criminology 'The effectiveness of ring only burglar alarms in Salford'
Joanne has worked on a number of research projects including ‘The Experience of Mid-Life and Beyond’ (ESRC/AHRC funded project for Keele University) in 2006, the ASPIRE project (women and new cultural industries), Noise Nuisance, Quality of Life and Fear of Crime (funded by Age Concern And Greater Manchester Police 2002) and a project funded by UK Sport which focused on the social impact of the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games.
Research Interests
- public space
- urban regeneration
- gentrification
- popular culture
- youth culture
- communities
- urban studies
Research Activities
2007- 2011 member of Urban Alternatives steering group funded by De Paul Trust
2006 ‘The Experience of Mid-Life and Beyond’ ESRC/AHRC funded project for Keele University.
2002 Noise Nuisance, Quality of Life and Fear of Crime funded by Age Concern And Greater Manchester Police.
March – June 2002 Emerging Sector Opportunities funded by ESF
June 2001 The Sports Development Impact of the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games: Initial Baseline Research funded by UK Sport.
August – October 2000 Cultural Industries Audit funded by Vice Chancellor MMU.
June-July 2000 ASPIRE research on career advice for women working within the new cultural industries funded by ESF.
March 2000 Cultural Industries Data Collection exercise funded by CIDS, Manchester City Council.
J. Massey (2019). Gateways for consumption: a rhythmanalysis. Journal of Consumer Culture. 19(3), pp.417-437.
J. Massey (2014). Shades of Deviance. R. Atkinson. In: Shades of Deviance: A Primer on Crime, Deviance and Social Harm. Routledge, pp.58-61.
J. Massey (2019). Gateways for consumption: a rhythmanalysis. Journal of Consumer Culture. 19(3), pp.417-437.
J. Massey (2011). Commodification, control and civic space: Findings from Manchester, UK. Crime Prevention and Community Safety. 13(3), pp.187-204.
J. Massey (2008). Young people, policing and urban space: a case study of the Manchester Millennium Quarter. Safer communities. 7(4), pp.17-24.
J. Massey (2007). Young people and the ‘right’ to the city. International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations. 7(3), pp.241-252.
J. Massey (2005). Altered places: the impact of the 1996 Manchester bomb. The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review. 2(1),
J. Massey (2005). The gentrification of consumption: A view from Manchester. Sociological Research Online. 10(2),
J. Massey (2003). Public consumption: A private enterprise?. BELGEO. pp.63-78.
J. Massey (2014). Shades of Deviance. R. Atkinson. In: Shades of Deviance: A Primer on Crime, Deviance and Social Harm. Routledge, pp.58-61.
J. Massey, R. Singh Moral panic and media representation: the Bradford riots.
J. Massey, A. Meyer (2009). Dangerous liaisons: child sex offending and underage sex in the media and the law. Indiana State University, USA, 5/10/2009.
J. Massey (2009). City of bits: young people, cyberspace and the city. Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK, 9/9/2009.
J. Massey (2008). Commodification, control and civic space: a Mancunian perspective. Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2/7/2008.
A. Brown, J. Massey The sports development impact of the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games: initial baseline research.
Other Publications
Massey, J (2009) City of Bits: Young People Cyberspace and the City available online at http://www.e-space.mmu.ac.uk/e-space/handle/2173/98575
Massey, J and Meyer, A (2009) Dangerous Liaisons: Child Sex offending and Underage Sex in the Media and law available online at http://www.e-space.mmu.ac.uk/e-space/handle/2173/98595
Massey, J and Brown, A (2001) The Sports Development Impact of the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games available online at http://www.uksport.gov.uk/generic_template.asp?id=12202
Conference Presentations
Massey, J (2011) City of Bits: Young People, Cyberspace and the City at The York Deviancy Conference, University of York, 29th June – 1st July 2011
Massey, J and Meyer, A (2009) Dangerous Liaisons: Child Sex offending and Underage Sex in the Media and Law, First Annual International Crime, Media and Popular Culture Studies Conference, Indiana State University, Indiana, October 5-7th 2009
Massey, J (2009) City of Bits: Young People, Cyberspace and the City at Youth and media Communication Seminar, Liverpool John Moores University, 9th September 2009
Massey, J (2008) Commodification, Control and Civic Space: A Mancunian perspective at Capital, Culture, Power: Criminalisation and Resistance, University of Liverpool, 2-4 July 2008
Massey, J (2005) Patrols and Control in Urban Space at British Society of Criminology Annual Conference ‘Re-Awakening the Criminological Imagination’ 12-14th July 2005
Massey, J (2003) Yeah it’s all Posh Shops down there now”: The Gentrification of the Corn Exchange, Manchester at BSA Annual Conference Social Futures: Desire Excess and Waste, University of York, 11-13 April, 2003
Massey, J (2001) Consumption and City Change: A Historical Perspective at The European City in Transition Conference, Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany, 14-15 December
Massey, J (2001) Location, Privatization, McDonaldization at Networks and Transformations Conference, Manchester Metropolitan University, July 2001
- member of Urban Alternatives steering group funded by De Paul Trust
- accreddited DfEE Mentor