Dr Simon Winlow is a British sociologist and criminologist working at the University of York, UK. Specialising in crime, violence, masculinity and criminology, he is an internationally respected ethnographer and theorist who produces 'qualitative sociology at its best'.[1] His recent work with Prof. Steve Hall on the relationship between crime and consumer culture has been described in the academic press as 'an important landmark in criminology'[2] and in the UK national press as 'extraordinary'.[3]
Simon Winlow joined the University of York in 2005.[4] With Dr. Rowland Atkinson, he recently organized the revived National Deviancy Conference at the University of York, UK, in July 2011.[5]
Books:
(2008) Criminal Identities and Consumer Culture: Crime, exclusion and the new culture of narcissism. London: Willan/Routledge (with Steve Hall and Craig Ancrum)
(2006) Violent Night: Urban leisure and contemporary culture. Oxford: Berg (with Steve Hall)
(2001) Badfellas: Crime, Tradition and new masculinities. Oxford: Berg
Selected Articles:
Winlow, S. and Hall, S. (2012) ‘What is an ‘Ethics Committee’?: Some broad theoretical and contextual observations on the management of criminological research practice in the UK’, British Journal of Criminology (in press)
Winlow, S. and Hall, S. (2009) ‘Retaliate First: Memory, humiliation and male violence’, Crime, Media, Culture 5(3): 285-304
Winlow, S. and Hall, S. (2009) ‘Living for the Weekend: Youth identities in North-East England’, Ethnography, 10(1): 91-113
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, 3(1): 82-90
Hall, S. and Winlow, S. (2005) ‘Night-time leisure and violence in the breakdown of the pseudo-pacification process’, Probation Journal, 57(4): 377-390
Hall, S. and Winlow, S. (2005) ‘Anti-Nirvana: Crime, culture and instrumentalism in the age of insecurity’, Crime, Media, Culture, 1(1): 31-48
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): 100-112
Hall, S. and Winlow, S. (2003) ‘Culture, Gender and Violence: a key problem’, Criminal Justice Matters, 53: 14-15
Hall, S. and Winlow, S. (2003) ‘Rehabilitating Leviathan: Reflections on the state, economic regulation and violence reduction’, Theoretical Criminology, 7(2): 139-162