Emeritus Prof Ross Coomber BA (Hons); MSc; PhD, FAcSS

I am an experienced PhD supervisor (x9 to completion) and PhD External Examiner (x13) and I particularly welcome applications from prospective students under the following indicative areas (although please do feel free to pitch a topic to me):

- Vulnerability and exploitation in drug markets
- Vulnerability policing and Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE)
- Dark Net/Crypto drug markets (or other dark net trading)
- Illicit drug markets (various aspects of - structures/nature of)
- Illicit drug use (various aspects of)
- The intersection of crime, law and and public health (in relation to drug use or supply)
- Symbolic policing
- Fear of crime
- Sociology of fear
- Cross-cultural public spitting
- The use of steroids and other image and performance enhancing drugs (by either professionals or non-professionals)