The Big Society and Volunteering: Janus-faced Social Policy, with Louise Hardwick, by Invitation (VSSN, 2012)
The 'Broken Society' and the uneven geographies of anti-welfarism (with G Mooney & S Neal, OU), by Invitation (RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2011, 2011)
The ‘Broken Society’ & anti-Welfarism: A Moral Panic? (with G. Mooney & S. Neal), by Invitation (Brunel University, London, 2010)
'Poverty porn', tutelage and 'advanced marginality' (with Dr Gerry Mooney), by Invitation (University of Brighton, 2010)
Public Participation, Jurors and Citizenship (with Prof R. Matthews), by Invitation (Institute of Advanced Studies, Glasgow, 2010)
Panel on (Un)Making sustainable cities and populations: planning, discipline and social policy, by Invitation (RGS - IBG International Conference Session Organisers, 2008)
Urban Regeneration, Class and Crime, by Invitation (London South Bank University, 2008)
Jurors and the Question of Citizenship , by Invitation (Centre for Criminal Justice, University of Leeds, 2005)
Jurors in Criminal Trials: Citizenship and Participation, by Invitation (Department of Criminology, Keele University, 2005)
The Policing of Public Space: Community Safety and Social Exclusion, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University of Lincoln , 2005)
Urban regeneration, crime and social control , Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow, 2005)
Urban Regeneration and Crime Control, by Invitation (Southbank University , 2005)
Appointment By Lot: The Experience of Jury Selection (with Prof R. Matthews), by Invitation (Public Administration Select Committee, UK Government, 2004)
Editorships
Safer Communities: A journal of practice, opinion, policy and research (Editorial advisory board , 2002 - present)
Examination Roles
University of Northumbria, MA (PGT, 2006)
University of Northumbria, BA (UG, 2006)
University of Northumbria, BA (UG, 2006)
University of Plymouth, BA (UG, 2005)
University of Northumbria, BA (UG, 2005)
University of Northumbria, MA (PGT, 2005)
University of Plymouth, BA (UG, 2004)
University of Northumbria, MA (PGT, 2004)
University of Northumbria, BA (UG, 2004)
University of Northumbria, MA (PGT, 2003)
University of Northumbria, BA (UG, 2003)
University of Plymouth, BA (UG, 2003)
Nottingham Trent University, BA (UG, 2002)
Professional Body Memberships
British Society of Criminology (Prizes Committee Member, 2005 - 2011)
British Society of Criminology (Member, 1993 - present)
Other Administrative or Committee Roles
Chair of the School Academic Quality and Standards Committee