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Biography
Alistair Henry is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology in Edinburgh Law School. Between 2010-2018 he acted as an Associate Director of the Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR), where he chaired the Police Community Relations Network. He currently coordinates the Edinburgh/SIPR Brokering Group - connecting Edinburgh University colleagues with interests in policing.
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Current Research Interests
Alistair's main empirical research interests are around the sociology of policing, local policing, partnership working and community engagement, governance and accountability of police and public sector agencies, and the development of collaborative academic-practitioner research agendas. He is also interested in interaction ritual theory, social learning theories, and visual and literary representations of crime and justice.
Research Interests
Alistair has broad interests within the fields of criminology, police studies and social theory. Particular areas of interest that shape both his research and his teaching include:
- Interaction ritual and police encounters
- Policing and community policing
- Social learning and communities of practice in organisations
- Governance and accountability
- Partnership working across organisational boundaries
- Academic-practitioner collaborations
- Reflexivity and social scientific methods
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Digital Deviance/Digital Compliance: Criminology, Social Interaction and the Videogame
Henry, A. & Horgan, S., 20 Mar 2024, Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research. 17 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Digital ritual: Police-public social media encounters and 'Authentic' interaction
Henry, A., 1 Mar 2024, In: The British Journal of Criminology: An International Review of Crime and Society (BJC). 64, 2, p. 452 - 467 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reform and emergent police practice in Scotland: In search of situated policing
Henry, A. & Fyfe, N. R., 10 Feb 2022, The Abstract Police: Critical Reflections on Contemporary Change in Police Organisations. Terpstra, J., Salet, R. & Fyfe, N. R. (eds.). 1 ed. eleven international publishing, p. 57-80 23 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Reflections on knowledge exchange and democratic under-labouring: Encounters, brokering, and the collective impact of engagement
Henry, A., 31 Dec 2020, Criminology and Democratic Politics. Daems, T. & Pleysier, S. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Routledge, p. 223-240 18 p. (Routledge Advances in Criminology).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Interaction rituals and 'police' encounters: New challenges for interactionist police sociology
Henry, A., 9 Jul 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Policing and Society. N/A, p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Digital Ritual: Police Social Media Encounters and 'Authenticity'
Henry, A. (Assessor)
28 May 2025Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Eurocrim2023
Henry, A. (Participant)
6 Sept 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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The process of knowledge exchange: disruption, deliberation, legitimation
Henry, A. (Invited speaker)
24 Apr 2019Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Local Approaches to Policing
Henry, A. (Organiser)
7 Jun 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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European perspectives on local police governance
Henry, A. (Organiser) & Aydin-Aitchison, A. (Organiser)
16 Nov 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Projects
- 4 Finished
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Digital Deviance/Digital Compliance: Criminology, Social Interaction, and the Videogame
Henry, A. (Principal Investigator) & Horgan, S. (Co-investigator)
30/01/23 → 31/07/23
Project: Research Collaboration with external organisation
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Partners in scrutiny: investigating local policing arrangements in Scotland
Henry, A. (Principal Investigator) & Aydin-Aitchison, A. (Co-investigator)
1/10/15 → 31/03/16
Project: Research
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