Graham Ellison
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3580918 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Graham Ellison |
| NOMBRES | Graham |
| APELLIDO | Ellison |
| FIRMA | ELLISON G |
| AFILIACIONES | Queen's University Belfast |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1309-7908 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 81 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2000 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Living the law
This article analyses the criminalisation of sex work as an ecological system of governance, sustained not only through statutory law but also through institutional mandates, funding logics, and cultural ideologies. Drawing on interviews with NGO practitioners in the United Kingdom and United States, and using ecological systems theory, we show how criminalisation operates through networked institutional relations. NGOs, as meso-level actors, med…
Sex workers’ experiences of criminal justice in the United Kingdom
While there is no attempt here to connect commercial sex with violence intrinsically, types of harms and violence are often experienced by those working in the sex industry. Yet, sex workers often have negative perceptions and experiences of the criminal justice systems that should exist to help protect and deliver justice to all victims/survivors. The following analyses come from a mixed-methods, cross-national study exploring sexual violations …
Young men doing business
Studies of male sex workers are often confined to the individual level rather than exploring their work environment per se or the larger ecological context in which their business activities are embedded. We know relatively little, for example, about the spatial location of erotic worksites (apart from street-level work) or the interactional dynamics of sellers and clients within such settings. This article presents an ethnographic study of bars …
Drifters, Party Boys and Incumbents
This article is based on a qualitative study of male street-based prostitution. It suggests that the street-based sector is more varied, with sellers adopting a wider range of working practices, than is commonly acknowledged in the literature on male prostitution. Drawing on data from Manchester, England, I identify a number of 'life patterns' among male street sellers that reflect varied working practices based on issues around rational decision…
Ulster Says No’
Commercial forms of sex such as prostitution/sex work, strip clubs and even sex shops have been the subject of much political debate and policy regulation over the last decade or so in the UK and Ireland. These myriad forms of commercial sex and land usage have managed to survive and even thrive in the face of public outcry and regulation. Despite being part of the UK we suggest that Northern Ireland has steered its own regulatory course, whereby…
Criminalizing the Payment for Sex in Northern Ireland
This paper examines recent legislative developments in Northern Ireland around Lord Morrow’s Human Trafficking & Exploitation (Further Provisions and Support for Victims) Bill that was passed unanimously in the Northern Ireland Assembly and which uniquely in the United Kingdom now makes it a criminal offence to pay for sexual services. I suggest that issues around sex trafficking, sexual slavery and prostitution in Northern Ireland bear all the h…
The Dynamics of Male and Female Street Prostitution in Manchester, England
This article examines male street prostitution in Manchester, England, and draws some comparisons to its female counterpart in this city. While the two sectors have some important similarities, we also find significant differences in the physical and social ecology of the places in which they work, in their behavior patterns, and in individuals' demographics and work experiences. We find that ecological differences between the male and female mar…
Responsible Participation, Community Engagement and Policing in Transitional Societies
The new structures of policing in N orthern I reland have been internationally lauded as a success, but the manner in which police‐community relations are unfolding in local settings is less clear. In this article we draw on a local crime survey conducted in a R epublican area in B elfast to examine residents' views of policing and to highlight residents' concerns about police effectiveness in dealing with crime and disorder. D rawing on H aberma…
Assessing the determinants of public confidence in the police
Drawing upon original survey research this article seeks to identify the generative processes that influence perceptions of the police in the context of an inner-city neighbourhood in Northern Ireland that has been affected by increases in crime and disorder in the aftermath of the peace process. Conceptually we draw upon recent research from England and Wales that outlines confidence in the police in terms of instrumental and expressive dimensio…
Security governance in transition
The article suggests that while the report of the Independent Commission on Policing (ICP) provides a police reform blueprint for Northern Ireland and elsewhere, it can also be seen as an attempt to engage more elliptically with contemporary debates in security governance vis-a-vis the increasingly fragmented nature of late-modern policing and the role of the state. A decade into the reform process in Northern Ireland and in spite of the networke…
Eye Spy Private High’
This paper contests traditional analyses of high policing, suggesting that it needs to be decoupled (in theoretical terms) from its umbilical linkage to public actors and the preservation and augmentation of state authority. Arguing that conventional conceptualizations of high policing fail to acknowledge the role of private actors, we adopt the term ‘private high policing’ to more accurately reflect the complexity of this paradigm. In particular…
The language of policing and the struggle for legitimacy in Northern Ireland
British government strategies of conflict management in Northern Ireland placed a heavy emphasis on police professionalism, which was itself connected to a broader set of initiatives to frame public understandings of the conflict in particular ways. In this paper we argue that as part of this process, a specific language of policing has been deployed in Northern Ireland in an effort to enhance the legitimacy of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)…
Young people and the royal Ulster constabulary
This paper forms part of a broader ESRC‐funded study into the relationship between young people, victimisation and policing in Northern Ireland. The findings reported here suggest that attitudes towards the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) are highly schismatic. The data showed no major differences between the attitudes of nationalists and republicans, suggesting a higher level of intra‐communal antagonism to the RUC that has previously been assum…
Policing and social conflict in Northern Ireland
In this introduction, we provide a historical account of the development of policing in Northern Ireland. In Section One, we discuss the historical imperatives that shaped the nature of policing in pre‐independence Ireland. In Section Two, we consider the links between police and state in Northern Ireland, and explore the dynamics of policing during the conflict. As police reform emerged as a central plank of the peace process, we examine the pot…
Reflecting All Shades of Opinion
Journal Article 'Reflecting All Shades of Opinion' Get access Graham Ellison Graham Ellison Department of Criminology, Keele University. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 40, Issue 1, January 2000, Pages 88–111, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/40.1.88 Published: 01 January 2000
Policing, collective action and social movement theory
In this paper we examine the relationship between social movements and the police through an analysis of the Civil Rights Movement (CRM) which emerged in the late 1960s in Northern Ireland. Following della Porta (1995) and Melucci (1996) we argue that the way in which episodes of collective action are policed can affect profoundly both levels of mobilization and the orientation of social movements. We also submit that the symbolic and representat…
Policing, collective action and social movement theory
In this paper we examine the relationship between social movements and the police through an analysis of the Civil Rights Movement (CRM) which emerged in the late 1960s in Northern Ireland. Following della Porta (1995) and Melucci (1996) we argue that the way in which episodes of collective action are policed can affect profoundly both levels of mobilization and the orientation of social movements. We also submit that the symbolic and representat…
Eye Spy Private High’
This paper contests traditional analyses of high policing, suggesting that it needs to be decoupled (in theoretical terms) from its umbilical linkage to public actors and the preservation and augmentation of state authority. Arguing that conventional conceptualizations of high policing fail to acknowledge the role of private actors, we adopt the term ‘private high policing’ to more accurately reflect the complexity of this paradigm. In particular…
The Dynamics of Male and Female Street Prostitution in Manchester, England
This article examines male street prostitution in Manchester, England, and draws some comparisons to its female counterpart in this city. While the two sectors have some important similarities, we also find significant differences in the physical and social ecology of the places in which they work, in their behavior patterns, and in individuals' demographics and work experiences. We find that ecological differences between the male and female mar…
The language of policing and the struggle for legitimacy in Northern Ireland
British government strategies of conflict management in Northern Ireland placed a heavy emphasis on police professionalism, which was itself connected to a broader set of initiatives to frame public understandings of the conflict in particular ways. In this paper we argue that as part of this process, a specific language of policing has been deployed in Northern Ireland in an effort to enhance the legitimacy of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)…
Criminalizing the Payment for Sex in Northern Ireland
This paper examines recent legislative developments in Northern Ireland around Lord Morrow’s Human Trafficking & Exploitation (Further Provisions and Support for Victims) Bill that was passed unanimously in the Northern Ireland Assembly and which uniquely in the United Kingdom now makes it a criminal offence to pay for sexual services. I suggest that issues around sex trafficking, sexual slavery and prostitution in Northern Ireland bear all the h…
Security governance in transition
The article suggests that while the report of the Independent Commission on Policing (ICP) provides a police reform blueprint for Northern Ireland and elsewhere, it can also be seen as an attempt to engage more elliptically with contemporary debates in security governance vis-a-vis the increasingly fragmented nature of late-modern policing and the role of the state. A decade into the reform process in Northern Ireland and in spite of the networke…
Policing and social conflict in Northern Ireland
In this introduction, we provide a historical account of the development of policing in Northern Ireland. In Section One, we discuss the historical imperatives that shaped the nature of policing in pre‐independence Ireland. In Section Two, we consider the links between police and state in Northern Ireland, and explore the dynamics of policing during the conflict. As police reform emerged as a central plank of the peace process, we examine the pot…
Assessing the determinants of public confidence in the police
Drawing upon original survey research this article seeks to identify the generative processes that influence perceptions of the police in the context of an inner-city neighbourhood in Northern Ireland that has been affected by increases in crime and disorder in the aftermath of the peace process. Conceptually we draw upon recent research from England and Wales that outlines confidence in the police in terms of instrumental and expressive dimensio…
Reflecting All Shades of Opinion
Journal Article 'Reflecting All Shades of Opinion' Get access Graham Ellison Graham Ellison Department of Criminology, Keele University. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 40, Issue 1, January 2000, Pages 88–111, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/40.1.88 Published: 01 January 2000
Drifters, Party Boys and Incumbents
This article is based on a qualitative study of male street-based prostitution. It suggests that the street-based sector is more varied, with sellers adopting a wider range of working practices, than is commonly acknowledged in the literature on male prostitution. Drawing on data from Manchester, England, I identify a number of 'life patterns' among male street sellers that reflect varied working practices based on issues around rational decision…
Ulster Says No’
Commercial forms of sex such as prostitution/sex work, strip clubs and even sex shops have been the subject of much political debate and policy regulation over the last decade or so in the UK and Ireland. These myriad forms of commercial sex and land usage have managed to survive and even thrive in the face of public outcry and regulation. Despite being part of the UK we suggest that Northern Ireland has steered its own regulatory course, whereby…
Young people and the royal Ulster constabulary
This paper forms part of a broader ESRC‐funded study into the relationship between young people, victimisation and policing in Northern Ireland. The findings reported here suggest that attitudes towards the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) are highly schismatic. The data showed no major differences between the attitudes of nationalists and republicans, suggesting a higher level of intra‐communal antagonism to the RUC that has previously been assum…
Reflecting All Shades of Opinion
Journal Article 'Reflecting All Shades of Opinion' Get access Graham Ellison Graham Ellison Department of Criminology, Keele University. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 40, Issue 1, January 2000, Pages 88–111, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/40.1.88 Published: 01 January 2000
Policing, collective action and social movement theory
In this paper we examine the relationship between social movements and the police through an analysis of the Civil Rights Movement (CRM) which emerged in the late 1960s in Northern Ireland. Following della Porta (1995) and Melucci (1996) we argue that the way in which episodes of collective action are policed can affect profoundly both levels of mobilization and the orientation of social movements. We also submit that the symbolic and representat…
The language of policing and the struggle for legitimacy in Northern Ireland
British government strategies of conflict management in Northern Ireland placed a heavy emphasis on police professionalism, which was itself connected to a broader set of initiatives to frame public understandings of the conflict in particular ways. In this paper we argue that as part of this process, a specific language of policing has been deployed in Northern Ireland in an effort to enhance the legitimacy of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)…
Young people and the royal Ulster constabulary
This paper forms part of a broader ESRC‐funded study into the relationship between young people, victimisation and policing in Northern Ireland. The findings reported here suggest that attitudes towards the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) are highly schismatic. The data showed no major differences between the attitudes of nationalists and republicans, suggesting a higher level of intra‐communal antagonism to the RUC that has previously been assum…
Policing and social conflict in Northern Ireland
In this introduction, we provide a historical account of the development of policing in Northern Ireland. In Section One, we discuss the historical imperatives that shaped the nature of policing in pre‐independence Ireland. In Section Two, we consider the links between police and state in Northern Ireland, and explore the dynamics of policing during the conflict. As police reform emerged as a central plank of the peace process, we examine the pot…
Eye Spy Private High’
This paper contests traditional analyses of high policing, suggesting that it needs to be decoupled (in theoretical terms) from its umbilical linkage to public actors and the preservation and augmentation of state authority. Arguing that conventional conceptualizations of high policing fail to acknowledge the role of private actors, we adopt the term ‘private high policing’ to more accurately reflect the complexity of this paradigm. In particular…
Security governance in transition
The article suggests that while the report of the Independent Commission on Policing (ICP) provides a police reform blueprint for Northern Ireland and elsewhere, it can also be seen as an attempt to engage more elliptically with contemporary debates in security governance vis-a-vis the increasingly fragmented nature of late-modern policing and the role of the state. A decade into the reform process in Northern Ireland and in spite of the networke…
Responsible Participation, Community Engagement and Policing in Transitional Societies
The new structures of policing in N orthern I reland have been internationally lauded as a success, but the manner in which police‐community relations are unfolding in local settings is less clear. In this article we draw on a local crime survey conducted in a R epublican area in B elfast to examine residents' views of policing and to highlight residents' concerns about police effectiveness in dealing with crime and disorder. D rawing on H aberma…
Assessing the determinants of public confidence in the police
Drawing upon original survey research this article seeks to identify the generative processes that influence perceptions of the police in the context of an inner-city neighbourhood in Northern Ireland that has been affected by increases in crime and disorder in the aftermath of the peace process. Conceptually we draw upon recent research from England and Wales that outlines confidence in the police in terms of instrumental and expressive dimensio…
Ulster Says No’
Commercial forms of sex such as prostitution/sex work, strip clubs and even sex shops have been the subject of much political debate and policy regulation over the last decade or so in the UK and Ireland. These myriad forms of commercial sex and land usage have managed to survive and even thrive in the face of public outcry and regulation. Despite being part of the UK we suggest that Northern Ireland has steered its own regulatory course, whereby…
Criminalizing the Payment for Sex in Northern Ireland
This paper examines recent legislative developments in Northern Ireland around Lord Morrow’s Human Trafficking & Exploitation (Further Provisions and Support for Victims) Bill that was passed unanimously in the Northern Ireland Assembly and which uniquely in the United Kingdom now makes it a criminal offence to pay for sexual services. I suggest that issues around sex trafficking, sexual slavery and prostitution in Northern Ireland bear all the h…
The Dynamics of Male and Female Street Prostitution in Manchester, England
This article examines male street prostitution in Manchester, England, and draws some comparisons to its female counterpart in this city. While the two sectors have some important similarities, we also find significant differences in the physical and social ecology of the places in which they work, in their behavior patterns, and in individuals' demographics and work experiences. We find that ecological differences between the male and female mar…
Young men doing business
Studies of male sex workers are often confined to the individual level rather than exploring their work environment per se or the larger ecological context in which their business activities are embedded. We know relatively little, for example, about the spatial location of erotic worksites (apart from street-level work) or the interactional dynamics of sellers and clients within such settings. This article presents an ethnographic study of bars …
Drifters, Party Boys and Incumbents
This article is based on a qualitative study of male street-based prostitution. It suggests that the street-based sector is more varied, with sellers adopting a wider range of working practices, than is commonly acknowledged in the literature on male prostitution. Drawing on data from Manchester, England, I identify a number of 'life patterns' among male street sellers that reflect varied working practices based on issues around rational decision…
Sex workers’ experiences of criminal justice in the United Kingdom
While there is no attempt here to connect commercial sex with violence intrinsically, types of harms and violence are often experienced by those working in the sex industry. Yet, sex workers often have negative perceptions and experiences of the criminal justice systems that should exist to help protect and deliver justice to all victims/survivors. The following analyses come from a mixed-methods, cross-national study exploring sexual violations …
Living the law
This article analyses the criminalisation of sex work as an ecological system of governance, sustained not only through statutory law but also through institutional mandates, funding logics, and cultural ideologies. Drawing on interviews with NGO practitioners in the United Kingdom and United States, and using ecological systems theory, we show how criminalisation operates through networked institutional relations. NGOs, as meso-level actors, med…
Sociology (13 obras) · Political science (12 obras) · Law (10 obras) · Criminology (8 obras) · Law (8 obras) · Sex work and related issues (8 obras) · Policing Practices and Perceptions (7 obras) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (6 obras) · Northern ireland (6 obras) · Politics (6 obras)