John Scott

Biographic Data

ID3580925
NAMEJohn Scott
GIVEN NAMESJohn
FAMILY NAMEScott
SIGNATURESCOTT J
AFFILIATIONSQueensland University of Technology
ORCID0000-0002-1672-4199
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS204
TOTAL CITATIONS780
AUTHOR COUNT190
EDITOR COUNT14
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1807
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX18

  • The Palgrave Handbook of Criminology and the Global South

    Open AccessRoxana Pessoa Cavalcanti, David S Fonseca et al.BOOKThe Palgrave Handbook of…2025

  • Navigating policing and work-life balance in the South Pacific

    Danielle Watson, Nathan W Pino et al.ARTICLEPolice Practice and Research2025

    Policing in the South Pacific is influenced by a myriad of factors including cultural norms, historical legacies, socio-economic disparities, and geopolitical dynamics. Against this backdrop, law enforcement officers face multifaceted challenges in reconciling the demands of their profession with personal and familial obligations. This article discusses the challenges faced by police officers as they attempt to balance their professional and pers…

  • The Sage Handbook of Social Network Analysis

    John Mclevey, John Scott et al.BOOKThe Sage Handbook of Social…2024

  • Corporations, Classes and Capitalism

    John ScottBOOKCorporations, Classes and…2024Cited by: 23

    First published in 1985, Corporations, Classes and Capitalism raises some crucial questions – how important are large multinational companies? Who really controls the economy? Is government policy able to influence business activities? John Scott examines the transformation of industrial property over the last hundred years and, through the use of extensive empirical data, relates this transformation to the actual structure of control over busine…

  • Vaccine passports: Public health law and the regulation of space, bodies and movement

    Belinda Bennett, John Scott et al.ARTICLEAustralian Journal of Human Rights2024Cited by: 1

  • Troubling Decriminalization

    John Scott, Jane ScoularARTICLERadical History Review2024References: 17

    In the context of a fiercely polarized battle on the correct legal response to prostitution, sex workers and their advocates often advance decriminalization as a policy that can protect rights and provide improved health and safety for those involved in the sex industry. And yet this policy, after an initial implementation in New South Wales in 1995, has failed to gain much legislative support in jurisdictions outside Australia and New Zealand. T…

  • Historical Perspectives on British Sociology's Future: An Interview with John Scott

    Open AccessGraham Crow, Linda Mckie et al.ARTICLESociology2023Cited by: 1References: 2

    John Scott's career as a sociologist spans more than 50 years, during which time he has written or edited more than 40 books among a total of more than 200 publications. The breadth of his interests and his service to the discipline in various roles including as President of the British Sociological Association and chair of the Sociology sub-panel for the Research Assessment Exercise and the Research Excellence Framework make him particularly wel…

  • Structure and Social Action: On Constituting and Connecting Social Worlds

    John ScottBOOKStructure and Social Action2022

    The book shows the falsity of the opposition between action and structure by setting out a sophisticated view of social structure at two levels. The figurational structures of interaction orders, mapped through methods of social network analysis, can be seen as partitioned by underlying formational structures such as class and gender.

  • Deploying nationalist discourses to reduce sex-, gender- and HIV-related stigma in Thailand

    Open AccessScott Berry, John Scott et al.ARTICLEBioSocieties2022

  • A study of the capabilities and limitations of local governments in providing community services in Nepal

    Open AccessKeshav K Acharya, John ScottARTICLEPublic Administration and Policy2022Cited by: 3

    Purpose Corruption and dishonesty in the political and bureaucratic realms have impeded the ability of local governments to provide services and social justice in Nepali society. In light of this, the purpose of this research is to answer the key research question: what are the possibilities and limitations of local government in implementing constitutionally guaranteed rights in order to transform local communities? Design/methodology/approach T…

  • The Organisation of Sex Work in Bangladesh

    Habiba Sultana, John ScottARTICLESouth Asia Journal of South Asian…2022Cited by: 1

    This paper problematises the dominance of the Northern gaze on sex work. Because the organisation of sex work takes place under different modes in Bangladesh, sex work premises have a unique structure which sets them apart from sex work in the Global Northern contexts. In particular, the dichotomy between private and public life, which has influenced the structure and organisation of sex work in many Northern contexts, as well as the regulation o…

  • Pedophile Hunters and Performing Masculinities Online

    Emma Hussey, Kelly Richards et al.ARTICLEDeviant Behavior2022References: 65

    Pedophile hunting – abetted by digital technologies – has spread rapidly, resulting in detrimental outcomes, including suicides of hunters' targets. The scant research on these groups adopts a functionalist argument that they have emerged to fill a security deficit – to undertake work that police are incapable of due to resource and skill deficits in policing the cybersphere. This paper adopts a critical approach to argue that the expressive natu…

  • Strangers in a strange land: Police perceptions of working in discrete Indigenous communities in Queensland, Australia

    Anna Dwyer, John Scott et al.ARTICLEPolice Practice and Research2021

    This paper examines the perceptions of police who work in Queensland’s discrete Indigenous communities. Given the strong relationship between policing practices and the environments in which police work, we examine how ‘place’ and ‘space’ – particularly the environmental context of Queensland’s discrete Indigenous communities – can inform policing. Interviews with fifteen police officers who work in Indigenous communities across Queensland found …

  • The Routledge Handbook of Male Sex Work, Culture, and Society

    Itai Doron, John Geoffrey Scott et al.BOOKRoutledge Handbook of Male Sex…2021

    This chapter explores how male sex workers use fashion as a tool for communication with potential clients. Examining a diverse range of portrayals in films, photographs, Internet profiles, and selfies, the chapter illustrates how male prostitutes tailor their appearances to appeal to different audiences. Heterosexual gigolos catering to female clients often emphasise sophistication, class, and refined taste, while hustlers targeting gay clientele…

  • Walking in two worlds’: A qualitative review of income management in Cape York

    Open AccessJohn Scott, Zoe Staines et al.ARTICLEAustralian Journal of Public…2021

    The Cape York Welfare Reform (CYWR) initiative aims to reduce ‘passive dependence’ on welfare and restore ‘positive social norms’ to revitalise cultural and social networks and support economic engagement in Indigenous communities in the Cape York Region of Australia. Critics of the initiative and, in particular, its income management (IM) policies have associated it with a broader neoliberal reform agenda that delineates social ‘problems’ from t…

  • Strong communities and justice practices in the Torres Strait Region

    Open AccessJohn Scott, Zoe Staines et al.ARTICLEJournal of Sociology2021References: 8

    This article examines crime prevention practices in the Torres Strait Region (TSR), where relatively low crime rates challenge the association of discrete Indigenous communities with crime ‘problems’ and also test other criminological assumptions around crime. Drawing on 27 interviews with justice professionals and social workers in the TSR, we account for the resilience of a ‘shame culture’ in the region, which provides for a high level of socia…

  • The Emerald Guide to Talcott Parsons

    John ScottBOOKEmerald Guide to Talcott Parsons2020

    Short synopsis: This book is an introductory guide to the work of Talcott Parsons, designed specifically for students and those new to his work. It offers a comprehensive guide to reading and understanding the development of Parsons’s sociological ideas, placing them in the context of his life and his position in American sociology.

  • Emerald Guide to Talcott Parsons

    John ScottBOOKEmerald Guide to Talcott Parsons2020

  • Talcott Parsons and American Sociology

    John ScottCHAPTEREmerald Guide to Talcott Parsons2020

  • Charting the place of islands in criminology: On isolation, integration and insularity

    Open AccessJohn Scott, Zoe StainesARTICLETheoretical Criminology2020Cited by: 5References: 16

    In this article, we seek to chart the place of islands in criminology with respect to both their place- and space-based attributes. We explore the possibilities of island criminology through the case of Pitcairn Island, which in 2004 formed the backdrop for a series of sensational sexual assault trials. The trials thrust the Island, its people, history and customs into the international spotlight, acting as a counter-narrative to the popular myth…

  • Imaginary Drug Control and the Failures of Contemporary Australian Drug Policy

    Open AccessMargaret Pereira, John Scott et al.ARTICLEContemporary Drug Problems2020Cited by: 1References: 33

    Contemporary Australian drug policy is characterized by a tension between punitive law and order responses that invoke the myth of sovereign power and responsibilizing strategies that “(re)moralize” individuals, holding them responsible for their safety, security, and well-being. This article argues that this blending of neoliberal techniques of governance, such as harm minimization, with neoconservative methods of rule typified in prohibitionist…

  • British Sociology: A History

    Open AccessJohn ScottBOOKBritish Sociology2020Cited by: 8

  • Institute of Sociology (UK)

    Open AccessJohn ScottOTHERThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of…2020

    The Institute of Sociology was formed from the Sociological Society in London, founded in 1903. It was the first professional organization of sociologists in Britain and published a journal and a book series, and organized conferences. It brought together disparate groups and had a factionalized history through the 1920s and 1930s. It gradually declined in importance despite the growth of sociology as a subject, and it was finally wound up in 195…

  • Geddes, Patrick (1854–1932)

    Open AccessJohn ScottOTHERThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of…2020

    Patrick Geddes was a Scottish botanist and sociologist who constructed an ecological model of the relationship between the regional environment and the forms of social life that it sustains. He devised a systematic theory to explain the relationship between place, work, and people and used this to build a model of social change through the conflict between elites and subordinate classes. He depicted the need for a broadened and enlightened elite …

  • Contemporary Capitalism and the Distribution of Power in Society

    John G Scott, John ScottCHAPTEROxford Handbook of Max Weber2019

    This article examines Weber’s partial and fragmentary discussions of power and domination. It reconstructs a basis for Weber’s argument through introducing ideas of persuasive and coercive influence and shows how Weber examined these forms of power in structures of class and status and in views of state authority and patterns of domination in economic markets. It is shown that the Weberian conceptualization can illuminate many ongoing debates in …