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Dr Darren Thiel

Staff positionSenior Lecturer
E-maildjthiel (non Essex users should add @essex.ac.uk)
Telephone2638 (non Essex users should add 01206-87 to the beginning of this number)
Fax3410
Room5A.308
BiographyBefore coming to Essex, Darren worked in a number of different occupations including the agricultural, construction, service and military sectors. After completing his PhD in 2006 he  worked as a researcher at the Home Office and the Police Foundation, and taught sociology at the University of East Anglia.
QualificationsBSc, MSc, PhD (LSE)
Current research
I am interested and have undertaken research in many areas of sociology including: work, employment and economy; class and social stratification; migration; terrorism; policing and governance. I am currently involved in a project looking at the experiences of families of homicide victims where no suspect has been convicted. I am interested in supervising research students in any of these areas.
Research interests
  • Social class and stratification;
  • economic sociology;
  • migration, globalisation and governance;
  • globalisation and policing;
  • policing terrorism;
  • the criminal justice system.
Teaching responsibilitiesCoordinator: MA Socio-legal studies and Criminology; Module convenor: SC304 Globalisation and Crime; SC655 Current Controversies in Crime and Criminal Justice Policy; Module co-convenor (with Dr. Pete Fussey): SC104: Introduction to Crime, Law and Society; Lecturer: SC335 Policing and Society; and SC557: Critical Perspectives on Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism.

 
Publications

Book:
Thiel, D. (2012) Builders: Class, Gender and Ethnicity in the Construction Industry. London: Routledge.
 
Journal Articles:
Thiel, D. (forthcoming) ‘Builders, Bodies, and Bifurcations: How London Construction Workers “Learn to   Labour”, Ethnography  .
Thiel, D. (2010) ‘Contacts and Contracts: Economic Embeddedness and Ethnic Stratification in London’s Construction Market’, Ethnography 11(3): 443-471.
Thiel, D. (2007) 'Class in Construction: London Building Workers, Dirty Work and Physical Cultures', British Journal of Sociology 58(2):227-251. (Reprinted in R. Hobbs (ed. 2011) Ethnography in Context. Sage).

Book chapters:
Thiel, D. (2012) 'Ethnography and Flux: Identity and Epistemology in Construction Fieldwork', in S. Pink, A. Dainty and D. Tutt (eds) Ethnographic Research in The Construction Industry. Routledge.

Innes, M. and Thiel, D. (2008) 'Policing Terror', in T. Newburn (ed) The Handbook of Policing, Second edition. Cullompton: Willan.
 
Reports:
Thiel, D. (forthcoming) Double Injustice, Double Trauma: The Effects of Acquittal of Suspects upon the Families' of Victims of Homicide (Report produced for Justice After Acquittal)
Thiel, D. and Gillan, K. (2010) ‘Factors affecting participation in assisted voluntary return programmes and successful reintegration: a review of the evidence’, Home Office Research Report 29.
Bryan, R., Cocke, B., Gillan, K. and Thiel, D. (2010) ‘The Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme (VARRP) 2004 and 2004 extension: monitoring report’, Home Office Research Report 30. 
Stoneman, P. and Thiel, D. (2010) NEET in Essex: A Review of the Evidence (report produced for Essex County Council)
Thiel, D. (2009) Policing Terrorism: A Review of the Evidence. London: The Police Foundation.

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