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School of Applied Social Sciences

SASS Staff

Dr Michael McManus

Teaching Fellow - Part-Time in the School of Applied Social Sciences

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Biography

On leaving the Royal Navy (Fleet Air Arm) in 1971, I served as a police officer in Durham Constabulary until 1999. While serving as a police officer I obtained a BA (Hons) in Criminal Justice Studies from the University of Northumbria, was awarded a Bramshill Fellowship with the National Police College at Bramshill and a Ph.D. (Private Policing in Public Places) from the University of Durham. On retirement from the police service I was invited by the School of Applied Social Sciences to teach on the MA Course in Criminal Justice Studies and later the BA Course in Criminology where I taught and coordinated the Policing and Police Module. I have been awarded the Post Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education and a Fellowship with the Higher Education Academy.

As an operational police officer with various roles and responsibilities over many years, in particular CID, I hope to bring some practical knowledge and experiences to the teaching of criminology at the School of Applied Social Sciences.

Publications

Articles: magazine

  • McManus, M. (1995). Power Symbols, Double Standards. Police Review
  • McManus, M. (1993). How's Your Boss Doing? Police

Books: authored

Journal papers: academic

  • McManus, M. (2008). From Townland to Township: The Complex Evolution of a Dissipative Famine Irish Community in County Durham. North East History 35(7-53).
  • McManus, M. (2004). Cultural Relic: The Veneration and Death of the Traditional Detective. Northern Review 13(33-38).
  • McManus, M. (2002). The City Beat: Culture then and now. Northern Review 11: 63-76.
  • McManus, M. (1999). Policing Street Nuisance in Mid-Victorial Durham: Bobby's Thoroughly Bourgeoisie Agency of Social Control. North East History
  • McManus, M. (1997). Getting Things Right for Policing: Cultural Shift or Elitist Sop? The Police Journal LXX(2).
  • McManus, M. (1994). Folk Devils and Moral Panics? Irish Stereotyping in Mid-Victorian Durham. Durham County Local History Society Bulletin 53.

Research Interests

  • Policing
  • Irish History

Teaching Areas

  • MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • Policing and Police Module
  • Researching Crime Workshops