Jenni Ward
Senior Lecturer in Criminology
Department: Health and Social Sciences
Contact
- Telephone: +44 (0)20 8411 6418
- E-mail: j.r.ward@mdx.ac.uk
Qualifications
BSc PGCert. HE PhD
Research Interests
My main research interests are illicit drugs use and drugs market organisation, with a particular interest in recreational drugs markets. My ethnographic drugs selling research carried out in London nightclubs in the mid to late 1990s is published in 'Flashback: Drugs and Dealing in the Golden Age of the London Rave Culture'.
Teaching Interests
Criminal Courts and Prisons, Critical Issues in Criminal Justice, Institutions of Criminal Justice.
Biography
Education
"2009 PGCert.HE Middlesex University, London, UK
2006Ph.D. (Sociology) Drug Use and Drug Dealing in the 'Rave' Club Culture. Goldsmiths College, University of London, London: United Kingdom.
1993BSc. Applied Social Sciences Hons (2.1) University of North London, London: United Kingdom.
Employment
Sept. 2007 - Current - Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Middlesex University
July 2004 -August 2007 Research Fellow, Social Policy Research Centre, Middlesex University
Jan 1999- March 2004 Research Associate, Public Policy Research Unit, then Centre for Urban and Community Research, Goldsmiths College, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW.
Oct 1993- Dec 1999 Research Assistant, then Associate, The Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour (CRDHB), Imperial College School of Medicine, University of London. 200 Seagrave Rd, London SW61RQ.
Curriculum/subject area
Criminology and criminal justice
Current work administrative and professional duties/roles
Programme leader on BA Criminology and BA Criminology with Sociology and module leader across different criminology modules at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. I am an active member of the Crime and Conflict Research Centre.
Research
Authored Books Ward, J. (2010) Flashback: Drugs in the Golden Age of the London Rave Scene. Willan Publishing, Cullompton, Devon.
Chapters in edited books Ward, J with Bayley, M (2007) Young People's Perceptions of Risk in B.Thom; R. Sales and Pearce. J (Eds.) Growing Up With Risk. London: Policy Press.
Refereed articles
Ward, J. (2011) The Punishment ofDrugs Possession Cases in the Magistrates' Courts: Time for a Rethink. submitted to European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research.
Ward, J. (2011) Policing Public Drugs Nuisance through the Anti-Social Behaviour Legislation: Questions and Contradictions. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 17, 4, 323-347.
Ward, J. (2008) Researching Drug Sellers: An Experiential Account from the Field. Sociological Research Online, March, Vol 13, 1/2.
Ward, J with Patel, N (2006) Broadening the Discussion on Sexual Exploitation: Ethnicity, Sexual Exploitation and Young People. Child Abuse Review, 15, 5, 341-350.
Ward, J and Henderson, Z (2003) Some Practical and Ethical Issues Encountered While Conducting Tracking Research with Young People Leaving the 'Care' System. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 6,3, 255-259.
Ward, J (2001) Review Essay. Policy Studies, 22,2, 135-142.
Official reports Ward, J., Henderson, Z., Pearson, G (2003) One Problem Among Many: Drug Use Among Care Leavers in Transition to Independent Living. Home Office Research Study 260. London: Home Office.
Recent conferencesDrug Use Combinations Among a Sample of ‘Problem Drug Users – Drug Market Influences and Challenges for Drug Services.Paper presented to the European Society for Social Drug Research Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia. 30th Sept. -2nd Oct. 2010.
