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      Dr Angus Nurse

      ROLE: Associate Professor in Criminology and Sociology
      SCHOOL: Law
      DEPARTMENT: Criminology & Sociology
      TELEPHONE: +44 (0)20 8411 5057
      EMAIL: A.Nurse@mdx.ac.uk
      1. Biography &
        Qualifications
      2. Learning &
        Teaching Interests
      3. Research Outputs &
        Interests
      4. Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects
      5. Engagement &
        Impact

      • Biography &
        Qualifications

        Dr Angus Nurse joined Middlesex University in May 2013. He was previously Lecturer in Criminology at Birmingham City University (2011 to 2013) and Research Fellow in the Law School at the University of Lincoln (January 2008 to the end of September 2011). Angus was Investigations Co-ordinator for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) from 1990 to 1997 and was the RSPB's Legal and Data Protection Officer from October 1997 to February 2000. He was subsequently an Investigator for the Commission for Local Administration in England (the Local Government Ombudsman) from February 2000 to February 2008.

        Education

        • MSc Criminal Justice Studies (1997) University of Leicester
        • PhD Perspectives on Criminality and Criminal Justice Policy on Wildlife Crime in the UK (2009) Birmingham City University

         

        Selected Research Publications

        Authored Books

        • Nurse, A. (2013) Animal Harm: Perspectives on Why People Harm and Kill Animals, Farnham: Ashgate

        Articles

        • Ryland, D. and Nurse, A. (2013) 'Mainstreaming After Lisbon: Advancing Animal Welfare in the EU Internal Market', European Energy and Environmental Law Review, Vol. 22 (3) June 2013. pp. 101-115
        • Nurse, A. (2013) 'Privatising the Green Police: The Role of NGOs in Wildlife Enforcement', Crime law and Social Change, Volume 59, Issue 3.pp.305-318
        • Nurse, A. (2013) 'A Manifesto for Wildlife Law Reform: Assessing the Law Commission's Proposals for Wildlife law Reform: Journal of Animal Welfare Law, Autumn 2012/Winter 2013.pp.4-9
        • Nurse, A. (2012) 'Repainting the Thin Green Line: The Enforcement of Wildlife Legislation', Internet Journal of Criminology, October 2012
        • Hodges, C. Peysner, J. and Nurse, A. (2012) 'Litigation Funding: Status and Issues' European Private Law eJournal, Vol. 4.(35). (Also published as Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 55/2012, Oxford: University of Oxford).
        • Nurse, A. (2011) 'Policing Wildlife: Perspectives on Criminality in Wildlife Crime' Papers from the British Criminology Conference, Volume 11, 2011, London: British Society of Criminology

        Chapters in Edited Books

        • Nurse, A. (2013) 'Perspectives on Criminality in Wildlife Crime' in Walters, R. Wyatt, T. and Westerhuis, D. (eds) Emerging Issues in Green Criminology: Exploring Power Justice and Harm, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
        • Nurse, A. (2012) 'Defining the Free Press: EU Perspectives on the protection of Freedom of Speech, the Media and Fundamental Rights' in Wetzel, J. (ed) The EU As a Global Player in Human Rights, London: Routledge
        • Nurse, A. (2012) 'Decoding the Dark Passenger: The Serial Killer as a Force for Justice, Adapting Jeff Lindsay's Dexter Books for the Small Screen' in Robson, P. and Silbey, J. (2012) Law and Justice on the Small Screen, Oxford: Hart Publishing
        • Nurse, A. (2009) 'Dealing with Animal Offenders' in Linzey, A. (ed) The Link between Animal Abuse and Human Violence, Brighton: Sussex Academic Press

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      • Learning &
        Teaching Interests

        Undergraduate:

        • Environmental Justice and Green Criminology
        • Transnational Organised and Environmental Crime
        • Crime, media and culture

        Postgraduate:

        • Wildlife law
        • International Environmental Law
        • Restorative Justice
        • Criminal Investigation

      • Research Outputs &
        Interests

        Angus's main research interests are in wildlife and environmental crime and the effectiveness of laws protecting animals and wildlife. His work in this area also includes examining the links between animal abuse and interpersonal violence, the use of justice systems to achieve better protection for animals and pursue animal rights (broadly defined) and the better integration of animal crime within mainstream criminal justice.

        Angus's other research interests include cultural representations of crime, access to justice (particularly access to environmental justice and the marginalization of the vulnerable) and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and the use of alternatives to traditional court systems to achieve effective justice.

        Doctoral students are welcome in the following areas:

        • Green Criminology - particularly wildlife crime and animal abuse
        • Corporate Environmental Crime
        • Access to justice and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) especially Ombudsman's schemes and alternatives to traditional court systems

        Publication Feed

        Preventing wildlife crime: contemporary issues in enforcement and policy perspectives

        Nurse, Angus (2020) Preventing wildlife crime: contemporary issues in enforcement and policy perspectives. In: Rural crime prevention: theory, tactics and techniques. Harkness, Allistair , ed. Routledge Studies in Rural Criminology . Routledge, pp. 267-281. ISBN 9781138625143 (Accepted/In press)

        Wildlife criminology

        Nurse, Angus and Wyatt, Tanya (2020) Wildlife criminology. New Horizons in Criminology . Bristol University Press, Bristol. ISBN 9781529204346 (Accepted/In press)

        A question of sentience: Brexit, animal welfare and animal protection law

        Nurse, Angus (2019) A question of sentience: Brexit, animal welfare and animal protection law. Journal of animal and environmental law , 10 (2). pp. 32-59.

        Green criminology: shining a critical lens on environmental harm

        Nurse, Angus (2017) Green criminology: shining a critical lens on environmental harm. Palgrave Communications , 3 . pp. 1-4. ISSN 2055-1045

        See no evil, print no evil: the criminalization of free speech in DMZ

        Nurse, Angus (2017) See no evil, print no evil: the criminalization of free speech in DMZ. The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship , 7 (1). pp. 1-22. ISSN 2048-0792

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