David Porteous

David Porteous has twenty years experience of conducting applied social and criminological research. His principal field of study has been youth crime and youth justice and his work (with colleagues) has included a study of the relationship between school exclusion and youth offending for the Home Office, a study of inter- and intra-racial youth violence in school and the surrounding neighbourhood for the ESRC, comparative studies of services for vulnerable and disadvantaged young people funded by the European Union and the evaluation of mentoring and bail support schemes for the Youth Justice Board. Most recently he completed research for the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) to inform the development of specialist support services for young offenders who have been victims of crime, violence and/or abuse. Other recent work has included qualitative studies of youth victimisation for the London Borough of Newham and an evaluation of a Teenage Parenting Programme run by the Newham Children and Young People’s Trust. David’s PhD by Published Works, entitled ‘Utopian Youth Justice’ (awarded January 2014) synthesised his work in the general field of youth crime and youth justice. Whilst research with young people has been the predominant focus of his research activity, David has a broad research background. Over the course of his career, he has conducted studies of community needs, services for people living with HIV, public support for CCTV, drug-prevention projects and community safety partnerships. Since being at Middlesex he has undertaken an evaluation of the placement of Polish police officers with the Metropolitan police, a review of governmental databases and CCTV in England and Wales for a comparative study with researchers from the University of Barcelona and a study of lifelong cannabis use.