Associate Professor
Criminology & Sociology
Middlesex University
Youth Crime and Youth Justice, Victimisation, Policing and Community Safety, Illicit Drug Use
David Porteous has over 30 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. 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 up to that point.
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more...David Porteous has over 30 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. 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 up to that point.
More recently David has undertaken research for the London Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) on the overlap between victimisation and offending amongst children and young people and is currently (2023) evaluating one six Pathfinder (Diversion) projects funded by the YJB.
Whilst work 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 study of lifelong cannabis use and a scoping study of the needs of the Portuguese community in Lambeth. David is currently (2023) involved in an evaluation of a 'Culturally Informed Family Approach' to Domestic Abuse developed in west and north London
BA (Hons) Philosophy & Politics (2:1), University of Leeds, 1986
MA The Politics of International Resources and Development, University of Leeds, 1992
PhD by Published Works - Utopian Youth Justice?, Middlesex University, January 2014