John Deering 

• Name : John Deering

• Job Title : Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice

• Email : john.deering@newport.ac.uk

• Contact Telephone Number : 01633 435331

• Campus : Caerleon

• Academic Faculty and School or Department : Faculty of Education and Social Sciences

• Research Centre or Group : Centre for Critical Social Studies and Newport Centre for Criminal and Community Justice

• Biography : John Deering was a social worker and probation officer before entering higher education, initially to teach trainee probation officers. He later developed the youth justice undergraduate courses at Newport and now teaches across the criminology/criminal justice and youth justice degrees.

• Academic and Professional Qualifications :
  • PhD (Cardiff) 2009
  • MSc in Social Research Methods (Open University) 1991
  • Certificate of Qualification in Social Work (Swansea) 1984,
  • BA (Hons) History (Nottingham) 1978.
    
    
• Professional Bodies and Memberships :
  • Member of the British Society of Criminology
  • Member of Management Board of the Welsh Centre for Crime and Social Justice - also joint co-ordinator of the Centre's Criminal Justice and Penal Policy Network
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
    
    
• Research Expertise or Interest : My areas of interest are the criminal justice system and processes, in particular the probation service and the youth justice system. I am also interested in the wider field of social justice.
  
  
• Publications :
  • Cowe, F., Deering, J. & Vanstone, M. (2007) ‘From Eclecticism to Orthodoxy in Practice: Can Theory and Practice Merge in Probation?’ In Steven R. Smith: Applying Theory to Policy and Practice. Aldershot: Ashgate
  • Brayford, J., Cowe, F. & Deering. J. (eds) (2010) What Else Works? Creative Work with Offenders. Cullompton: Willan
  • Deering, J (2010) ‘The Purposes of Supervision: Practitioner and Policy Perspectives in England & Wales’, in F. McNeill, P. Raynor & C. Trotter Offender Supervision: New Directions in Theory, Research and Practice. Cullompton: Willan
  • Deering, J (2010) ‘Attitudes and Beliefs of Trainee Probation Officers – a New Breed?’ Probation Journal. 57 (1) pp. 9-26
  • Deering J (2011) Probation and the New Penology: Practitioner Reflections. Aldershot: Ashgate
  • Brayford, J., Cowe, F. & Deering. J. (eds - forthcoming) Sex Offenders: Punish, Help Change or Control? Theory, Policy and Practice Explored. London: Routledge
  • Brayford, J & Deering, J (forthcoming) ‘Media Influences on Public Perceptions of Sex Offenders: Impact on Policy and Practice’, in Brayford, J., Cowe, F. & Deering. J. (eds) Sex Offenders: Punish, Help Change or Control? Theory, Policy and Practice Explored. London: Routledge