Tony Kearon

Biography

BSc (Hons) Sociology and Politics; MA (Hons) Cultural Studies; PhD

Born in Salford (Greater Manchester). After school Tony worked in various occupations (most notably as a postal worker) before completing an access course and going to university as a mature student. His undergraduate degree was followed by an MA and then a PhD on fear of crime and its impacts on older urban residents. While completing his postgraduate studies Tony worked as a researcher on various crime related research projects and taught undergraduates as well as student nurses and midwives. He also worked as a tutor in FE and adult education (teaching A levels, access modules and related courses), and as a conference organiser. Tony obtained his first lectureship (in Criminology and Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University) in 1998. He joined Keele in 2002.

Research and scholarship

Policing; Domestic Violence; Victims and Victimisation; Multi-Agency Partnership Working to Reduce Crime And Support Victims and Vulnerable People; Criminal Justice Policy

Teaching

Current courses:

Psychology and Crime
Criminal Justice: Process, Policy, Practice
Policing and The Police
Ma Criminology And Criminal Justice

Selected Publications

Kearon AT and Mahoney I. 2018. MAHONEY, I. and KEARON, T. Social quality, Brexit and Stoke-on-Trent. International Journal of Social Quality, 8 (1). ISSN 1757-0344. full text>
Mahoney I and Kearon AT. 2018. Formulating the post-industrial self: the role of petty crime among unemployed, working-class men in Stoke on Trent. In Masculinity, Labour and Neoliberalism: Working-Class Men in International Perspective. (14 vols.). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. link> doi> link>
Mahoney I and Kearon AT. 2017. (De)constructing ethical research narratives in criminological research. Research Ethics. doi> full text>
Kearon AT. 2017. The Role of the Visual in the Restoration of Social Order. In The International Handbook of Visual Criminology. Brown M (Ed.). Routledge. link> full text>
Kearon T and Leach R. 2000. Invasion of the 'body snatchers': Burglary reconsidered. THEORETICAL CRIMINOLOGY, 451-472, vol. 4(4). link> doi> full text>

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Journal Articles

Kearon AT and Mahoney I. 2018. MAHONEY, I. and KEARON, T. Social quality, Brexit and Stoke-on-Trent. International Journal of Social Quality, 8 (1). ISSN 1757-0344. full text>
Mahoney I and Kearon AT. 2017. (De)constructing ethical research narratives in criminological research. Research Ethics. doi> full text>
Kearon T and Leach R. 2000. Invasion of the 'body snatchers': Burglary reconsidered. THEORETICAL CRIMINOLOGY, 451-472, vol. 4(4). link> doi> full text>
Kearon T. 2013. Surveillance technologies and the crises of confidence in regulatory agencies. CRIMINOLOGY & CRIMINAL JUSTICE, 415-430, vol. 13(4). link> doi>
Kearon T. 2012. From Arbiter to Omnivore. The Bourgeois Transcendent Self and the Other in Disorganised Modernity. HUMAN STUDIES, 383-399, vol. 35(3). link> doi>
Kearon AT. 2012. Alternative Representation of the Prison and Imprisonment - Comparing Dominant Narratives in the News Media and in Popular Fictional Texts. Prison Service Journal, 4-10, vol. 199.
Kearon AT. 2012. FORTHCOMING: Surveillance Technologies and The Crisis of Confidence in Regulatory Agencies. Criminology and Criminal Justice.
Kearon AT. 2012. From Arbiter to Omnivore. The Bourgeois Transcendent Self and the Other in Disorganised Modernity. Human Studies. doi>
Austin JC, Day CR, Kearon AT, Evans DL, Haycock PW. 2010. Comparison method to differentiate between painted objects using polychromatic X-rays. INSIGHT, 140-143, vol. 52(3). link> doi>
Austin JC, Day CR, Kearon AT, Haycock PW. 2009. Single element mapping in radiography. X-RAY SPECTROMETRY, 492-504, vol. 38(6). link> doi>
Day CR, Austin JC, Butcher JB, Haycock PW, Kearon AT. 2009. Element-specific determination of X-ray transmission signatures using neural networks. NDT & E INTERNATIONAL, 446-451, vol. 42(5). link> doi>
Austin JC, Day CR, Kearon AT, Valussi S, Haycock PW. 2008. Using polychromatic X-radiography to examine realistic imitation firearms. Forensic Sci Int, 26-31, vol. 181(1-3). link> doi>
Austin JC, Day CR, Kearon AT, Valussi S, Haycock PW. 2008. Characterisation of metallic powder impregnated pastes using polychromatic X-radiography. INSIGHT, 550-553, vol. 50(10). link> doi>
KEARON AT, Mythen G, Walklate S. 2007. Making Sense of Emergency Advice: Public Perceptions of the Terrorist Risk. Security Journal, 77–95, vol. 20(2). doi>
KEARON AT. 2005. We Have Never Been Liberal -- Bourgeois Identity and the Criminal(ized) Other. Social Justice, 5-19, vol. 32(1).
Davies WJ, Cox TJ, Kearon AT, Longhurst BJ, Webb CL. 2001. Hearing loss in the built environment: The experience of elderly people. ACUSTICA, 610-616, vol. 87(5). link>

Chapters

Mahoney I and Kearon AT. 2018. Formulating the post-industrial self: the role of petty crime among unemployed, working-class men in Stoke on Trent. In Masculinity, Labour and Neoliberalism: Working-Class Men in International Perspective. (14 vols.). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. link> doi> link>
Kearon AT. 2017. The Role of the Visual in the Restoration of Social Order. In The International Handbook of Visual Criminology. Brown M (Ed.). Routledge. link> full text>
KEARON AT. 2007. Victims of Crime: A Question of History. In Handbook of Victims and Victimology . Walklate S (Ed.). Willan Publishing.

Other

Kearon AT. 2013. Crime reduction, cultural and economic regeneration - the case of Newcastle-Under-Lyme town centre.
KEARON AT and Massey, J.. 2004. Noise Nuisance, Intergenerational Conflict and Fear of Crime.

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