Department of Criminology

Dr Neil Chakraborti

	Lecturer in Criminology
	Email: nac5@le.ac.uk
	Tel: +44 (0)116 252 5706
	Fax: +44 (0)116 252 5788
	Office: Room 2.03 2nd floor, 154 Upper New Walk
	Office Hours: Wednesday 9:30 - 11:30

Biography

Having graduated from the University of Birmingham with a first degree in Law, Neil completed his postgraduate qualifications here at the Department of Criminology, graduating with an MA in Criminology in 1999 and a PhD in Criminology in 2007. He has worked at the Department since 1999, during which time he has conducted research on behalf of the British Oil Security Syndicate and the Dixons group to investigate issues of retail security; the Charlton Athletic Race Equality (CARE) Partnership to analyse the development of its anti-racist initiatives; and Greater Manchester Police to evaluate the effectiveness of their diversity training programme. More recently, he has conducted a series of research projects commissioned respectively by Suffolk County Council, Northamptonshire Police and Warwickshire Police designed to assess the problem of rural racism and minority ethnic households’ perceptions of existing service provision and support networks.

In addition to his research on the subject of rural racism, Neil has published more broadly on issues of racist violence, community safety and victimisation, with a particular interest in racist and religious hate crime, community cohesion and policing diversity. He is co-editor (with Jon Garland) of Rural Racism, published by Willan in October 2004; is co-author of Hate Crime: Impact, Causes, and Consequences (also with Jon Garland), to be published in April 2009 by Sage; and is editor of Hate Crime: Concepts, Policy, Future Directions, to be published in April 2010 by Willan.

Research Interests

Hate crime; rural racism; ‘race’, ethnicity and identity; victimisation; policing diversity.

PhD Supervision

Dr Chakraborti would be interested in supervising PhD study in the following areas:

• hate crime victimisation, perpetration or policy (in the context of either racist, religiously motivated, homophobic or disablist hate crime)
• ‘race’, ethnicity and anti-racism

Teaching

• Theories of Crime and Criminality (Undergraduate year 1 core module)
• Policing and Society (Undergraduate year 2 core module)
• Hate Crime and Victimisation (Undergraduate year 3 optional module)

Administrative Responsibilities

• Chair of the Department’s Learning and Teaching Committee
• Leicester UCU departmental representative
• Member of Management Group

Publications (2010)

Chakraborti, N. (2010) 'Beyond ‘Passive Apartheid’? Developing Policy and Research Agendas on Rural Racism', Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (in press)

Chakraborti, N. (ed.) (2010) Hate Crime: Concepts, Policy, Future Directions, Cullompton: Willan (forthcoming)

Publications (2009)

Chakraborti, N. (2009) ‘A Glass Half Full? Assessing Progress in the Policing of Hate Crime', Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice (in press)

Garland, J. and Chakraborti, N. (2009) ‘Identity, ‘Otherness’ and the Impact of Racist Victimisation in the English Countryside’, in P. Iganski, (ed.) The Harms of Hate Crime, Westport, CT: Greenwood

Garland, J. and Chakraborti, N. (2009) Hate Crime: Impact, Causes, and Consequences, London: Sage

Publications (2008)

Chakraborti, N. (2008) ‘‘Race’ in the United Kingdom’ in R. Schaefer (ed.) Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Society, New York: Sage.

Publications (2007)

Chakraborti, N. (2007) 'Policing Muslim Communities' in M Rowe (ed.) Policing Beyond Macpherson: Issues in Policing, Race and Society, Willan: Cullompton, pp. 107-127.

Garland, J. and Chakraborti, N. (2007) ‘’Protean Times?’ Exploring the Relationships between Policing, Community and ‘Race’ in Rural England, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 347-365.

Publications (2006)

Garland, J., Spalek, B. and Chakraborti, N. (2006) 'Hearing Lost Voices: Issues in Researching 'Hidden' Minority Ethnic Communities', British Journal of Criminology, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 423-437.

Garland, J. and Chakraborti, N. (2006) 'Recognising and Responding to Victims of Rural Racism', International Review of Victimology, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 49-69.

Garland, J. and Chakraborti, N. (2006) ''Race', Space and Place: Examining Identity and Cultures of Exclusion in Rural England', Ethnicities, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 159-177.

Publications (2004)

Chakraborti, N. & Garland, J. (2004) ‘England’s Green and Pleasant Land? Examining Racist Prejudice in a Rural Context’, Patterns of Prejudice, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 383-398.

Chakraborti, N. & Garland, J. (eds) (2004) Rural Racism: Contemporary Debates and Perspectives, Cullompton: Willan.

Garland, J. and Chakraborti, N. (2004) Racist Victimisation, Community Safety and the Rural: Issues and Challenges, British Journal of Community Justice, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 21-32.

Chakraborti, N., Garland, J. and Spalek, B. (2004) ‘Out of Sight, Out of Mind? Towards Developing an Understanding of the Needs of ‘Hidden’ Minority Ethnic Communities’, Criminal Justice Matters, No. 57, Autumn, pp. 34-35.

Garland, J. and Chakraborti, N. (2004) ‘Another Country? Community, Belonging and Exclusion in Rural England’, in N. Chakraborti and J. Garland (eds) Rural Racism, Cullompton: Willan, pp. 122-140.

Chakraborti, N., Garland, J. and Spalek, B. (2004) ‘Out of Sight, Out of Mind? Towards Developing an Understanding of the Needs of ‘Hidden’ Minority Ethnic Communities’, Criminal Justice Matters, No. 57, Autumn, pp. 34-35.

Chakraborti, N. and Garland, J. (2004) Meeting the Challenge? Understanding the Needs and Experiences of Minority Ethnic Households in North Warwickshire and Stratford-on-Avon, Leicester: Department of Criminology, University of Leicester.

Publications (2003)

Chakraborti, N. & Garland, J. (2003) ‘An ‘Invisible’ Problem? Uncovering the Nature of Racist Victimisation in Rural Suffolk’, International Review of Victimology, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 1-17.

Chakraborti, N. & Garland, J. (2003) ‘Under-researched and Overlooked: An Exploration of the Attitudes of Rural Minority Ethnic Communities Towards Crime, Community Safety and the Criminal Justice System’, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 563-572.

Garland, J. and Chakraborti, N. (2003) Countryside Alliance? An Assessment of Multi-Agency Responses to Racism in Rural Suffolk, Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 61-73.

Chakraborti, N. Garland, J. and Keetley, K. (2003) Responding to Racist Incidents in Wellingborough and East Northamptonshire: An Assessment of Agency Practice and Victim Satisfaction, Leicester: PRCI.

Publications (2002)

Chakraborti, N. & Garland, J. (2002) ‘Getting a Sense of Perspective: Assessing Minority Ethnic Communities’ Views Towards Crime and Criminal justice’, Criminal Justice Matters, No. 49, Autumn, pp. 12-13.

Chakraborti, N., Gill, M., Willis, A., Hart, J. and Smith, P. (2002) ‘The Victimisation of Petrol Service Stations: Crime Patterns and Implications’, Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 37-48.

Chakraborti, N., Gill, M., Willis, A., Hart, J. and Smith, P. (2002) The Nature and Extent of Crime Committed Against Petrol Service Stations in the UK, Leicester: Scarman Centre, University of Leicester.

Gill, M., Chakraborti, N. and Speed, M. (2002) ‘Offender Perspectives of Shop Theft’, Security Management Today, February, pp. 18-20.

Garland, J. and Chakraborti, N. (2002) Tackling the Invisible Problem? An Examination of the Provision of Services to Victims of Racial Harassment in Rural Suffolk, Leicester: Scarman Centre, University of Leicester.

Garland, J. and Chakraborti, N. (2002) Crime, Community Safety and the Criminal Justice System: An Assessment of the Attitudes of Minority Ethnic Communities in Suffolk, Leicester: Scarman Centre, University of Leicester.

Publications (2001)

Garland, J. and Chakraborti, N. (2001) Evaluation of the CARE Partnership: Final Report, Leicester: Scarman Centre, University of Leicester.

Publications (2000)

Hucklesby, A., Chakraborti, N. and Little, R. (2000) Bail Decision-Making in the West Yorkshire Police Service, Leicester: Scarman Centre, University of Leicester.