Iain Channing

Academic profile

Dr Iain Channing

Lecturer in Criminology
School of Society and Culture (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)

The Global Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Iain's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Goal 04: SDG 4 - Quality Education

About Iain

Iain Channing is a lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice and his research specialises in policing in historical and contemporary contexts. He has published three books which include the monograph The Police and the Expansion of Public Order Law, the edited collection Leading the Police (with Kim Stevenson and David Cox) and most recently, Historical Criminology (with David Churchill and Henry Yeomans). He has also contributed to other academic books and has articles published in Policing and Safer Communities. He has been invited to present his research at guest lectures across Europe and has also ran public order training days for the police. He has taught at the University of Plymouth since 2015 and currently manages the MSc Criminology programme. His teaching incorporates aspects of his research interests. His stage 3 module applies aspects of historical criminology while at stage 1 and 2 he runs modules which focus on police practice and theory. These modules modules focus on criminal investigation and forensic criminology and make use of innovative and practical learning scenarios.

Teaching


Module leader:
  • CCJ608 Crime, Punishment and Social Change (stage 3)
  • CCJ503 Forensic Criminology 2: Social Investigations (stage 2) 
  • CCJ406 Forensic Criminology 1: Police Investigations (stage 1)
  • CRIM748 Crime, Culture and Control (MSc)
  • CRIM732 Criminology Dissertation (MSc)

Also teaches on: 
  • CCJ601 Criminology and Criminal Justice Dissertation (stage 3)
  • CCJ504 Researching Crime and Criminal Justice
  • CCJ401 Being a Criminologist
  • CCJ404 Crime in Context (stage 1)
  • CRIM746 Criminological Research (MSc)
  • MARE707 Research Skills in the Arts, Humanities & Business

Contact Iain

Room 114, 19 Portland Villas, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
+44 1752 585624