DrDavid Cox

Reader in Criminal Justice

Faculty of Arts, Business, and Social Sciences

  • Reader in Criminal Justice
    Faculty of Arts, Business, and Social Sciences
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  • University of Wolverhampton, Criminology Department, Nursery Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1AD, United Kingdom

BIO

I am Reader in Criminal Justice History, specialising in early policing systems including the Bow Street 'Runners'. I came to academia quite late in life; my first degree (in Ancient History and Archaeology) was awarded by the University of Birmingham in 1996 when I was 34 years old. I then completed a Masters in Modern History with the Open University before undertaking PhD research into the provincial activities of the Bow Street 'Runners' at Edge Hill, being awarded my doctorate in 2006.
I have worked as a researcher at Keele University and Plymouth University before being appointed as a Lecturer in Criminology at Wolverhampton in 2013.
I also have a keen interest in local history, being the former Editor of a local history journal, and am currently President of Wordsley History Society.

UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON APPOINTMENTS

  • Lecturer in Crimnology
    University of Wolverhampton, Criminology Department, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom1 Apr 2013 - 31 Jul 2014
  • Reader in Criminal Justice History
    University of Wolverhampton, Criminology Department, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom1 Aug 2014

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Associate
    Keele University, Criminology, Keele, United Kingdom2 May 2011 - 30 Sep 2012
  • Research Fellow
    Plymouth University, Law, Plymouth, United Kingdom1 Oct 2010 - 30 Apr 2011
  • Research Associate
    Keele University, Criminology, Keele, United Kingdom1 May 2009 - 30 Apr 2020
  • Research Associate
    Keele University, Criminology, Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom1 Mar 2007 - 29 Jun 2007
  • Module Co-ordinator
    Keele University, Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom1 Feb 2006 - 29 Jun 2007
  • Research Assistant
    Keele University, Criminology, Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom1 Feb 2006 - 28 Feb 2007
  • Research Assistant
    Keele University, Criminology, Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom5 Jan 2004 - 31 Aug 2005

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior GIS Officer
    Dudley MBC, GIS, Dudley, United Kingdom1 Sep 1997 - 31 May 2001
  • Clerk
    Midlands Electricity PLC, Accounts, Dudley, United Kingdom1 Dec 1981 - 31 Aug 1993

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Lancaster University, United Kingdom2 Oct 2006 - 1 May 2006
  • MA (Distinction) Modern History
    Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom1 Sep 1998 - 31 Jul 2000
  • PGCE Academic Practice in Higher Education
    University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom1 Sep 2014 - 31 Jul 2015
  • BA (2.1 Hons) Ancient History and Archaelogy
    University of Birmingham, United Kingdom30 Sep 1993 - 31 Jul 1996