Staff Profile
Andy Taylor
Lecturer
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Qualifications: BA, MA (Dunelm)
I attended Durham University obtaining a BA(Hons) in Sociology and Social Policy and an MA in Criminal Justice Studies. I spent 33 years as a Police Officer (1984 to 2017) retiring as a Community Sergeant.
I am an Ethnographer and my previous research has considered the relationship between cultural groups and the criminal justice process. This has included the families of murder victims (1997), young offenders and restorative justice (2001), and Community Policing within redundant mining and shipbuilding towns (2005). I am an active environmentalist.
- School – York Business School
- Email – a.taylor2@yorksj.ac.uk
- Phone – 01904 876 493
Teaching
I teach in areas relating to long term problem solving and partnerships within the process of crime reduction. I specialise in the comparison of organisational and group cultures specifically the relationship between the criminal justice process and areas such as social work and climate protest groups.
I currently teach on the following:
- Anatomy of a Crime 1 - Criminology level 3
- Anatomy of a Crime 2 - Criminology level 3 (module lead)
- Exploring Society - Criminology level 3
- Policing and Partnerships - Criminology level 4 (module lead)
- Culture of Contemporary Policing - Criminology level 5
- Social Justice, Communities and Partnerships - MSc - level 7
Research
My current PhD research looks at the relationship between police culture and climate activist groups such as Extinction Rebellion. Emotionality, power relations and their manifestations are central to the project and are elucidated through Autoethnographic and Ethnographic methodologies.
I have developed links with Stockholm and Uppsala Universities in Sweden contributing to projects relating to riot policing in Turkey and emotions within the judicial process.
Professional activities
- Research lead for Extinction Rebellion York
- Trained Facilitator for Peoples Assemblies
- Trained in Non Violent Confrontation models
- Member of the York St John Ecological Research Group.
