Dr Darren Thiel
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 872638
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Location
5A.308, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
Tuesdays 10-11
Profile
Biography
Darren studied sociology at the London School of Economics, completing his PhD there in 2006, which was awarded the Robert McKenzie prize for outstandingacademic performance. His book, Builders, based on his PhD thesis was a finalist in the British Sociological Association's 2013 Philip Abrams memorial prize for the best first sole-authored book in sociology. Following his PhD studies, Darren worked as researcher at the Home Office and at the Police Foundation, before taking up his post at the University of Essex.
Qualifications
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BSc
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MSc
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PhD (LSE)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Social class and stratification
economic sociology
migration, globalisation and governance
globalisation and policing
policing terrorism
the criminal justice system
social policy
Current research
Darren is interested and has undertaken research in many areas of sociology including: work, employment and economy; class and social stratification; migration; terrorism; policing and governance.
He has recently been involved in a project looking at the experiences of families of homicide victims where no suspect has been convicted, and another investigating the impacts of welfare reform in Essex. He is interested in supervising research students in any of these areas.
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Introduction to Crime, Law and Society (SC104)
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Crimes of the Powerful (SC302)
Current supervision
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Criminology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 28/6/2022
Degree subject: Sociological Research
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 3/9/2020
Degree subject: Criminology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 25/6/2020
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 3/4/2019
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 14/9/2018
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 17/5/2016
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 3/3/2016
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 29/1/2016
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 2/10/2015
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 15/9/2015
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 13/1/2015
Publications
Journal articles (9)
Thiel, D., (2022). It Isn't Charity because We've Paid into it’: Social Citizenship and the Moral Economy of Welfare Recipients in the Wake of 2012 UK Welfare Reform Act. Qualitative Sociology. 45 (2), 291-318
Jacobi, CJ., Thiel, D. and Allum, N., (2020). Enabling and constraining successful reablement: Individual and neighbourhood factors. PLoS One. 15 (9), e0237432-e0237432
McGoey, L. and Thiel, DJ., (2018). Charismatic violence and the sanctification of the super-rich. Economy and Society. 47 (1), 111-134
McGoey, L., Thiel, D. and West, R., (2018). Philanthrocapitalism and crimes of the powerful [Le philanthrocapitalisme et les « crimes des dominants »]. Politix. 2018 (1), 29-54
Thiel, D., (2016). Moral Truth and Compounded Trauma: The Effects of Acquittal of Homicide Defendants on the Families of the Victims. Homicide Studies. 20 (3), 199-219
Thiel, D., (2012). Builders, bodies and bifurcations: How London construction workers 'learn to labour'. Ethnography. 14 (4), 412-430
Thiel, D., (2010). Contacts and contracts: Economic embeddedness and ethnic stratification in London's construction market. Ethnography. 11 (3), 443-471
Thiel, D., (2009). Good cop-bad cop: Tensions in the UK police response to the threat posed by Islamist-inspired terrorism. Public Service Review: Home Affairs
Thiel, D., (2007). Class in construction: London building workers, dirty work and physical cultures. British Journal of Sociology. 58 (2), 227-251
Books (5)
Carrabine, E., Cox, P., Cox, A., Crowhurst, I., Di Ronco, A., Fussey, P., Sergi, A., South, N., Thiel, D. and Turton, J., (2020). Criminology. A Sociological Introduction (Fourth edition). Routledge
Carrabine, E., Cox, P., Fussey, P., Hobbs, D., South, N. and Thiel, D., (2014). Criminology: A Sociological Introduction (3rd Edition). Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. 978-0-415-64080-0
Thiel, D., (2012). Builders: Class, Gender and Ethnicity in the Construction Industry. Routledge. 9780415688642
Thiel, D., (2009). Policing Terrorism: A Review of the Evidence. The Police Foundation. 0947692495
Carrabine, E., Iganski, P., Lee, M., South, N., Plummer, K. and Turton, J., (2004). Criminology: A Sociological Introduction. Routledge. 9780415640787
Book chapters (6)
Thiel, D. and South, N., (2022). Criminal Ignorance, Environmental Harms and Processes of Denial. In: Routledge International Handbook of Ignorance Studies. Editors: Gross, M. and McGoey, L., . Routledge. 334- 344. 9780367608064
Thiel, D., (2016). Ethnic stratification within organizations. In: The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Nationalism. Editors: Stone, J., Dennis, RM., Rizova, P., Smith, AD. and Hou, X., . Wiley-Blackwell. 978-1405189781
Thiel, D., (2015). Criminal Ignorance. In: Routledge International Handbook of Ignorance Studies. Editors: Gross, M. and McGoey, L., . Routledge. 1- 14. 978-0-415-71896-7
Thiel, D., (2015). Criminal ignorance. In: Routledge International Handbook of Ignorance Studies. Routledge. 256- 265
Thiel, D., (2012). Ethnography and Flux: Identity and Epistemology in Construction Fieldwork. In: Ethnographic Research in the Construction Industry. Editors: Pink, S., Tutt, D. and Dainty, A., . Routledge. 73- 90. 9780415603430
Innes, M. and Thiel, D., (2008). Policing Terror. In: Handbook of Policing (second edition). Editors: Newburn, T., . Willan. 553- 579. 9781843925002
Reports and Papers (6)
Jacobi, C., Thiel, D. and Allum, N., (2019). Enabling and constraining successful reablement: Individual and neighbourhood factors
Thiel, D., Speed, E. and Cristo, SM., (2015). The Impact of Welfare Reform in Essex: A Report for the Essex Housing Officers' Group
Thiel, D., (2013). Double Injustice, Double Trauma: The effects of acquittal of offenders upon the families of victims of homicide
Thiel, DJ. and Gillan, K., (2010). Factors affecting participation in assisted voluntary return programmes and successful reintegration: a review of the evidence
Thiel, DJ., Bryan, R., Cocke, B. and Gillan, K., (2010). The Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme (VARRP) 2004 and 2004 extension: monitoring report
Stoneman, P. and Thiel, D., (2008). NEET in Essex: A Review of the Evidence
Grants and funding
2013
To map the impacts of social welfare reform and produce a dynamic digital map of welfare support service provision
Technology STrategy Board
To map the impacts of social welfare reform and produce a dynamic digital map of welfare support service provision
Colne Housing Society Ltd
Contact
Academic support hours:
Tuesdays 10-11
