David Denney

Professor of Social and Public Policy

B. Soc. Sc. (Hons)  Sociology (Birmingham); MA Applied Social Studies (Warwick); Certificate of Qualification in Social Work (Warwick); Post Graduate Certificate in Education (London); PhD. Social Policy (Kent).

Department of Health and Social Care,
Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham, Surrey, TW20 OEX, UK

Tel: 01784 443683
Fax: 01784 439248
E-mail: d.denney@rhul.ac.uk

Research Interests

Discriminatory practices in criminal justice systems, risk and society, violence in the work place. 

Activities and Distinctions

Review Editor, Social Policy and Administration (1994-2004).
Member of Editorial Board Social Policy and Administration  (1994- present).
Fellow of Royal Society of Arts (2006).

Selected Grants since 2001

1999-2001 with  J. Gabe,  M. A. Elston and  R. Lee Violence  for an award under the  Violence against professionals in the community Economic and Social Research Council Research Council.

2001 with  R. Barn, T. Ellis,  Centre for Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Portsmouth. Impact of anti racist training on the Canadian criminal justice system. The Canadian Institutional Research  Programme.

2006 with R. Barn and S. Skrobanski Royal Holloway, ‘Use of mobile technologies to support practice based social work education’. (JISC) Joint Information Systems Committee.  Active collaboration with Thames Valley and Southampton Universities

Selected Publications since 2001

Denney. Gabe, J. O’Beirne, M. (2008) Anglican clergy as victims of routinised violent activities in urban and rural areas Sociology 42(1) 83-89.

Denney, D.   (2005)  Risk and Society London, Sage.  

O’Beirne, M. Denney, D. and Gabe, J. (2004)  Fear of violence as an indicator of risk in probation work, British Journal of Criminology 44, 113-126. 

Denney, D. and O’Beirne, M. (2003) Violence to Probation Staff: Patterns and Managerial Responses Social Policy and Administration 37(1) 49-64.

Gabe, J. Denney, D,  Lee, R. Elston, M.A. O’Beirne, M. (2001) Researching Professional Discourses on Violence British  Journal of Criminology, 41 460-471.

Postgraduate Students Currently Supervised

Wendy Lee-Foon ‘Cancer services in the Caribbean’ (with Professor Jonathan Gabe).

Michelle Raithby ‘Impact of Domiciliary care on older people’.

Crisford Chogugudza ‘International Recruitment of Social Workers’ (with Professor Ravinder Barn).