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staff list  BackDr Steve Tong

  • Job title: Principal Lecturer
  • Dept: Law and Criminal Justice Studies
  • Tel: 01843 609115
  • Campus: Broadstairs
Stephen Tong

QUALIFICATIONS: 
 PhD Criminology, University of Cambridge (2005)                        MPhil Criminology, University of Cambridge (1998)

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES:
 Module Leadership

BSc Police Studies & Policing:  Level 4: Academic & Professional Policing Skills,  Level 5:  Miscarriages of Justice,    Level 6:  Dissertation,  Issues in Transnational Policing,  Issues in Professional Policing.                                                   

MA Criminology & Criminal Justice:  Level 7:  Policing & Community Safety and Principles of Criminal Investigation. 

I also lecture on the MSc Policing degree.

CURRENT PhD STUDENTS
Martin Head - 'The relationship between eye witness confidence ratings at the point of formal identification and at trial.

I am happy to receive enquiries for PhD supervision for research related to the police, policing, criminal investigation and police training.

DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES: 
Programme Director BSc (Hons) Police Studies & Policing (pre-service), Year 1 Co-ordinator BSc (Hons) Police Studies & Policing, Departmental representative for the Faculty for Recruitment, Widening Participation and Retention Committee.  

RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:

Research Interests:
Police training, criminal investigation, restorative justice (policing) and qualitative research.

Publications:
Caless. B & Tong. S (Forthcoming) 'An appropriate Space': Chief Officers and Police Accountability, Police Practice & Research. 

Tong, S & Wood, D (2011) Graduate Police Officers: releasing the potential for pre-employment university programmes for aspiring police officers, The Police Journal|, Volume 84, Number 1, 69-75.

O' Mahoney, J & Tong, S (2011) "The More Serious the Offence, The More Powerful the Effect?": An Evaluation of Victim-Offender Mediation in a Prison Setting, Report for the European Forum for Restorative Justice|, The 6th Biennial Conference 2010.

Bryant, R. & Bryant. S (eds) (2011) with Graca. S, Lawton-Barrett. K, Murphy. R, Tong. S, Underwood. R & Wood. D Blackstone's Handbook for Policing Students 2012|, 6th edition, Oxford Oxford University Press.

Horvath, M. A. H, Tong, S & Williams, E (2011) 'Critical issues in rape investigation: a UK perspective'| in Journal of Criminal Justice Research, Vol 1, No 2, pp. 1-18.

Tong, S (2010) 'Police Discretion: A British Perspective' in M. Palmiotto & P. Unnithan (eds) Policing & Society: A Global Approach|, New York: Cengage Publishing.

Tong. S, 0'Mahoney. J, Waters. B & Bryant. R (2009) Sheppey Prison Cluster Adult Prison Mediation Project: Interim Report delivered to Sheppey Prisons Management Board May 2009.

Tong. S, Bryant. R.P & Horvath. M.A.H (2009) Understanding Criminal Investigation|, Wiley & Sons.

Wood. D & Tong. S (2009) The future of initial police training: a university perspective, International Journal of Police Science and Management|, Vol. 11, No. 3, September 2009.

Wood. D & Tong. S (2009) 'Discretion and decision making', Wiki submission for the National Police Improvement Agency.

Tong. S (2008) 'Interagency-Approaches to Policing' in Neyroud and Newburn (eds) Dictionary of Policing|, Willan Publishing.

Tong. S & Bowling. B (2006) 'Art, Craft and Science of Detective Work', Police Journal|, Volume 79, Number 4, pp. 323-329.

Selected Presentations and Conference Papers:
Brunger, M & Tong, S, (2011), Policing Research and Researching Police Elites, Higher Education Forum for Learning and Development in Policing Annual Conference, ‘Police Learning – Professionalisation and Partnerships’: University of Northampton, Sept 2011.

Tong. S, Murphy. R & Underwood. R (2011) 'Criminal Investigation and Higher Education: A Crossroads to an Uncertain Future', Police Learning: Professionalisation and Development in Policing Conference, 6-7th September 2011, University of Northampton.

Poyser. S & Tong. S (2011) 'Skills and Abilities in Criminal Investigation: The Investigative Journalist Versus the Detective', British Society of Criminology Conference, Northumbria University, 3-6 July 2011.

Caless. B & Tong. S (2011) 'Police Leadership: An Historical Account of the development of Police Leaders', Policing Through the Ages Conference, Hampshire Constabulary Historical Society, Netley Support and Traning Headquarters, 19th March 2011. 

Tong, S (2010) 'Art, Craft & Science: Contemporary Detective Practice' British Society of Criminology Conference, 11-14th July 2010, University of Leicester.

Tong, S (2010) 'Graduate Police Officers: releasing the potential for pre-employment university programmes for aspiring police officers' British Society of Criminology Conference, 11-14th July 2010, University of Leicester.

O' Mahoney, J & Tong, S (2010) "The More Serious the Offence, The More Powerful the Effect?": An Evaluation of Victim-Offender Mediation in a Prison Setting, European Forum for Restorative Justice, The 6th Biennial Conference: 17-19 June 2010 Bilbao

Tong, S (2008) 'In need of professionalisation: The case for pre-employment training and education for police officers in the UK', British Society of Criminology Conference, University of Huddersfield, July 9-11th 2008.

Tong, S (2008) 'Confessions of a back seat detective: An ethnography of  detective training and practice', International Conference: Justice and Policing in Diverse Societies, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 9-12th June 2008

Tong, S (2008) 'Developments in Initial Police Training: A university perspective', International Police Executive Symposium 12-16th May 2008 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

Tong, S (2007) 'The Art Craft and Science of Investigation: An examination of the professionalisation of detectives in the UK' Lecture to the Criminology Seminar series at Southampton Solent University, November 16th 2007.

Tong, S (2007) 'Watching the Detectives: Observing criminal investigators in training and Practice' Open University, International Centre for Comparative Criminological Research Seminar Series, Milton Keynes, October 10th.

Tong, S and Wood, D (2007) 'Challenges in Initial Policing Training', British Society of Criminology, London School of Economics, 18-20th September 2007, Specialist panel on Police engagement with HE, Chairman Professor Maurice Punch.

Phipps, J Tong, S and Wood, D (2007) 'Initial Police Training: Challenges and Developments in the UK', International Police Executive Symposium 8-12th April 2007 in Dubai.

Tong, S (2006) 'Professionalising Investigation: The future training and education of detectives', British Society of Criminology Conference Glasgow, 4-7 July

Tong, S (2006) 'Crime investigation and intelligence-led policing', University of Greenwich, 02/05/06, Criminology Seminar Series.

Tong, S (2005) 'Sink or Swim: A Case Study of Detective Training' British Society of Criminology Conference, 12-14th July 2005, University Of Leeds.

Research and other contracts:
2010 KT Small Grant Award Bid Development (CCCU) £1450

2010 Small Grant (CCCU) £1000

2009 Contribution to 'Wiki' articles for National Policing Improvement Agency £1200

2009 Nuffield Foundation: Social Science Small Grant Award. Successful application for £7450 to fund an evaluation into adult prison/victim mediation

1999-2003 National Crime Faculty (A Division of National Police Training) Studentship Award

1999-2003 Economic and Social Research Council: Research Studentship Award

Consultancies and professional activity:
September 2011: Appointed External Examiner University of Leicester (BA/Foundation Degree Security and Risk Management).

2011 Editorial Board: Journal of the Global Homeland Security Education Network.

2009 Editorial Board: The Journal of Criminal Justice Research.

November 2009: External Panel Member: Validation FD Policing, Manchester College through the Open University Validation Service.

May 2008- July 2009: Contribution to the development of the 'Restorative Justice Interventions Best Practice Protocol between HM Prisons, Sheppey Cluster, Kent Probation and Mediation Services of Kent and Medway'.

April 2009: Workshop 'Conducting research interviews in a policing context', Strategic Research Unit, Metropolitan Police, London.

December 2008: Quinquennial review of Police Sciences and Validation of PG Diploma in Community Safety & Partnership, University of Glamorgan

September 2008: Appointed External Examiner for Southampton Solent University (BA Criminology).

April 2007: External member of the validation panel for the BSc (Hons) Policing degree, Middlesex University.

2006-2007: Member of the Benchmarking Committee for Criminology (including Police Studies).

Research Interests:
Police training and education, criminal investigation, restorative justice and qualitative research.

OTHER INTERESTS:
2008-Member of the British Society of Criminology Postgraduate Committee.

2008-Member of the HE Forum for Learning and Development in Policing.

2006-Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

1998-Member British Society of Criminology (BSC)

Address: Room Cg11, Dept. of Law and Criminal Justice Studies, Canterbury Christ Church University, Broadstairs Campus, Northwood Road, Broadstairs, CT10 2WA.

Telephone: 01843 609115

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