Dominic Wood

Professor Dominic Wood

Professor in Ethical Policing and Head of School Law, Policing and Social Sciences

School of Law, Policing and Social Sciences

I have been at CCCU since 1995. I have worked mainly in developing professional policing programmes for police officers in the UK and beyond.

I have been at CCCU since 1995. I have worked mainly in developing professional policing programmes for police officers in the UK and beyond.

I am interested specifically in the legitimacy of the police. I have been involved in the Oxford University Press' Blacktone's Handbook for Policing Students since its inception (currently working on the 18th Edition) and I have been the lead editor for the past three editions.

As the Head of School I am responsible for leading the developments across a range of courses and activities relating to Law, Policing, Politics, Criminology, Sociology and Forensic Investigation.

I have taught mostly on policing modules but I have also taught on politics and criminology modules in the past. My role as Head of School limits my capacity to teach but I supervise a number of PhD students.

My research interests are mainly related to moral and political aspects of police work. My research is predominantly philosophical in approach. I have published on police education, police ethics and police legitimacy.

Research Projects

  • "Towards Access to Remedial Mechanisms in International Arbitration for Third-Party Victims of Foreign Investment Related Abuse in Nigeria". Researcher(s): Miss Enuma Moneke. Supervisor(s): Dr Narissa Ramsundar, Professor Dominic Wood. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • 'Section 45 of the Modern Day Slavery Act and its impact on Police Investigations'. Researcher(s): Ms DEBI LLOYD. Supervisor(s): Professor Steve Tong, Professor Dominic Wood. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • A critical analysis of online dispute resolution of E-commerce disputes in the Nigeria: The current legal challenges and recommendations for better practice. Researcher(s): Mrs Chiamaka Igwe. Supervisor(s): Dr Emo Pearce, Dr Sarah Lieberman. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • A Study Into The Link Between The Epistemic Authority And Self-Legitimacy Of Frontline Police Constables. Researcher(s): Mr Richard Honess. Supervisor(s): Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova, Professor Dominic Wood. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Decision making of public authorities in critical incident cases: an investigation of the application of the law of negligence to public bodies and how to avoid decidophobia culture. Researcher(s): Mrs Olga-Louiza Damianou. Supervisor(s): Professor Dominic Wood, Professor Susan Millns. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Doctoral Research Project. Researcher(s): Mr Jason Prins. Supervisor(s): Dr Emma Williams, Professor Robin Bryant, Professor Dominic Wood. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • Doctoral Research Project. Researcher(s): Mr Andrew Whittle. Supervisor(s): Dr Martin O'Neill, Professor Dominic Wood. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • Doctoral Research Project. Researcher(s): Mr Philip Tovey. Supervisor(s): Professor Dominic Wood, Dr Martin O'Neill. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • How has the implementation of the PEQF affected serving police officers?. Researcher(s): Ms Rianna Zenonos. Supervisor(s): Professor Dominic Wood, Professor Robin Bryant. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Multi-agency child protection and police decision-making from a U.K. and international perspective: a comparative and critical evaluation. Researcher(s): Mr Karolos Schinochoritis. Supervisor(s): Professor Dominic Wood, Professor Susan Millns. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Open prisons, prison staff and prison work: Exploring the distinct aims and environment of the open prison and the cultural adaptation to a different kind of prison work.. Researcher(s): Dr Naomi Clemons. Supervisor(s): Dr Maryse Tennant, Professor Dominic Wood. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Opportunities for police staff. Researcher(s): Ms Kylie Dine. Supervisor(s): Dr Perry Stanislas, Professor Dominic Wood, Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Recovering Thomas Anstey Guthrie (1856–1934): Genre and Geography. Researcher(s): Miss Hayley Smith. Supervisor(s): Professor Carolyn Oulton, Dr Christian Beighton. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • The professional development of state and corporate criminal investigators and governance processes that oversee these arrangements. Researcher(s): Mr Navdeep Chouhan. Supervisor(s): Dr Paul Swallow, Professor Dominic Wood. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • The Use of Spatial-Temporal Analysis of Electrical Fire Incident Data to Target Effective Fire Prevention Education in Kent. Researcher(s): Ms Hellen Frost. Supervisor(s): Professor Dominic Wood, Dr Sarah Lieberman. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • UK Foreign Aid Programme in the East African Region (Uganda and Kenya): a justification for a new regulatory framework. Researcher(s): Miss Clare Nalukwago. Supervisor(s): Professor Dominic Wood, Dr Sarah Lieberman. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Understanding migrants’ reactions to hate crime in Greece. Researcher(s): Miss Violeta Kapageorgiadou. Supervisor(s): Professor Dominic Wood, Professor Susan Millns. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Violence Against Women and Girls in England and Wales: The implementation of national Domestic Abuse Policy at local level, a case study. Researcher(s): Ms Andrea Kilvington. Supervisor(s): Professor Steve Tong, Professor Dominic Wood. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • With the advent of the White Paper for HE and other developments, are traditional universities likely to become, or at least resemble, corporations? If so what are the legal ramifications?. Researcher(s): Mrs Victoria Coombes. Supervisor(s): Professor Dominic Wood, Professor David Bates. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • You have to keep sight of the fact that these are children’: YOT worker perceptions of responsibilisation in Youth Justice. Researcher(s): Mrs Joanne Mockeridge. Supervisor(s): Professor Dominic Wood, Professor Steve Tong. [Postgraduate Research Project]

I spent a year at Simon Fraser University in British Colmbia, Canada as a Visiting Professor in 2004 and I have worked closely with the Police Academy of the Netherlands and colleagues from a number of police services in the UK.

In 2009, I set up the Higher Education Forum for Learning and Development in Policing and I was its Chair from 2009-2014. I am currently engaged with the Police Education Consortium which comprises three police services (Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex) and four universities (CCCU, Middlesex University, University of Cumbria and University of Portsmouth).