ID Cummins

I have worked as a probation officer and later as an Approved Social Worker. My research interests lie in the experiences of people with mental health problems across the CJS but with a focus on police contacts In the area of social theory, my approach is influenced by the work of Wacquant and Bauman. I am concerned with the impact of mass incarceration and the way that these developments have influenced the wider political process. In this area, I have been strongly influenced by the work of Simon - particularly Governing through Crime.In addition, I am interested in the depiction of violence and the construction of masculinity in modern fiction- particularly the work of the British novelists David Peace and Gordon Burn. I have written about the modern cultural obsession with serial killing