Dr Dawn Stephen
Assistant Head of School
contact:
Applied Social Science
Falmer
Brighton
BN1 9PH
Telephone: +44 (0)1273 644520
Email: D.E.Stephen@brighton.ac.uk
Research interests
- Marginalised young people's agency, culture and transitions in late modernity
- Community Safety policy, especially anti-social behaviour
- Social justice
- Student well-being
Teaching
- Director of Undergraduate Studies
- Criminology
- Personal Tutor
- Dissertation Supervisor
- PhD and Prof Doc Supervisor
Profile
- BA (Hons) in Social Science (Sociology) - First Class
- MPhil in Sociology - Distinction
- PhD
- PG Cert. Teaching in Higher Education
Recent publications
Stephen, D.E. (Forthcoming) The problem with boys? Critical reflections on schools, inequalities and anti-social behaviour In: C.Hayden and D.Martin Crime, Anti-Social Behaviour and Schools. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Martin, D. Squires, P. and Stephen, D.E. (Forthcoming) Crime, Anti-Social Behaviour and Schools – key themes. In: C.Hayden and D.Martin Crime, Anti-Social Behaviour and Schools. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan.
Stephen, Dawn E. (2012) Review of online learning resources by YJB and OU for practitioners in youth justice on engaging young people who offend Child Abuse Review, 12 (3). ISSN 0952-9136
Martin, Denise, Squires, Peter and Stephen, Dawn E. (2011) Crime, anti-social behaviour and schools - key themes In: Hayden, Carol and Martin, Denise, eds. Crime, anti-social behaviour and schools. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 1-16. ISBN 978-0-230-24197-8
Stephen, Dawn E. (2011) The problem with boys? Critical reflections on schools, inequalities and anti-social behaviour In: Hayden, Carol and Martin, Denise, eds. Crime, anti-social behaviour and schools. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 56-72. ISBN 978-0-230-24197-8
Squires, Peter and Stephen, Dawn E. (2010) Pre-crime and precautionary criminalisation Criminal Justice Matters, 81 (1). pp. 28-29. ISSN 0962-7251
McQueen, Hilary, Wilcox, Paula, Stephen, Dawn E. and Walker, Carl (2009) Widening participation and the role of social motivation in students' transitional experiences in higher education University of Brighton, Brighton, UK.
Stephen, Dawn E. (2009) Time to stop twisting the knife: a critical commentary on the rights and wrongs of criminal justice responses to problem youth in the UK Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 31 (2). pp. 193-206. ISSN 0964-9069
HALL, MICHAEL and STEPHEN, DAWN (2008) 'Going the extra mile', 'fire-fighting', or laissez faire? Re-evaluating personal tutoring relationships within mass higher education Teaching in Higher Education, 13 (4). pp. 449-460. ISSN 1356-2517
Stephen, Dawn E. (2008) The responsibility of respecting justice: an open challenge to Tony Blair's successors In: Squires, Peter, ed. ASBO Nation: the criminalisation of nuisance. The Policy Press, Bristol, pp. 319-335. ISBN 978 1 84742 028 2; 978 1 84742 027 5
Stephen, Dawn E. and Squires, Peter (2007) Rough justice, enforcement or support: Young people and their families in the community In: Balloch, Susan and Hill, Michael, eds. Care, community and citizenship: research and practice in a changing policy context. The Policy Press, United Kingdom, pp. 105-119. ISBN 978 1 86134 870 8; 13: 9781861348715
Stephen, Dawn E. (2006) Community safety and young people: twenty-first century homo sacer and the politics of injustice In: Squires, Peter A., ed. Community safety: critical perspectives on policy and practice. The Policy Press, UK, pp. 219-236. ISBN 1861347294
Squires, Peter and Stephen, Dawn E. (2005) Rethinking ASBOs Critical Social Policy, 25 (4). pp. 517-528. ISSN 1461-703X; 0261-0183; 057038
Squires, Peter and Stephen, Dawn E. (2005) Rougher justice: anti-social behaviour and young people G-reference, information and interdisciplinary subjects series . Willan Publishing, Devon, UK. ISBN 1843921111; 9781843921110
Stephen, Dawn E. and Squires, Peter (2004) 'They're still children and entitled to be children': problematising the institutionalised mistrust of marginalised youth in Britain Journal of Youth Studies, 7 (3). pp. 351-369. ISSN 1367-6261; 1469-9680
Stephen, Dawn E. and Squires, Peter (2003) Community safety, enforcement and acceptable behaviour contracts: an evaluation of the work of the Community Safety Team in the east Brighton "New Deal for Communities" area University of Brighton, Health and Social Policy Research Centre, Brighton, UK.
Stephen, Dawn E. and Squires, Peter (2003) 'Adults don't realize how sheltered they are': a contribution to the debate on youth transitions from some voices on the margins Journal of Youth Studies, 6 (2). pp. 145-164. ISSN 1367-6261
Stephen, Dawn E. and Squires, Peter (2001) Vehicle crime and young people in Brighton and Hove University of Brighton, Health and Social Policy Research Centre, Brighton, UK.
Stephen, Dawn E. (2000) Young women construct themselves: social identity, self-concept and psychosocial well-being in homeless facilities Journal of Youth Studies, 3 (4). pp. 445-460. ISSN 1367-6261; 1469-9680; 00/04445-16

