Dr Mark Bushell

Assistant Professor

School: Humanities and Social Sciences

Mark Bushell joined Northumbria University in 2024 as Assistant Professor in Criminology and Sociology. Mark has over 10 years experience of lecturing in criminology, sociology and criminal justice in the higher education sector. He gained his doctorate in 2021 which focused on the experiences of migrant workers in northeast England's nocturnal service economy.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Mark's research interests include the nighttime economy and deviant leisure, workplace violence, social harm and ultra-realist ciminological theory. He is currently researching violence and abuse against public facing workers in the retail sector.

Key Publications

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Life and Strife in the Urban Night: Consumerism, Emotionality and Harm in the Night-time Economy, Hodgkinson, O., Bushell, M. 27 May 2026
Barbarians at the Tills? Post-pandemic reflections on violence and abuse against workers in the retail industry, Bushell, M., Braithwaite, C. 1 Nov 2024, In: Journal of Consumer Culture
The Victimisation of Rohingyas in Myanmar and in Bangladesh: Breaking the Silence – Postcolonial Criminology, Ethnography and Genocide, Soundararajan,, M., Jaishanker, K., Bushell, M., Telford, L., Treadwell, J. 13 Jul 2024, In: British Journal of Criminology
No Time for Rest: An Exploration of Sleep and Social Harm in the North East Night-Time Economy (NTE), Bushell, M. 1 Mar 2023, In: Critical Criminology
International Migration, Bushell, M. 4 Nov 2022, Shades of Deviance, London, Routledge
Passport to neoliberal normality? A critical exploration of COVID-19 vaccine passports, Telford, L., Bushell, M., Hodgkinson, O. 14 Sep 2022, In: Journal of Contemporary Crime, Harm, and Ethics