Dr Derek Johnson

Assistant Professor

Department: Geography and Environmental Sciences

Derek joined Northumbria University in 2008 as a lecturer in Crime Science and has been the BSc Crime Science programme leader since attaining the position of senior lecturer in 2009. He has considerable experience of the teaching and learning quality assessment processes, developed a BA programme in Human Geography & Crime and a number of bespoke accredited training courses for industry.

Derek is the Principal Investigator for an EU-funded project in partnership with 6 European agencies and government bodies concerning transnational offending and the exchange of bioinformatics across EU state borders. In addition Derek is actively engaged in securing funding from the private sector for a student bursaries and research projects.

Prior to joining academia Derek was a serving UK Police Officer for 30 years during which time he received 8 commendations for investigatory work. He spent the majority of his service in investigation roles working in departments ranging from general localised criminal investigation, Vice & Drug investigations, National and International investigations and major crime operations.

Derek has 12 year's experience as a school governor, including 8 years as Chair of Governors at a Primary school.

Derek has an MSc in Crime Science with University College London from 2007.

Derek became a member of the Board of Governors of Northumbria in December 2012.

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Key Publications

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New Wine in Old Bottles: Alternative Narratives of Cybercrime and Criminal Justice?, Brants, C., Johnson, D., Wilson, T. 1 Oct 2020, In: The Journal of Criminal Law
Police functional adaptation to the digital or post digital age: discussions with cybercrime experts, Johnson, D., Faulkner, E., Meredith, G., Wilson, T. 1 Oct 2020, In: The Journal of Criminal Law
The exploration of the dispersal of British military families in England following the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010, Rodrigues, M., Osborne, A., Johnson, D., Kiernan, M. 8 Sep 2020, In: PLoS One
Patterns in inter-EU migrant crime in England: exploring the available data for indicators of knowledge requirements, Johnson, D., Davidson, G., Younger, B. 2018, In: New Zealand Journal of Research on Europe
Intra-EU migration and crime: a jigsaw to be reckoned with, Ludwig, A., Johnson, D. Dec 2017, In: Tijdschrift Voor Economische en Sociale Geografie
CPTED, but not as we know it: Investigating the conflict of frameworks and terminology in crime prevention through environmental design, Johnson, D., Gibson, V. 1 Apr 2016, In: Security Journal
Migration and crime: a spatial analysis in a borderless Europe, Ludwig, A., Johnson, D. 15 Sep 2016, In: European Journal of Policing Studies
Written evidence from the NCECJS to the HoC Justice Committee: implications of Brexit for justice, Wilson, T., Stockdale, M., Jackson, A., Carr, S., Davies, G., Johnson, D., Piasecki, E. 29 Nov 2016
Utilising the U.K. Freedom of Information Act 2000 for crime record data: Indications of the strength of records management in day to day police business., Johnson, D., Hampson, E. 16 Nov 2015, In: Records Management Journal
Designing in crime prevention, designing out ambiguity: Practice issues with the CPTED knowledge framework available to professionals in the field and its potentially ambiguous nature, Johnson, D., Gibson, V., McCabe, M. Aug 2014, In: Crime Prevention & Community Safety

Professional Activity

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Other: PDTOR Research Project: Evidence submitted to Home Affairs Committee Inquiry into Policing Priorities 2022

PGR Supervision

Victoria Gibson Third Generation CPTED? Rethinking the Basis for Crime Prevention Strategies Start Date: 12/09/2011 End Date: 13/06/2016

Qualifications

Geography PhD October 15 2018
Education PCAPL November 01 2010
Criminology MSc September 01 2007
Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2008

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