Professor Michael Rowe

Professor

School: Humanities and Social Sciences

He has an international reputation for his research and publications in the field of policing, paying particular attention to policing,culture and reforms, race and racism, police culture, and the policing of domestic violence. Other interests include on-line victimisation and offender desistance. He has published seven books on policing, crime, race and related issues and is the (co)author of 30 articles in scholarly journals. In recent years he has been a member of the Executive of the British Society of Criminology and Vice-President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology. From 2010-2012 he was an academic member of the Independent Police Commission chaired by Lord Stevens. Previously he was director of the Institute of Criminology at Victoria University Wellington and senior lecturer in criminology at the University of Leicester.

Email Michael

@mikearowe

Key Publications

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Acting on instinct: Policing violence against women and girls in the night-time economy, Mitchell, Z., Rowe, M. 1 Sep 2026, In: International Journal of Police Science and Management
More than Words: English as an additional Language in Police Recruitment and Promotion Processes, Soppitt, S., Hall, G., Rowe, M., Malik, A., Mitchell, Z., Sinclair, K. 21 Apr 2026, In: Policing and Society
Policing Violence Against Women and Girls in the Night-Time Economy, Rowe, M., Mitchell, Z. 24 Feb 2026, The Palgrave Handbook of Violence Against Women and Girls, Cham, Switzerland, Palgrave Macmillan
Rethinking Police Reform in Turbulent Times, Davis, C., Rowe, M. 27 May 2026, In: British Journal of Criminology
Foreword: making the case for political policing studies, Rowe, M. 6 Jun 2025, Routledge International Handbook of Critical Policing Studies, London, Routledge
Managing impressions: performance and identity in police leadership in the pandemic, Rowe, M., Davis, C., Ramshaw, P. 16 Mar 2025, In: Policing and Society
Police Leadership and Legitimacy in the context of a Global Pandemic, Ramshaw, P., Rowe, M., Davis, C. 30 Dec 2025, In: Criminology and Criminal Justice
Policing and Social Media: Exploring Police Digital Visibility, Jones, M., Ralph, L., Millie, A., Rowe, M. 11 May 2025, In: Criminology and Criminal Justice
The Police, Ralph, L., Rowe, M. 30 Apr 2025, An Introduction to Criminal Justice, SAGE
Unintended consequences of public-facing counter-terrorism training and vigilance campaigns on minority groups, Dresser, P., Rowe, M., Harding, J. 3 Apr 2025, In: Critical Studies on Terrorism

PGR Supervision

Zoe Mitchell Professionalisation of the Independent Sexual Violence Advisor Start Date: 13/08/2025 End Date: 17/10/2025
Alice Weedy The Policing of Wildlife Crime - What Can We Learn? Start Date: 01/12/2022 End Date: 17/10/2025
Aaron Dippie An Investigation into the Public’s Influence over the Stop and Search Statistics in the United Kingdom Start Date: 15/05/2024 End Date: 17/10/2025
Zoe Mitchell Professionalisation of the Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA) Start Date: 13/08/2025
Aaron Dippie An Investigation into the Public’s Influence over the Stop and Search Statistics in the United Kingdom Start Date: 15/05/2024
Alice Weedy The Policing of Wildlife Crime - What Can We Learn? Start Date: 01/12/2022 End Date: 31/10/2025
Michael Smith Will increasing police diversity raise public confidence? A critical analysis Start Date: 01/10/2019 End Date: 12/03/2025