Dr Giuseppe Serrantino

Biography

Lecturer in Criminology and Policing at Middlesex University has acquired extensive lecturing experience in a variety of criminological subjects such as white collar and organised crime, media representation of crime and crime control as well as criminological theories and crime related to ethnicity, social class and human rights. With a Ph.D. investigating Politics, Society and Organised Crime in Italy and a MSc in Media and Communication at Brunel University (London) has obtained international research practice in both quantitative and qualitative research design, data collection and analysis. With a specific research focus on white collar and organised crime, he is currently part of a research team investigating the smuggling industry in the Mediterranean. The project, by interviewing Italian and Greek practitioners and authorities’ representatives, aims to examine their approaches, understanding, experiences and discourse in relation to the smuggling industry in the Mediterranean.  Outputs from this project have been presented in the 23rd Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology in Florence (Italy), September 2023 and the Common Session in Athens (Greece), November 2023. 

Teaching

CRIMINOLOGY

Undergraduate Taught Modules:

First year:

·       Skills and Debate in Criminology (module leader)

·       Crime in Social Context (module leader)

·       Quantitative Investigation of Crime (co-module leader)

 Second year:

·       Inclusion and Diversity in Policing (module leader)

 Third year:

·       Transnational Crime (module leader)

·       Understanding Corruption: Policing, Policies and Practice

 Postgraduate Taught Modules:

·       Advance Research Strategies (invited lecturer)

·       Research Strategies in Social Science (invites lecturer)

 Activities

Since 2020 - ongoing Developed/ Co-organised and chaired Monthly Research Methods Studios for the Criminology and Sociology postgraduate students and staff members, School of Law, Middlesex University

Supervision

UG:

20 Criminology Dissertations since 2020

Masters:

12 Criminology Dissertations 2023

POLICING

PCDA (Police Constable Degree Apprentice)

Leader of one Cohort

DHEP (Degree Holder Entry Programme)

Leader of two Cohorts