Dr Dev Maitra

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Resistance and defiance: A better understanding of the 2011 riots could help tackle serious youth violence

28th October 2019

Dr Dev Maitra - Lecturer, University of Suffolk

Opinion: In this insightful and thought-provoking blog, Dr Dev Maitra of the University of Suffolk examines the riots that took place in the UK in 2011 and how the subsequent under analysis of what happened hampers our understanding of serious youth violence.

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Dr Dev Maitra
Lecturer, University of Suffolk

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Dev joined the University Of Suffolk’s Law and Social Sciences School in August 2018, as a Lecturer in Criminology on the MSc LACE (Leadership and Custodial Environments) Programme. He holds degrees from the University of Bristol (LL.B. 1st Class Hons.) and the University of Cambridge (M.Phil, PhD). Dev was an ESRC Scholar at the University of Cambridge, Trinity Hall (2012 -2016) first studying for a Masters’ in Criminological Research and then for a PhD in Criminology. His Doctorate was awarded by Cambridge University in May 2019. His PhD, titled “Gangs, Race, and the Street in Prison: An Inductive Analysis” was a qualitative study of street and prison gangs in the North of England, primarily focusing on the links existing between gang membership on the streets and within custodial settings.