Profile
Simon Holdaway, Professor of Criminology at Nottingham Trent University, Professor Emeritus of Criminology and Sociology at the University of Sheffield and part-time Professor of Criminology, NTU, School of Social Sciences left school aged 16 with minimal qualifications. He joined the Metropolitan Police Cadet Force and served subsequently as a constable and, then, sergeant, for eleven years. Simon’s doctorate was the first ever covert, empirical study of policing in the UK. He documented uniquely a concept fundamental to academic research about the police. Apart from his research about police culture he has also written books and many academic papers about aspects of race relations within constabularies. His work has informed national policies; public inquiries into policing; key industrial tribunal cases involving minority ethnic officers; the work of Black Police Associations across the UK; and police forces in Europe and North American.