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Mark Manning
Visiting Senior Fellow in Policing, Justice and Crime
- m.manning4@uos.ac.uk
- School/Directorate
- Research Directorate
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Dr Mark Manning is a Visiting Senior Fellow within the Institute of Social Justice and Crime. Following a career in the police service, he came to the University of Suffolk where he gained a BSc in Criminology 2014 and a PhD in 2019. Mark served the University as both Lecturer and Research Fellow before retiring in 2024.
Mark values the ability to use his considerable practice knowledge to enhance both the teaching and learning experience of students of criminology, as well as to provide a critical insight into research in areas of policing and criminal justice. He believes that the application of theory to policy and practice is essential to develop evidence-based research policies and practices.
Mark has been a fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2015 and holds a post graduate teaching qualification. Over the last 6 years, he has taught across a broad spectrum of criminological modules including: Introduction to Criminology, Criminal Justice, Policing, Criminological Theory and Contemporary Issues in Criminology. He has also contributed to teaching on the MSc Degree in Crime and Community Safety and supervises dissertations at both BSc and MSc level.
Mark’s research interests are within policing and police ethics, youth justice and the criminal justice system. His PhD research involved an empirical application of virtue ethics in support of improved procedural justice and Legitimacy in policing. Since April 2021, he has collaborated on several funded research projects over a range of social science and social justice issues including Operation Soteria Bluestone which aims to improve the police response to the investigation of rape and serious sexual offences; an evaluation of the Drive model for responding to domestic abuse. His most recent project has been working with colleagues from the University of Suffolk on a case study of ‘The Ipswich Top up Shops’ which are a social enterprise hosted by the Anglican Church in Ipswich and operated by volunteers to provide a response to the cost-of-living crisis by reducing food insecurity and social deprivation.
Recent Publications:
Thompson P., Manning M. (2021) Missed Opportunities in Digital Investigation. In: Jahankhani H., Jamal A., Lawson S. (eds) Cybersecurity, Privacy and Freedom Protection in the Connected World. Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68534-8_7
Manning, M., Agnew, S. (2020). Policing in the Era of AI and Smart Societies: Austerity; Legitimacy and Blurring the Line of Consent. In: Jahankhani, H., Akhgar, B., Cochrane, P., Dastbaz, M. (eds) Policing in the Era of AI and Smart Societies. Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50613-1_2
Manning M., Agnew S. (2020) Policing in the Era of AI and Smart Societies: Austerity; Legitimacy and Blurring the Line of Consent. In: Jahankhani H., Akhgar B., Cochrane P., Dastbaz M. (eds) Policing in the Era of AI and Smart Societies. Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications. Springer
Bond,E.; Dogaru, C.; Manning, M. and Tyrell, K. (2017). Access Community Trust Sam’s Coffee House. Social Enterprise Café Evaluation. Suffolk: University of Suffolk
Manning, M. (2015). 'Enhanced Triage' an Integrated Decision-Making Model. Ipswich: iSeed. Also published by the Youth Justice Board (online) as evidence of best practice for Youth Justice practitioners Nationally.
Bond, E. and Manning, M. (2015) Lowestoft Rising: Progress to Employment. A study of the experiences of young people in Lowestoft who are long-term unemployed. Ipswich: UCS with Suffolk County Council.
Mark values and retains close links with the police service as he believes that these mutual relationships afford important opportunities for his students to gain practical accounts of policing which can be used to place their learning in context. Additionally, as many criminology students progress to employment within the police service and the wider criminal justice system, they also benefit from an early insight into graduate employment opportunities and for the police service to recruit them. Mark has also developed and delivered a number of short courses in Evidence Based Policing to serving police officers and support staff in Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex constabularies - introduced as part of a funded collaborative programme intended to develop practical and theoretical knowledge of this emerging model of policing, involving the appliance of science to police practices.
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)