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Dr. Brian McShane is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice and an experienced researcher working with children and young people. Research interests include: young people  - violence, exploitation and prevention  - youth cultures and criminalisation  - masculinities.

Dr. McShane has conducted funded research with a range of organisations including Youth Justice Services in London, Coventry and Leicester and the Youth Endowment Fund. He has previous practice experience working in local government and youth work teams on gang diversion and violence reduction programmes. Current and recently completed research projects have looked at: Young people, SEND and exploitation  - A&E Navigators violence prevention provision in England and Wales  - The effectiveness of non-statutory provision by youth justice services  - Youth music and the policing of drill. 

Social Sciences Research and Innovation Institute (SSRII)

Edited Books

• McShane, B. and Whelan, M. (Eds.) (2025) Youth, Transitions and Social Justice: Researching Spaces of Social Action. Bristol University Press. 
• Howard, F. McShane, B. and Glenister, S. (Eds.) (2025) Youth Work, Music Production and Measurement. Palgrave Macmillan, London & New York. 

Book chapters

• McShane, B. & Whelan, M. (2025) Safe Masculinities: The Peformance of Young Masculinities in Public Space, in McShane, B. and Whelan, M. (Eds.) (2025) Youth, Transitions and Social Justice: Researching Spaces of Social Action. Bristol University Press. 
• McShane, B. (2025) “I Wanna Use My Lyrics”: The Music Studio as Emancipatory Space and the Embedded Conflict of Intervention in Howard, F. Glenister, S. and McShane, B. (Eds.) (2025) Youth Work, Music Production and Measurement. Palgrave Macmillan, London & New York.

Funded Research Outputs and Reports

• Roberts, T. Whelan, M. Cornish, R. Levell, J. McHenry, R. McShane, B. Goodall, C. (2025) Identification and Evaulation of A&E Navigator Services. Youth Endowment Fund. 
• McShane, B. (2024) Implementing Child First: Evaluation of Coventry Youth Justice Services non-statutory programmes. Coventry Youth Justice Services.

• Whelan, M. Karr-Fanning, K. McShane, B. Ponting, S. Bahia, N. (2021) Communities Uncovered: Researching community needs in Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull. Heart of England Community Foundation.

Additional Outputs

• Podcast: McGimpsey, I. Howard, F., McShane, B. & Glenister, S. (2022) Youth work, music production and measurement. [Digital or Visual Media] – podcast. British Educational Research Association.

• Children and young people
• Serious youth violence and exploitation
• Youth cultures and criminalisation 
• Masculinities 

• Research methods
• Youth crime and justice
• Social and criminological theory

• PhD Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London
• MA Critical and Creative Analysis (Sociology), Goldsmiths, University of London

• CRIM2404 Researching Justice Journeys
• CRIM 2406 Children and the Criminal Justice System
• CRIM3403 Emerging Issues in Criminology

1. Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
2. British Educational Research Association

 

Men and Masculinities in Transition, June 2025. Stockholm University Sweden. Title: Safe Masculinities: The performance of young masculinities in public space. Brian McShane and Michael Whelan. Conference presentation.

• Serious youth violence and prevention
• Gangs, youth cultures and criminalisation 
• Non-statutory interventions with young people at risk of crime and victimisation
• Youth work and youth justice 

• Title: Identification and Evaulation of A&E Navigator Services. Funder: Youth Endowment Fund, January 2025- August 2025. Role: Co-Investigator.
• Title: Evaluation of Coventry Youth Justice Services non-statutory delivery. Funder: Coventry City Council, Coventry, UK, April 2023 - Sept 2024. Role: Principle Investigator.
• Title: Communities Uncovered: Researching community needs in Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull. Funder: Heart of England Community Foundation, Coventry, UK. August 2019 - June 2021. Role: Co-Investigator.

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