Dr Jonathan Sly

Since graduating with a First Class B.A Honours degree in Criminology and Sociology in 2014, I have been continuously involved in further study, teaching and research in UK Higher Education. Firstly, as part of the School of Media, Communication and Sociology at the University of Leicester, where I achieved my M.A, PhD and AFHEA whilst working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant, and then as a Lecturer in Sociology at Liverpool John Moores University before moving to Canterbury Christ Church University in 2021 to undertake my current employment role as Lecturer in Applied Criminology.

My current research interests include issues related to current manifestations of aggressive masculinity. Including, but not limited to, sports related violence and associated subcultures globally, subjective inter-personal violence and street culture in late-modern Britain, and the links between transgressive practices, gender and social class in the contemporary era. I also have a broader academic interest in the social-scientific analysis of crime and deviance, contemporary illicit substance markets, drug use and consumer culture, sports fandom, sport management, reflexive and biographical qualitative research methodologies, and critical debates and new directions in criminological theory.

My PhD research project, and several associated publications that I am currently working on, relate to the issues football hooligan violence and contemporary working-class masculinity.

I currently lead on the modules:

'Crime and Social Control' (L5 core)

'Research Methods in Criminology' (L5 optional),

I have also taught on:

'Crime, Representations and Realities' (L4 core)

'Crime, Narratives and Explanations' (L4 core)

'Sport Culture and Society' (L4 optional)

'Crime, Power and the State' (L5 core)

'Crime and Social Harm' (L5 optional)

'Contemporary Issues in Applied Criminology' (L6 core)

'Race and the Law' (L6 optional)

'Forensic and Investigative Psychology' (L7 core).

I also supervise numerous Undergraduate Dissertations and am currently course year lead for Level 5 Applied Criminology students. 

My current research interests include issues related to current manifestations of aggressive masculinity. Including, but not limited to, sports related violence and associated subcultures globally. My PhD thesis was titled: 'Revisiting Football Hooliganism Inside-Out: An exploration of the transformation of football related disorder in England', and I have both current and forthcoming publications in this research field.

I am a member of the academic sport study group 'The Football Collective', and have presented research papers at a number of academic conferences.