Professor Alistair Fraser

  • Professor (Sociological & Cultural Studies)

email: Alistair.Fraser@glasgow.ac.uk

Room 210, Sccjr, Ivy Lodge, 63 Gibson Street

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1157-4379

Biography

Alistair Fraser is Professor of Criminology at the University of Glasgow, and presenter of the podcast Young Warriors.

He teaches and researches issues of youth violence, street culture, and urban crime, with a particular interest in the global gang phenomenon, and works with ethnographic, creative and interdisciplinary ways of working.  His work seeks to make theoretically ambitious, empirically grounded, policy relevant contributions to academic and public debate. He recently led   a new study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (UK), investigating the meaning and utility of 'public health' approaches to violence reduction in Scotland and England. 

Alistair is the author of two books: the first, Urban Legends: Gang Identity in the Post-Industrial City (OUP, 2015) was shortlisted for the BBC/BSA Ethnography Award and co-awarded the British Society of Criminology Book Prize. Reviews have been published in Global Crime, Scottish Justice Matters the British Journal of Criminology and Crime Media Culture, as well as media reporting of the work in the Daily Record, Sunday Herald and Evening Times.  His second book, Gangs and Crime: Critical Alternatives was published by Sage in 2017. He has authored or co-authored more than thirty other publications in journals or edited collections, in outlets including the British Journal of Criminology, British Journal of Sociology, Theoretical Criminology and The Oxford Handbook of Criminology. He is on the International Advisory Board for the Journal of Youth Studies, and is an Associate Editor of Criminology & Criminal Justice. 

Alistair is a regular contributor to public debate on issues of crime and justice and has written for the Wall Street Journal, Herald, Scotsman and Conversation as well as making contributions to BBC Scotland, BBC’s ‘Timeline’, STV's 'Scotland Tonight', and BBC Radio Four's 'Thinking Allowed.' In 2017-18, Alistair was selected as a BBC/AHRC ‘New Generation Thinker’ and collaborated with BBC Radio 3 on a series of broadcasts on themes of gangs, street culture, gentrification, and boredom. In addition Alistair works to engage with different audiences, most recently in a collaboration with the People's Palace Museum, Glasgow, to create a 'digital alternative' guide to the displays for secondary school students.

Alistair also has a longstanding interest in global and comparative criminology. Prior to joining Glasgow spent four years as Assistant Professor in Criminology in the Department of Sociology, University of Hong Kong,where he was awarded the Faculty of Social Sciences 'Outstanding Teaching Award' for 2013-14. He continues to work and collaborate with colleagues at the University of Hong Kong, mostly recently co-editing a special issue of the Crime Media Culture on the theme of Asian criminology. In 2018 he was awarded an 'Outstanding Paper' award by the Hong Kong Studies Association for a paper from the same issue.

Alistair welcomes prospective PhD applicants in the areas of youth gangs, street culture, illicit markets, policy mobility, violence and violence reduction, urban ethnography, organised crime, and global and comparative criminology. He is particularly interested in studies using comparative, qualitative, ethnographic, digital or visual methodologies.

Research interests

Youth crime and justice

Gangs and subcultures

Organised crime

Violence and violence reduction

Policy mobility

Global and comparative criminology

Urban sociology

Ethnography and qualitative methods

Oral history

Research groups

Publications

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Number of items: 55.

2025

Fraser, A. and Schwarze, T. (2025) Crime in the restive city: Globalisation, illicit labour and urban change. In: Oberwittler, Dietrich and Wickes, Rebecca (eds.) Handbook on Cities and Crime. Edward Elgar. ISBN 9781800375703

2024

Fraser, A. and Gillon, F. (2024) The Glasgow miracle? Storytelling, violence reduction and public policy. Theoretical Criminology, 28(3), 328 -345. (doi: 10.1177/13624806231208432)

Schwarze, T. and Fraser, A. (2024) Critical Approaches to Gangs. In: Pyrooz, David C., Densley, James and Leverso, John (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Gangs and Society. Oxford University Press, pp. 269-286. ISBN 9780197618158 (doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197618158.013.25)

Fraser, A. , Irwin-Rogers, K., Gillon, F., McVie, S. and Schwarze, T. (2024) Safe Space? The past, present and future of violence reduction in Scotland. [Research Reports or Papers]

2023

Szakolczai, J. M. , Casey, R. , Cullen, A., Qvist-Baudry, E. and Fraser, A. (2023) Public Space CCTV: Research Findings. [Research Reports or Papers]

Fraser, A. (2023) Gangs and the gig economy: triads, precarity and illicit work in Hong Kong. British Journal of Criminology, (doi: 10.1093/bjc/azad018) (Early Online Publication)

2022

Kjellgren, R., Hamilton-Smith, N. and Fraser, A. (2022) Criminal Grades? Contract cheating and student exploitation in Higher Education. [Research Reports or Papers]

Weaver, B. and Fraser, A. (2022) The social dynamics of group-offending. Theoretical Criminology, 26(2), pp. 264-284. (doi: 10.1177/13624806211030459)

Fraser, A. (2022) Entering the street field: a case study on gangs. In: Bucerius, Sandra M., Haggerty, Kevin D. and Berardi, Luca (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Ethnographies of Crime and Criminal Justice. Oxford University Press: New York, pp. 324-339. ISBN 9780190904500 (doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190904500.013.16)

Fraser, A. and Van Hellemont, E. (2022) Six lines: a methodological agenda for critical gang studies. Critical Criminology, 30(1), pp. 13-28. (doi: 10.1007/s10612-022-09617-0)

2021

Fraser, A. and Clark, A. (2021) Damaged hardmen: organised crime and the half-life of deindustrialisation. British Journal of Sociology, 72(4), pp. 1062-1076. (doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.12828) (PMID:33641171)

Fraser, A. and Matthews, D. (2021) Towards a criminology of atmospheres: law, affect and the codes of the street. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 21(4), pp. 455-471. (doi: 10.1177/1748895819874853)

Clark, A., Fraser, A. and Hamilton-Smith, N. (2021) Networked territorialism: the routes and roots of organised crime. Trends in Organized Crime, 24(2), pp. 246-262. (doi: 10.1007/s12117-020-09393-9)

Fraser, A. and Schliehe, A. (2021) The carceral city: confinement and order in Hong Kong’s forbidden enclave. British Journal of Criminology, 61(3), pp. 587-606. (doi: 10.1093/bjc/azaa087)

Fraser, A. (2021) The street as an affective atmosphere. In: Herrity, Kate, Schmidt, Bethany E. and Warr, Jason (eds.) Exploring the Senses in Spaces of Punishment and Social Control. Series: Emerald studies in culture, criminal justice and the arts. Emerald Publishing Limited: Bingley, pp. 217-230. ISBN 9781839097270

Fraser, A. , Armstrong, G. and Hobbs, D. (2021) Policing the Olympic gang: the rise and fall of the Portuguese mafia. Policing and Society, 31(2), pp. 195-208. (doi: 10.1080/10439463.2019.1700985)

Fraser, A. , Laidler, K. and Leung, H. (2021) A genealogy of gangs in Hong Kong. In: Brotherton, David C. and Gude, Rafael Jose (eds.) Routledge International Handbook of Critical Gang Studies. Routledge: London. ISBN 9781138616110

2020

Fraser, A. and Van Hellemont, E. (2020) Gangs and globalization. In: Pontell, Henry N. (ed.) Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190264079 (doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190264079.013.434)

Batchelor, S. , Fraser, A. , Whittaker, L. and Li, L. (2020) Precarious leisure: (re)imagining youth, transitions and temporality. Journal of Youth Studies, 23(1), pp. 93-108. (doi: 10.1080/13676261.2019.1710483)

2019

Fraser, A. (2019) The Gang’s All Queer: The Lives of Gay Gang Members. By V. R. Panfil (NYU Press, 2017, 312 pp. Paperback £21.99) Surviving Gangs, Violence and Racism in Cape Town: Ghetto Chameleons. By M. Rosenkratz Lindegaard (Routledge, 2018, 290 pp. Hardcover £93.50) Mano Dura: The Politics of Gang Control in El Salvador. By S. Wolf (University of Texas Press, 2017, 320 pp. Paperback £17.99). British Journal of Criminology, 59(5), pp. 1260-1265. (doi: 10.1093/bjc/azz014)[Book Review]

2018

Fraser, A. , Hamilton-Smith, N., Clark, A., Graham, W., Mcbride, M., Doyle, M. and Hobbs, D. (2018) Community Experiences of Serious Organised Crime in Scotland. [Research Reports or Papers]

Fraser, A. , Ralphs, R. and Smithson, H. (2018) European youth gang policy in comparative context. Children and Society, 32(2), pp. 156-165. (doi: 10.1111/chso.12265)

Fraser, A. and Hagedorn, J. M. (2018) Gangs and a global sociological imagination. Theoretical Criminology, 22(1), pp. 42-62. (doi: 10.1177/1362480616659129)

Fraser, A. (2018) The ghost of ethnography future. In: Rice, Stephen K. and Maltz, Michael D. (eds.) Doing Ethnography in Criminology: Discovery through Fieldwork. Springer: Cham, pp. 179-185. ISBN 9783319963150 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-96316-7_14)

2017

Fraser, A. , Batchelor, S. , Ling, L. L. N. and Whittaker, L. (2017) City as lens: (re)imagining youth in Glasgow and Hong Kong. Young: The Nordic Journal of Youth Research, 25(3), pp. 235-251. (doi: 10.1177/1103308816669642)

Fraser, A. and Cheuk-Yin Li, E. (2017) The second life of Kowloon walled city: crime, consumerism and cultural memory. Crime, Media, Culture, 13(2), pp. 217-234. (doi: 10.1177/1741659017703681)

Batchelor, S. , Fraser, A. , Ling, L. L. N. and Whittaker, L. (2017) (Re)Politicising young people: from Scotland’s Indyref to Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement. In: Pickard, Sarah and Bessant, Judith (eds.) Young People Re-Generating Politics in Times of Crises. Series: Palgrave studies in young people and politics. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 233-251. ISBN 9783319582498 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-58250-4_13)

Fraser, A. (2017) Gangs and Crime: Critical Alternatives. Sage: London. ISBN 9781473911901

Fraser, A. and Hobbs, D. (2017) Urban criminal collaborations. In: Liebling, A., Maruna, S. and McAra, L. (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Criminology [6th edition]. Oxford University Press, pp. 587-606. ISBN 9780198719441 (doi: 10.1093/he/9780198719441.003.0027)

Bartie, A. and Fraser, A. (2017) Speaking to the ‘Hard Men’: masculinities, violence and youth gangs in Glasgow, c. 1965-75. In: Abrams, Lynn and Ewan, Elizabeth L. (eds.) Nine Centuries of Man: Manhood and Masculinity in Scottish History. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, pp. 258-277. ISBN 9781474403894

Bartie, A. and Fraser, A. (2017) 'It wasnae just Easterhouse: the politics of representation in the Glasgow gang phenomenon, c.1965-1975. In: Gildart, K., Gough-Yates, A., Lincoln, S., Osgerby, B., Robinson, L., Street, J., Webb, P. and Worley, M. (eds.) Youth Culture and Social Change: Making a Difference by Making a Noise. Series: Palgrave studies in the history of subcultures and popular music. Palgrave Macmillan: London, pp. 205-229. ISBN 9781137529107 (doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-52911-4_9)

Fraser, A. (2017) Street Art, Public City: Law, Crime and the Urban Imagination, by Alison Young. Law and Literature, 29(2), pp. 373-375. (doi: 10.1080/1535685X.2017.1306220)[Book Review]

2016

Fraser, A. (2016) Researching crime and justice in Hong Kong. In: Chui, Wing Hong and Lo, T. Wing (eds.) Understanding Criminal Justice in Hong Kong [2nd edition]. Routledge: London, pp. 118-134. ISBN 9781138888746

Piacentini, T. and Fraser, A. (2016) Back to Back: Revisiting Ethnographies Past, Present and Future. [Website]

Fraser, A. (2016) Global Gangs: Street Violence Across the World; edited by J. Hazen and D. Rodgers. British Journal of Criminology, 56(1), pp. 204-207. (doi: 10.1093/bjc/azv044)[Book Review]

Fraser, A. (2016) Criminology in a controlled climate: reflections on learning and teaching in Hong Kong. Social Transformations in Chinese Societies, 12(1), pp. 37-43.

2015

Fraser, A. (2015) Reframing gangs. Oxford University Press Blog,

Fraser, A. (2015) Umbrella sociology. IIAS Newsletter, 70,

Fraser, A. (2015) Urban Legends: Gang Identity in the Post-Industrial City. Series: Clarendon studies in criminology. Oxford University Press: Oxford. ISBN 9780198728610 (doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198728610.001.0001)

2014

Fraser, A. and Atkinson, C. (2014) Making up gangs: looping, labelling and the new politics of intelligence-led policing. Youth Justice, 14(2), pp. 154-170. (doi: 10.1177/1473225414529047)

Bartie, A. and Fraser, A. (2014) The Easterhouse project: youth gangs, social justice and the arts in Glasgow, 1968-1970. Scottish Justice Matters, 2014, pp. 38-39.

Fraser, A. (2014) City of experience, city of Imagination. Wall Street Journal Blog,

Fraser, A. and Piacentini, T. (2014) We belong to Glasgow: the thirdspaces of youth ‘gangs’ and asylum seeker, refugee and migrant groups. In: Phillips, Coretta and Webster, Colin (eds.) New Directions in Race, Ethnicity and Crime. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 55-79. ISBN 9780415540490

2013

Fraser, A. (2013) Review of Mary Bosworth and Carolyn Hoyle, 'What is Criminology?'. Asian Journal of Criminology, 8(3), pp. 231-234. (doi: 10.1007/s11417-012-9145-z)[Book Review]

Fraser, A. (2013) Ethnography at the periphery: redrawing the borders of criminology's world-map. Theoretical Criminology, 17(2), pp. 251-260. (doi: 10.1177/1362480612472786)

Fraser, A. (2013) Street habitus: gangs, territorialism and social change in Glasgow. Journal of Youth Studies, 16(8), pp. 970-985. (doi: 10.1080/13676261.2013.793791)

Joe-Laidler, J.K., Fraser, A. and Lau, G. (2013) Reducing Hong Kong's Youth Crime Through Community Intervention : An Evaluation of Operation Breakthrough. [Research Reports or Papers] (Unpublished)

2012

Fraser, A. (2012) Youth in Crisis? Gangs, Territoriality and Violence, edited by Barry Goldson. British Journal of Criminology, 52(1), pp. 227-230. (doi: 10.1093/bjc/azr081)[Book Review]

2011

Fraser, A. and MacQueen, S. (2011) Evaluation of Early and Effective Intervention and Diversion from Prosecution in Dumfries and Galloway. [Research Reports or Papers]

2010

Fraser, A. , Burman, M. , Batchelor, S. and McVie, S. (2010) Youth violence in Scotland: a literature review. [Research Reports or Papers]

Burman, M. , Johnstone, J., Fraser, A. and McNeill, F. (2010) Scotland. In: Dünkel, F, Grzywal, P, Horsfield, P and Pruin, I (eds.) Juvenile Justice Systems in Europe - Current Situation and Reform Developments. Forum Verlag Godesberg GmbH: Mönchengladbach, pp. 1149-1194. ISBN 9783936999754

Mackenzie, S. and Fraser, A. (2010) Communities and Community Safety: Theories, Concepts and Strategies. [Research Reports or Papers] (Unpublished)

2009

Ashe, S., Fraser, A. and Piacentini, T. (2009) Introduction: Critical Issues in Researching ‘Hidden Communities'. eSharp, Specia, pp. 1-9.

Fraser, A. (2009) Deviation from the mean? Cultural representations of Glasgow since 'No mean city'. In: McNair, A. and Ryder, J. (eds.) Further from the Frontiers...: Cross-Currents in Irish and Scottish Studies. AHRC Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies: Aberdeen, UK, pp. 21-32.

2008

Bannister, J. and Fraser, A. (2008) Youth gang identification: learning and social development in restricted geographies. Scottish Journal of Criminal Justice Studies, 14, pp. 96-114.

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Articles

Fraser, A. and Gillon, F. (2024) The Glasgow miracle? Storytelling, violence reduction and public policy. Theoretical Criminology, 28(3), 328 -345. (doi: 10.1177/13624806231208432)

Fraser, A. (2023) Gangs and the gig economy: triads, precarity and illicit work in Hong Kong. British Journal of Criminology, (doi: 10.1093/bjc/azad018) (Early Online Publication)

Weaver, B. and Fraser, A. (2022) The social dynamics of group-offending. Theoretical Criminology, 26(2), pp. 264-284. (doi: 10.1177/13624806211030459)

Fraser, A. and Van Hellemont, E. (2022) Six lines: a methodological agenda for critical gang studies. Critical Criminology, 30(1), pp. 13-28. (doi: 10.1007/s10612-022-09617-0)

Fraser, A. and Clark, A. (2021) Damaged hardmen: organised crime and the half-life of deindustrialisation. British Journal of Sociology, 72(4), pp. 1062-1076. (doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.12828) (PMID:33641171)

Fraser, A. and Matthews, D. (2021) Towards a criminology of atmospheres: law, affect and the codes of the street. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 21(4), pp. 455-471. (doi: 10.1177/1748895819874853)

Clark, A., Fraser, A. and Hamilton-Smith, N. (2021) Networked territorialism: the routes and roots of organised crime. Trends in Organized Crime, 24(2), pp. 246-262. (doi: 10.1007/s12117-020-09393-9)

Fraser, A. and Schliehe, A. (2021) The carceral city: confinement and order in Hong Kong’s forbidden enclave. British Journal of Criminology, 61(3), pp. 587-606. (doi: 10.1093/bjc/azaa087)

Fraser, A. , Armstrong, G. and Hobbs, D. (2021) Policing the Olympic gang: the rise and fall of the Portuguese mafia. Policing and Society, 31(2), pp. 195-208. (doi: 10.1080/10439463.2019.1700985)

Batchelor, S. , Fraser, A. , Whittaker, L. and Li, L. (2020) Precarious leisure: (re)imagining youth, transitions and temporality. Journal of Youth Studies, 23(1), pp. 93-108. (doi: 10.1080/13676261.2019.1710483)

Fraser, A. , Ralphs, R. and Smithson, H. (2018) European youth gang policy in comparative context. Children and Society, 32(2), pp. 156-165. (doi: 10.1111/chso.12265)

Fraser, A. and Hagedorn, J. M. (2018) Gangs and a global sociological imagination. Theoretical Criminology, 22(1), pp. 42-62. (doi: 10.1177/1362480616659129)

Fraser, A. , Batchelor, S. , Ling, L. L. N. and Whittaker, L. (2017) City as lens: (re)imagining youth in Glasgow and Hong Kong. Young: The Nordic Journal of Youth Research, 25(3), pp. 235-251. (doi: 10.1177/1103308816669642)

Fraser, A. and Cheuk-Yin Li, E. (2017) The second life of Kowloon walled city: crime, consumerism and cultural memory. Crime, Media, Culture, 13(2), pp. 217-234. (doi: 10.1177/1741659017703681)

Fraser, A. (2016) Criminology in a controlled climate: reflections on learning and teaching in Hong Kong. Social Transformations in Chinese Societies, 12(1), pp. 37-43.

Fraser, A. (2015) Reframing gangs. Oxford University Press Blog,

Fraser, A. (2015) Umbrella sociology. IIAS Newsletter, 70,

Fraser, A. and Atkinson, C. (2014) Making up gangs: looping, labelling and the new politics of intelligence-led policing. Youth Justice, 14(2), pp. 154-170. (doi: 10.1177/1473225414529047)

Bartie, A. and Fraser, A. (2014) The Easterhouse project: youth gangs, social justice and the arts in Glasgow, 1968-1970. Scottish Justice Matters, 2014, pp. 38-39.

Fraser, A. (2014) City of experience, city of Imagination. Wall Street Journal Blog,

Fraser, A. (2013) Ethnography at the periphery: redrawing the borders of criminology's world-map. Theoretical Criminology, 17(2), pp. 251-260. (doi: 10.1177/1362480612472786)

Fraser, A. (2013) Street habitus: gangs, territorialism and social change in Glasgow. Journal of Youth Studies, 16(8), pp. 970-985. (doi: 10.1080/13676261.2013.793791)

Ashe, S., Fraser, A. and Piacentini, T. (2009) Introduction: Critical Issues in Researching ‘Hidden Communities'. eSharp, Specia, pp. 1-9.

Bannister, J. and Fraser, A. (2008) Youth gang identification: learning and social development in restricted geographies. Scottish Journal of Criminal Justice Studies, 14, pp. 96-114.

Books

Fraser, A. (2017) Gangs and Crime: Critical Alternatives. Sage: London. ISBN 9781473911901

Fraser, A. (2015) Urban Legends: Gang Identity in the Post-Industrial City. Series: Clarendon studies in criminology. Oxford University Press: Oxford. ISBN 9780198728610 (doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198728610.001.0001)

Book Sections

Fraser, A. and Schwarze, T. (2025) Crime in the restive city: Globalisation, illicit labour and urban change. In: Oberwittler, Dietrich and Wickes, Rebecca (eds.) Handbook on Cities and Crime. Edward Elgar. ISBN 9781800375703

Schwarze, T. and Fraser, A. (2024) Critical Approaches to Gangs. In: Pyrooz, David C., Densley, James and Leverso, John (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Gangs and Society. Oxford University Press, pp. 269-286. ISBN 9780197618158 (doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197618158.013.25)

Fraser, A. (2022) Entering the street field: a case study on gangs. In: Bucerius, Sandra M., Haggerty, Kevin D. and Berardi, Luca (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Ethnographies of Crime and Criminal Justice. Oxford University Press: New York, pp. 324-339. ISBN 9780190904500 (doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190904500.013.16)

Fraser, A. (2021) The street as an affective atmosphere. In: Herrity, Kate, Schmidt, Bethany E. and Warr, Jason (eds.) Exploring the Senses in Spaces of Punishment and Social Control. Series: Emerald studies in culture, criminal justice and the arts. Emerald Publishing Limited: Bingley, pp. 217-230. ISBN 9781839097270

Fraser, A. , Laidler, K. and Leung, H. (2021) A genealogy of gangs in Hong Kong. In: Brotherton, David C. and Gude, Rafael Jose (eds.) Routledge International Handbook of Critical Gang Studies. Routledge: London. ISBN 9781138616110

Fraser, A. and Van Hellemont, E. (2020) Gangs and globalization. In: Pontell, Henry N. (ed.) Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190264079 (doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190264079.013.434)

Fraser, A. (2018) The ghost of ethnography future. In: Rice, Stephen K. and Maltz, Michael D. (eds.) Doing Ethnography in Criminology: Discovery through Fieldwork. Springer: Cham, pp. 179-185. ISBN 9783319963150 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-96316-7_14)

Batchelor, S. , Fraser, A. , Ling, L. L. N. and Whittaker, L. (2017) (Re)Politicising young people: from Scotland’s Indyref to Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement. In: Pickard, Sarah and Bessant, Judith (eds.) Young People Re-Generating Politics in Times of Crises. Series: Palgrave studies in young people and politics. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 233-251. ISBN 9783319582498 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-58250-4_13)

Fraser, A. and Hobbs, D. (2017) Urban criminal collaborations. In: Liebling, A., Maruna, S. and McAra, L. (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Criminology [6th edition]. Oxford University Press, pp. 587-606. ISBN 9780198719441 (doi: 10.1093/he/9780198719441.003.0027)

Bartie, A. and Fraser, A. (2017) Speaking to the ‘Hard Men’: masculinities, violence and youth gangs in Glasgow, c. 1965-75. In: Abrams, Lynn and Ewan, Elizabeth L. (eds.) Nine Centuries of Man: Manhood and Masculinity in Scottish History. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, pp. 258-277. ISBN 9781474403894

Bartie, A. and Fraser, A. (2017) 'It wasnae just Easterhouse: the politics of representation in the Glasgow gang phenomenon, c.1965-1975. In: Gildart, K., Gough-Yates, A., Lincoln, S., Osgerby, B., Robinson, L., Street, J., Webb, P. and Worley, M. (eds.) Youth Culture and Social Change: Making a Difference by Making a Noise. Series: Palgrave studies in the history of subcultures and popular music. Palgrave Macmillan: London, pp. 205-229. ISBN 9781137529107 (doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-52911-4_9)

Fraser, A. (2016) Researching crime and justice in Hong Kong. In: Chui, Wing Hong and Lo, T. Wing (eds.) Understanding Criminal Justice in Hong Kong [2nd edition]. Routledge: London, pp. 118-134. ISBN 9781138888746

Fraser, A. and Piacentini, T. (2014) We belong to Glasgow: the thirdspaces of youth ‘gangs’ and asylum seeker, refugee and migrant groups. In: Phillips, Coretta and Webster, Colin (eds.) New Directions in Race, Ethnicity and Crime. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 55-79. ISBN 9780415540490

Burman, M. , Johnstone, J., Fraser, A. and McNeill, F. (2010) Scotland. In: Dünkel, F, Grzywal, P, Horsfield, P and Pruin, I (eds.) Juvenile Justice Systems in Europe - Current Situation and Reform Developments. Forum Verlag Godesberg GmbH: Mönchengladbach, pp. 1149-1194. ISBN 9783936999754

Fraser, A. (2009) Deviation from the mean? Cultural representations of Glasgow since 'No mean city'. In: McNair, A. and Ryder, J. (eds.) Further from the Frontiers...: Cross-Currents in Irish and Scottish Studies. AHRC Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies: Aberdeen, UK, pp. 21-32.

Book Reviews

Fraser, A. (2019) The Gang’s All Queer: The Lives of Gay Gang Members. By V. R. Panfil (NYU Press, 2017, 312 pp. Paperback £21.99) Surviving Gangs, Violence and Racism in Cape Town: Ghetto Chameleons. By M. Rosenkratz Lindegaard (Routledge, 2018, 290 pp. Hardcover £93.50) Mano Dura: The Politics of Gang Control in El Salvador. By S. Wolf (University of Texas Press, 2017, 320 pp. Paperback £17.99). British Journal of Criminology, 59(5), pp. 1260-1265. (doi: 10.1093/bjc/azz014)[Book Review]

Fraser, A. (2017) Street Art, Public City: Law, Crime and the Urban Imagination, by Alison Young. Law and Literature, 29(2), pp. 373-375. (doi: 10.1080/1535685X.2017.1306220)[Book Review]

Fraser, A. (2016) Global Gangs: Street Violence Across the World; edited by J. Hazen and D. Rodgers. British Journal of Criminology, 56(1), pp. 204-207. (doi: 10.1093/bjc/azv044)[Book Review]

Fraser, A. (2013) Review of Mary Bosworth and Carolyn Hoyle, 'What is Criminology?'. Asian Journal of Criminology, 8(3), pp. 231-234. (doi: 10.1007/s11417-012-9145-z)[Book Review]

Fraser, A. (2012) Youth in Crisis? Gangs, Territoriality and Violence, edited by Barry Goldson. British Journal of Criminology, 52(1), pp. 227-230. (doi: 10.1093/bjc/azr081)[Book Review]

Research Reports or Papers

Fraser, A. , Irwin-Rogers, K., Gillon, F., McVie, S. and Schwarze, T. (2024) Safe Space? The past, present and future of violence reduction in Scotland. [Research Reports or Papers]

Szakolczai, J. M. , Casey, R. , Cullen, A., Qvist-Baudry, E. and Fraser, A. (2023) Public Space CCTV: Research Findings. [Research Reports or Papers]

Kjellgren, R., Hamilton-Smith, N. and Fraser, A. (2022) Criminal Grades? Contract cheating and student exploitation in Higher Education. [Research Reports or Papers]

Fraser, A. , Hamilton-Smith, N., Clark, A., Graham, W., Mcbride, M., Doyle, M. and Hobbs, D. (2018) Community Experiences of Serious Organised Crime in Scotland. [Research Reports or Papers]

Joe-Laidler, J.K., Fraser, A. and Lau, G. (2013) Reducing Hong Kong's Youth Crime Through Community Intervention : An Evaluation of Operation Breakthrough. [Research Reports or Papers] (Unpublished)

Fraser, A. and MacQueen, S. (2011) Evaluation of Early and Effective Intervention and Diversion from Prosecution in Dumfries and Galloway. [Research Reports or Papers]

Fraser, A. , Burman, M. , Batchelor, S. and McVie, S. (2010) Youth violence in Scotland: a literature review. [Research Reports or Papers]

Mackenzie, S. and Fraser, A. (2010) Communities and Community Safety: Theories, Concepts and Strategies. [Research Reports or Papers] (Unpublished)

Website

Piacentini, T. and Fraser, A. (2016) Back to Back: Revisiting Ethnographies Past, Present and Future. [Website]

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Grants

2020 - 2023 What Worked: Policy Mobility and the Public Health Approach to Violence. Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.

2017 – 2018    Reimagining Crime and Justice: An Alternative Guide. Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (Impact Acceleration).

2016 – 2018    Community Experiences of Serious and Organised Crime. Funded by the Scottish Government.

2014 – 2015    (Re)Imagining Gangs: A Study of Gang Identity in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Funded by the University of Hong Kong.

2013 – 2015    (Re)Imagining Youth: A Comparative Sociology of Youth Leisure in Scotland and Hong Kong. Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (UK) and Research Grants Council (HK).

2013 – 2015    Reducing Hong Kong's Youth Crime Through Community Intervention: An Evaluation of Operation Breakthrough. Funded by Operation Breakthrough.

2012 – 2015    How Young People Obtain Psychoactive Drugs in Hong Kong. Research Grants Council (HK).

2012 – 2014    Excavating the Walled City: Youth and Order in Hong Kong’s Forbidden Enclave. Funded by University of Hong Kong.

Supervision

Casey, R. (2017-) 'The lived experience of penal electronic monitoring' (PhD, University of Glasgow)

Jankowski, K.(2019- ) 'Dread and Confidence: Navigating Adulthood in Generation Rent' (PhD, University of Glasgow)

 

Alnasser, F. (2018) 'Youth transitions and social change in Kuwait: tensions between tradition and modernity' (PhD, University of Glasgow)

Smith, E. (2019) 'Illicit Markets in the Global City: The Cultural Property Trade in Hong Kong' (PhD, University of Glasgow)

Teaching

2015 – 2017    Course Coordinator: The Global Criminal Economy; Youth, Gangs & Globalization; Sociology of the City; Research Methods in Criminology – University of Glasgow, UK.

2011 – 2015    Course Coordinator: Social Problems; Youth & Delinquency; Youth Crime in the Global City; Methods of Research in Criminology – University of Hong Kong, HKSAR.

Research datasets

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2023

Szakolczai, J. M. , Casey, R. , Cullen, A., Qvist-Baudry, E. and Fraser, A. (2023) Public Space CCTV in Scotland: Police Scotland responses. [Data Collection]

Szakolczai, J. M. , Casey, R. , Cullen, A., Qvist-Baudry, E. and Fraser, A. (2023) Public space CCTV in Scotland: Local Authority responses. [Data Collection]

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Alistair Fraser

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