(Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology, University of Kent)

Whilst my primary research interest is criminological theory (in particular the relationship between consumer culture and crime), I have also published widely in the areas of youth crime, popular culture, social theory, and terrorism and fanaticism. As a cultural criminologist I am particularly interested in the various ways in which cultural dynamics intertwine with the practices of crime and crime control within contemporary society. As a consequence, I have written on everything from the commodification of crime and violence in video games, to the liminal spectacle of 'binge' drinking, from so-called 'chav' culture, to the hyper terrorist spectacle of 911. I also regularly undertake media work and have acted as an advisor for several TV and radio programmes about crime and culture.

I am currently engaged in co-writing (with Professor Jock Young and Professor Jeff Ferrell) a new book entitled Cultural Criminology (London, Sage, 2008). Broadly put, this book will highlight and analyse issues of style, representation, and political contestation as they emerge within particular national and international intersections of culture, crime, and crime control. In so doing it will also reconsider the theoretical and methodological lineages of cultural criminology, and the emerging enterprise of cultural criminology itself, as invented and reinvented by scholars around the globe. Along with Mike Presdee I am also currently working on an edited volume entitled Framing Crime: Cultural Criminology and the Image - a book that we hope will serve as a useful methodological resource for students and scholars interested in doing their own cultural criminological research on crime and the media.

I would very much welcome research proposals from anybody thinking of undertaking research in the area of cultural criminology or theoretical criminology more generally. If you have a proposal in these areas and would like to discuss the possibility of studying criminology at the University of Kent please let me know - I'll be happy to discuss your plans.

Forthcoming Publications

• Ferrell, J., Hayward, K. J., and Young, J., (2008) Cultural Criminology: An Invitation, London: Sage
• Hayward, K. J., and Presdee, M., (2008) Framing Crime: Cultural Criminology and the Image, London: Routledge
• Hayward, K J., Maruna, S., and Mooney, J., (2008) Fifty Key Criminological Thinkers, London: Routledge
• Hayward, K. J., and Hobbs, D., (2007) 'Beyond the binge in Booze Britain : market led liminalization and the spectacle of binge drinking', British Journal of Sociology (forthcoming).
• Hayward, K. J., (2008) 'David Koresh: putting the cult in cultural criminology' in Ross, J. I., (2008) Encyclopedia of Religious and Political Violence
• Hayward, K.J., (2008) 'Cultural Criminology' in Goldson, B., (Ed) The Dictionary of Youth Justice, Cullompton: Willan Recent Publications
• Hayward, K. J., and Young, J (2007) 'Cultural criminology' in Maguire, M., Morgan, R., and Reiner (Eds) The Oxford Handbook of Criminology , 4th Edition, Oxford : Oxford University Press
• Hayward, K. J., (2007) 'Situational crime prevention and its discontents: rational choice theory versus the 'culture of now' ' Social Policy and Administration , 41 232-250
• Hayward, K. J., and Young, J., (2007) 'Zygmunt Bauman and Cultural Criminology' [in Dutch] in De schaduwzijde van de moderniteit: Criminaliteit, onveiligheid en sociale uitsluiting gethematiseerd vanuit het werk van Zygmunt Bauman (Eds) Daems, T and Robert, L., Brussels: Boom Juridische Uitgevers
• Hayward , K. J., and Yar, M., (2006) 'The 'Chav' phenomenon: consumption, media and the construction of a new underclass', Crime, Media, Culture , Volume 2 Number 1 pp.9-28
• Hayward , K. J., (2006) 'Arcades' in Ritzer, G., (Ed) The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Sociology , New York : Blackwell
• Hayward , K. J., Hale, C., Wahidin, A., and Wincup, E., (2005) Criminology , Oxford : Oxford University Press - a 600-page criminology textbook * Hayward , K. J., (2005) 'Psychology and crime: understanding the interface' in Hale C., et al. Criminology , Oxford : Oxford University Press
• Hayward , K. J., and Morrison, W., (2005) 'Theoretical criminology: a starting point' in Hale, C., et al. Criminology , Oxford : Oxford University Press
• Hayward , K. J., (2004) City Limits: Crime, Consumer Culture and the Urban Experience, London : Cavendish Press

About this book : Criminology has always enjoyed a highly productive relationship with the city, generating many important empirical and theoretical studies. But all too often the human experience, social diversity and the inherently pluralistic fabric of city life are transformed into the discourse of demographics, statistics and rationality. This book examines the crime-city nexus in a way that makes sense of criminology's past and contemporary engagements, including both administrative criminology and the work of Jack Katz and Mike Davis. Drawing on a range of disciplinary frameworks - social theory, urban studies, architectural theory and research into urban consumerism practices - the author argues that consumption is central to understanding the city and urban crime. This book will be of interest to students and academics of criminology, social theory, urban studies and cultural studies. To purchase this book follow this links; http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1904385036/qid%3D1136478273/026-3642672-6621239

• Hayward , K., and Young, J., (2004) Co-editor of a Special Edition of Theoretical Criminology on cultural criminology, Volume 8 Number 3
• Hayward , K. J., and Young, J., (2004) ' Cultural criminology: some notes on the script' Theoretical Criminology Volume 8 Number 3 pp. 259-273
• Hayward , K. J., Ferrell, J., Morrison, W., and Presdee, M.,( 2004) Cultural Criminology Unleashed , London : Cavendish Press
• Hayward , K. J., ( 2004) 'Space - the final frontier: c criminology, the city and the social dynamics of exclusion' in Ferrell, J., Hayward , K., Morrison, W., and Presdee, M., Cultural Criminology Unleashed, London : Cavendish Press
• Hayward , K. J., ( 2003) 'Crime and consumer culture in late modern society' in Sumner, C., (Ed) The Blackwell Companion to Criminology , Oxford : Blackwell.
• Hayward , K. J., and Morrison, W., ( 2002) 'Locating Ground Zero: caught between the narratives of crime and war' in Strawson, J., (Ed) (2002) Law After Ground Zero , London : Cavendish Press.
• Hayward , K. J., (2002) 'The vilification and pleasures of youthful transgression' in Muncie , J., Hughes, G., and McLaughlin, E., (Eds) Youth Justice: Critical Readings , London : Open University Press.
• Hayward , K. J., (2001) 'The Chicago School ' in Muncie , J., and McLaughlin, E., (Ed) The Sage Dictionary of Criminology , London : Sage Publications
• Hayward , K. J., (2000) 'Youth crime, excitement and consumer culture: the reconstruction of aetiology in contemporary theoretical criminology' in Pickford, J., (Ed) Youth Justice: Theory and Practice , London : Cavendish Press.