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Tiggey May

Positions held:
  • Senior Research Fellow, School of Social Sciences
  • Overview

    Overview

    Biography

    Tiggey May is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research, ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú, School of Law, University of London.

    Tiggey has a BA in Sociology and Social Anthropology and a Masters in Criminal Justice Policy and is currently registered for a PhD at Canterbury Christchurch University.

    Tiggey is a qualitative criminologist whose research focuses on policing. Tiggey has conducted research and published widely on the use of evidence within policing; the police educational qualifications framework; the policing of organised fraud; policing drug markets; the relationship between sex and drug markets; pimps; the police complaints system; misconduct by senior police officers; neighbourhood policing across Europe; police informants; and the differential treatment of young people in the criminal justice system.

    Tiggey is currently researching ‘Digital Forensics and Social Media: Challenges and Opportunities for Law Enforcement’

    Web profiles

  • Research

    Research

    Research interests

    • Policing, including: Police Complaints System, Serious Misconduct by Senior Officers, Police Educational Framework, Evidence based Policing, Policing Homicide, Digital Investigations

    Research Centres and Institutes

    • Senior Research Fellow,
  • Supervision and teaching

    Supervision and teaching

    Teaching

    I currently convene the Policing and Society Module for Level 5 and 6 students and run the seminars for the Level 5 Critical Skills and Research Methods module. 

    Teaching modules

    • Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice
    • Research Methods in Criminology
  • Publications

    Publications

    Article

    • Papworth, A. and Page, G. and Bhardwa, Bina and May, Tiggey and Lloyd, C. (2026) . Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy 33 (3), pp. 334-350. ISSN 0968-7637.
    • Hunter, Gillian and May, Tiggey (2020) . Policing 14 (1), pp. 91-103. ISSN 1752-4512.
    • Brown, J. and Belur, J. and Tompson, L. and McDowall, Almuth and Hunter, Gillian and May, Tiggey (2018) . International Journal of Police Science and Management 20 (1), pp. 38-51. ISSN 1461-3557.
    • Hunter, Gillian and May, Tiggey and Hough, Mike (2018) . Policing and Society 29 (3), pp. 251-265. ISSN 1043-9463.
    • Hough, Mike and May, Tiggey and Hales, G. and Belur, J. (2016) . Policing and Society 28 (5), pp. 541-552. ISSN 1043-9463.

    Book section

    • May, Tiggey and Hunter, Gillian and Hough, Mike (2017) . In: Knutsson, J. and Thompson, L. (eds.) Advances in Evidence Based Policing. Crime Science Series. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. ISBN 9781138698734.
    • May, Tiggey and Bhardwa, Bina (2015) . In: Brownstein, H.H. (ed.) The Handbook of Drugs and Society. Wiley Handbooks in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Chichester, U.K.: Wiley Blackwell. pp. 416-442. ISBN 9781118726792.

    Monograph

    • Stanko, E. and Hohl, K. and May, Tiggey and Atkinson, Samantha and Holtham, Emilly (2023) . Operation Soteria Bluestone: Year One Report pp. 1-191. Home Office.
    • May, Tiggey and Bhardwa, Bina (2019) . London, UK
    • May, Tiggey and Hunter, Gillian (2018) . London, UK: Home Office.
    • Hough, Mike and Stanko, B. and Agnew-Pauley, W. and Belur, J. and Brown, J. and Gamblin, David M. and Hunter, Gillian and McDowall, Almuth and McGinley, B. and May, Tiggey and Tompson, L. (2018) . Mayor of London Office for Policing and Crime.
    • Hunter, Gillian and May, Tiggey and Hough, Mike (2017) . London, UK: College of Policing.
    • Hunter, Gillian and Wigzell, Alexandra and Bhardwa, Bina and May, Tiggey and Hough, Mike (2016) . London: Institute for Criminal Policy Research.
    • Bath, C. and Bhardwa, Bina and Jacobson, Jessica and May, Tiggey and Webster, R. (2015) . London, UK: National Appropriate Adult Network.
    • Hunter, Gillian and Wigzell, Alexandra and May, Tiggey and Mcsweeney, Tim (2015) . London, UK: College of Policing.
    • Hales, Gavin and May, Tiggey and Belur, J. and Hough, Mike (2015) . London, UK: College of Policing.
    • May, Tiggey and Skrine, Oonagh and Moretti, Alessandro and Webster, R. (2014) . London, UK: ICPR.
    • Gyateng, Tracey and Moretti, Alessandro and May, Tiggey and Turnbull, Paul J. (2014) . London, UK: Youth Justice Board.
    • Trautmann, F. and Kilmer, B. and Turnbull, Paul J. and May, Tiggey and Mcsweeney, Tim and Skrine, Oonagh (2013) . Luxembourg: European Commission.