Dr Brian McShane

Brian is an experienced researcher with a focus on working with children and young people. Brian’s current research interests include masculinities, young people and emotions, violence and prevention, social and youth justice policy. He has conducted research with a range of organisations including Youth Justice Services in Coventry and London and worked in local government and youth work teams on violence reduction programmes with young people. His recent research has looked at young people’s experiences of violence, using music as a tool to support desistance, and evaluating the effectiveness of non-statutory youth justice services. 

Social Sciences Research and Innovation Institute (SSRII)

Edited Books

• McShane, B., and Whelan, M. (Eds.) Youth, Transitions and Social Justice (2025) Bristol University Press.
• Howard, F., Glenister, S., and McShane, B. (Eds.) (2024) Youth, Music and Measurement, Palgrave Macmillan, London & New York.

Book chapters

• McShane, B. (2025) Safe Masculinities: Doing critical gender work around violence in McShane, B., and Whelan, M. (Eds.) Youth, Transitions and Social Justice (2025) Bristol University Press.
• McShane, B (2024) Young men, lyrics and violence: The music studio as informal educational space in Howard, F., Glenister, S., and McShane, B. (Eds.) (2024) Youth, Music and Measurement, Palgrave Macmillan, London & New York.

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. Available at: https://www.bera.ac.uk/media/bera-youth-and-informal-education-sig-youth-work-music-production-and-measurement

• Children and young people
• Masculinities
• Young people, emotions and well-being
• Violence and prevention

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

• PhD Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London
• MA Critical and Creative Analysis (Sociology, Politics, Media and Communications), 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
3. British Society of Criminology

 

• McShane, B. (2024) Implementing Child First: An evaluation of Coventry Youth Justice Services non-statutory programmes, Coventry Youth Justice Services.

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

• Serious youth violence and prevention
• Working with young people at risk of crime and victimisation
• Non-statutory interventions
• Youth work and informal education

• 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. Award: £10981, August 2019 - June 2021, Role: Researcher, Principle Investigator: Dr. Michael Whelan, Co-Investigator: Dr. Kate Carr-Fanning, Researchers: Nim Bahia, Sian Ponting.

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