School of Law

Scholarly and Research Interests

Generally speaking, I am interested in historical criminology and criminological theory.  More specifically, my research relates to alcohol. I am interested in the means through which drink and drinking come to be understood and regulated in contemporary society.

Teaching

I am currently teaching on the modules:

• Criminological Research Methods
• Understanding Crime
• Youth Crime and Justice.

PhD Supervision

I am interested in supervising PhDs relating to alcohol, drinking or historical criminology more generally.

Key Publications

Books

Yeomans (Forthcoming) 'Public Attitudes to Alcohol and Moral Regulation: Spirited Measures and Victorian Hangovers' which will be published by Policy Press in 2014.

Yeomans, Henry (2013) 'Moral Panics or Moral Regulation? Theorising Alcohol in Public Discourse', in Moral Panics in the Contemporary World, edited by Chas Critcher, Jason Hughes, Julian Petley and Amanda Rohloff, Bloomsbury Academic: London.

Yeomans, Henry and Critcher, Chas (2013), 'The Demon Drink: Alcohol and Moral Regulation, Past and Present', Routledge Handbook of Leisure Studies edited by Tony Blackshaw, Routledge: Oxon.

Journal Articles

Yeomans, Henry (2011) ‘What did the British Temperance Movement Accomplish? Attitudes to Alcohol, the Law and Moral Regulation’, Sociology, Vol.45 (1), pp.38-53. (This article was awarded the Sage Prize for Innovation and/or Excellence 2012.)

Yeomans, Henry (2009) ‘Revisiting a Moral Panic: Ascetic Protestantism, Attitudes to Alcohol and the Implementation of the Licensing Act 2003’, Sociological Research Online, Vol.14 (2/3).

Journal Discussion Paper

Yeomans, Henry (2011) 'Providentialism, The Pledge and Victorian Hangovers: Investigating Moderate Alcohol Policy in Britain, 1914-1918', Law, Crime and History, Vol.1, pp.95-107.

Other

Radio Interview: ‘Thinking Allowed’ with Laurie Taylor, BBC Radio 4, 23rd March 2011.

Media Contact Areas

• Regulation of drinking in Britain past and present.
• Public attitudes towards alcohol.
• The impact of the British temperance movement.
• Modern medical views of drinking.