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Overview

Mike Hough is affiliated with Birkbeck, University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences, with specific focus on Sociology and Political Science, and Political Science and International Relations as subfields. The core topics of their work include Policing Practices and Perceptions, Crime Patterns and Interventions, and Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis.

Their publication record features research articles and book contributions across multiple venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Procedural justice, compliance with the law and police stop-and-search: a study of young people in England and Scotland" (2020) published in Policing & Society
  • "Front Matter" (2020) in Policy Press eBooks
  • "Book review: Crime, Justice and Social Order: Essays in Honour of A. E. Bottoms, Clarendon Studies in Criminology Liebling A, Shapland J, Sparks R, et al. (eds)" (2023) in Criminology & Criminal Justice
  • "Why do people cooperate with the police and criminal courts? A test of procedural justice theory in 30 countries" (2025) in Criminology

Mike Hough's frequent co-authors include:

  • Kath Murray
  • Susan McVie
  • Diego Farren
  • Lauren Herlitz
  • Pippa Norris

Their scholarly contributions appear in a variety of publication venues, highlighting a multidisciplinary approach across criminology and social science platforms:

  • Policing & Society
  • Policy Press eBooks
  • Criminology & Criminal Justice
  • Criminology

In addition to journal articles, Mike Hough has authored books primarily published by Policy Press and affiliated with Birkbeck, University of London, as well as Bristol University Press eBooks. One titled work is "Good Policing: Trust, Legitimacy and Authority" (2020, Birkbeck, University of London).

Their scholarly output indicates sustained engagement with policing and justice issues, combining empirical studies on procedural justice with evaluations of policing legitimacy and public cooperation with law enforcement agencies.

Best Publications

  • Why do People Comply with the Law? Legitimacy and the Influence of Legal Institutions

    Jonathan Jackson;Ben Bradford;Mike Hough;Andy Myhill

  • Penal Populism and Public Opinion: Lessons from Five Countries

    J.V. Roberts;L.J. Stalans;M. Hough;David Indermaur

  • Procedural Justice, Trust, and Institutional Legitimacy

    Mike Hough;Jonathan Jackson;Ben Bradford;Andy Myhill

  • Developing European indicators of trust in justice

    Jonathan Jackson;Ben Bradford;Mike Hough;Jouni Kuha

  • Explaining reconviction rates: A critical analysis

    Charles Lloyd;George Mair;Mike Hough

  • Anxiety about crime: Findings from the 1994 British crime survey

    Michael Hough

  • Drug markets and distribution systems

    Tiggey May;Mike Hough

  • Policing for London

    Marian FitzGerald;Mike Hough;Ian Joseph;Tariq Qureshi

  • Changing attitudes to punishment : public opinion, crime and justice

    Mike Hough;D Indemaur

  • Sentencing Trends in Britain: Public Knowledge and Public Opinion

    Mike Hough;Julian V. Roberts

  • The Decision to Imprison: Sentencing and the Prison Population

    Mike Hough;Jessica Jacobson;Andrew Millie

  • Punishing disadvantage - a profile of children in custody

    Jessica Jacobson;Bina Bhardwa;T. Gyateng;G. Hunter

  • Anti-social behaviour strategies: Finding a balance

    Andrew Millie;Jessica Jacobson;Eraina McDonald;Mike Hough

  • Legitimacy, trust and compliance: an empirical test of procedural justice theory using the European Social Survey

    Mike Hough;Jonathan Jackson;Ben Bradford

  • Confidence in Justice: An International Review

    Mike Hough;J Roberts

  • A Growing Market: The Domestic Cultivation of Cannabis

    Mike Hough;Hamish Warburton;Bradley Few;Tiggey May

  • Drug Treatment and Testing Orders: Final Evaluation Report

    Paul J. Turnbull;Tim McSweeney;Russell Webster;Mark Edmunds

  • Youth Crime and Youth Justice: Public Opinion in England and Wales

    Mike Hough;J Roberts

  • How malleable are attitudes to crime and punishment? Findings from a British deliberative poll

    Mike Hough;Alison Park

  • Mitigation: the role of personal factors in sentencing

    Jessica Jacobson;Mike Hough

  • Worry about crime: mental events or mental states?

    Mike Hough

  • Crime, Policing and Justice: The Experience of Ethnic Minorities Finding from the 2000 British Crime Survey

    A Clancy;M Hough;R Aust;C Kershaw

  • Gold standard or fool’s gold? The pursuit of certainty in experimental criminology

    Mike Hough

  • Escape Routes: Contemporary Perspectives on Life After Punishment

    Stephen Farrall;Richard Sparks;Shadd Maruna;Mike Hough

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan Jackson
Jonathan Jackson London School of Economics and Political Science
Ben Bradford
Ben Bradford University College London
Julian V. Roberts
Julian V. Roberts University of Oxford
Stephen Farrall
Stephen Farrall University of Sheffield
Martin Killias
Martin Killias University of St. Gallen
Tom R. Tyler
Tom R. Tyler Yale University
Richard Sparks
Richard Sparks University of Edinburgh
Shadd Maruna
Shadd Maruna Queen's University Belfast
Loretta J. Stalans
Loretta J. Stalans Loyola University Chicago
Nick Tilley
Nick Tilley University College London

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