University News Last updated 30 April 2010
A Birmingham academic has become the only person in the West Midlands to receive a prestigious Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship.
Martin Glynn, a criminologist at Birmingham City University, will use the grant from the Fellowship to travel to Baltimore in the United States this summer to examine the impact of fatherlessness in anti-social behaviour.
Martin explains: “My current work in criminology has identified fatherlessness, father hunger and father deficit as some key indicators and contributory factors, motivating some young men to seek and find solace in gangs, live risky lifestyles, and engage in anti-social behaviour.
“I will study these ideas further when I travel to the States and spend time at John Hopkins University and the Urban Leadership Institute in Baltimore. I will be looking at issues related to community violence and crime among young black men as well as comparing and contrasting urban street crime violence between the UK and Baltimore.”
Martin’s Fellowship research will assist in the understanding of issues affecting young black men in the region as well as inform his current PhD ‘The Sankofa Paradigm – Towards a Critical Race Theory of Desistance.’
Since 1966 The Winston Churchill Trust has been awarding Travelling Fellowship grants to enable Fellows to carry out projects overseas. For further information on the Winston Churchill Trust please see www.wcmt.org.uk.
For further information on Martin Glynn’s work please see www.sankofassociates.co.uk