Mark Berry

Mark Berry is a lecturer in Criminology who specialises in illicit drug markets, organised crime and youth crime. His PhD was a semi-covert ethnography of active drug dealers in a city in England. His research aims to investigate the nature of illicit drug markets, the crime risk management practices of drug dealers, and possible reasons for their involvement and patterns of activity. Mark is an advocate of ethnographic research in ethically challenging settings with hard-to-reach groups. He has international experience delivering participatory action research interventions with youth at-risk of serious and organised crime. Mark also has a practical knowledge of the criminal justice system having worked in the Youth Offending Team.