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Dr Nicholas Gibbs

Lecturer

Department: Social Sciences

Dr Nick Gibbs is a Lecturer in Criminology at Northumbria University. Having gained undergraduate and post-graduate degrees in Criminology at Birmingham City University, Nick completed his PhD in 2021 at Northumbria. This project focussed on the use and supply of image and performance enhancing drugs (IPEDs). His work can be situated within the schools of ultra-realism and deviant leisure, and encompasses the intersecting topics of IPEDs, illicit markets, masculinity, harm reduction, and gym culture. Looking forward, Nick is developing his research to explore critical sports criminology more broadly and widening the lens of his current focus.

Though rooted in the discipline of Criminology, Nick previously worked at Leeds Trinity University as a University Teacher in Policing. Teaching on the West Yorkshire, Durham, and Northumbria Police Constable Degree Apprenticeships means that Nick is a well-rounded educator who now works across the subjects of Criminology, Sociology, and Policing.

Nicholas Gibbs

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  • Click, click, buy: The market for Novel Synthetic Peptide Hormones on mainstream e-commerce platforms in the UK, Turnock, L., Gibbs, N. 1 Jun 2023, In: Performance Enhancement and Health
  • Emerging anabolic androgenic steroid markets; the prominence of social media, Cox, L., Gibbs, N., Turnock, L. 24 Feb 2023, In: Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy
  • “I Feel Like I’m Walking the Line; One Side It’s Manageable, the Other Side It’s F**king prison”: exploring the Dual Nature of User-Manufacturers of Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs, Piatkowski, T., Gibbs, N., Dunn, M. 25 Aug 2023, In: Deviant Behavior
  • #Sponseredathlete: the marketing of image and performance enhancing drugs on Facebook and Instagram, Gibbs, N. 28 Mar 2023, In: Trends in Organized Crime
  • The Liver King Lie: Misrepresentation, justification, and public health implications, Gibbs, N., Piatkowski, T. 1 Apr 2023, In: International Journal of Drug Policy
  • Anabolics coaching: Emic harm reduction or a public health concern?, Gibbs, N., Cox, L., Turnock, L. 1 Aug 2022, In: Performance Enhancement and Health
  • Continuing the conversation: Anabolics coaching: Emic harm reduction or a public health concern?, Gibbs, N., Cox, L., Turnock, L. Aug 2022, In: Performance Enhancement and Health
  • Post-industrial masculinities and gym culture: Graft, craft, and fraternity, Gibbs, N., Salinas, M., Turnock, L. 22 Jan 2022, In: The British Journal of Sociology
  • Book review – Turnock, L. (2021). ‘Supplying steroids online: The cultural and market contexts of enhancement drug supply on one of the world's largest fitness & bodybuilding forums’. Plymouth: Plymouth policy press, Gibbs, N. 1 Aug 2021, In: Performance Enhancement and Health
  • ‘No one’s going to buy steroids for a home workout’: the impact of the national lockdown on hardcore gym users, anabolic steroid consumption and the image and performance enhancing drugs market, Gibbs, N. 3 Oct 2021, In: Journal of Contemporary Crime, Harm, and Ethics

  • Criminology PhD July 31 2021
  • Criminology MA August 14 2017
  • Criminology BA (Hons) June 20 2016
  • FHEA Fellow (Advantage HE)
  • Member British Society of Criminology (BSC) 2022


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