Personal profile
Research interests
Ben studies crime, criminal justice, policing and community safety. His recent work examines the extension of police power beyond the boundaries of the nation state and the practical, political, ethical and legal problems that arise. His recent work on fairness, effectiveness and police accountability in the local, national and transnational spheres has been published in the Modern Law Review, Criminal Law Review, Criminology and Criminal Justice and Theoretical Criminology.
Teaching
Undergraduate
- Criminology & Criminal Justice
- Public Law
Postgraduate
- Case Study Research Methods (Doctoral Training Centre)
Research interests (short)
Biographical details
Professor Ben Bowling is Deputy Executive Dean of The Dickson Poon School of Law. He has been at King’s since 1999 and was previously Assistant Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (City University of New York), Senior Research Officer in the Home Office and lecturer at the University of Cambridge Institute of Criminology. He has been a visiting professor at the University of the West Indies and at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Criminology, LSE London School of Economics & Political Science
Award Date: 1 Jan 1994
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University
Award Date: 1 Jan 1985
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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'A really hostile environment': Adiaphorization, global policing and the crimmigration control system
Bowling, B. & Westenra, S., 1 May 2020, In: Theoretical Criminology. 24, 2, p. 163-183 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Automated policing: The case of body-worn video
Bowling, B. & Iyer, S., Jun 2019, In: International Journal of Law in Context. 15, 2, p. 140-161 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Politics of the Police
Bowling, B., Reiner, R. & Sheptycki, J. W. E., 4 Jun 2019, 5 ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 376 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Pulled over: how police stops define race and citizenship
Bowling, B., May 2018, In: POLICING AND SOCIETY. 28, 5, p. 1-4 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Racism, immigration, and policing
Bowling, B. & Westenra, S., 1 Jan 2018, Race, Criminal Justice, and Migration Control: Enforcing the Boundaries of Belonging. Oxford University Press, p. 61-77 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
35 Citations (Scopus)
Projects
- 6 Finished
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Policing the European Arrest Warrant: An empirical study of a transnational policing tool
Bowling, B. (Primary Investigator)
ESRC Economic and Social Research Council
1/02/2022 → 31/01/2024
Project: Research
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Visualizing mixedness: generational change in mixed race identities
Bowling, B. (Primary Investigator)
1/09/2013 → 31/08/2016
Project: Research
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Security policing between India and the UK: lessons for Europe?
Bowling, B. (Primary Investigator), Bigo, D. (Co-Investigator), Jessberger, F. (Co-Investigator) & Singh, A. (Co-Investigator)
1/04/2011 → 31/03/2014
Project: Research
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Support of conference : Stop and search practices and ethnic profiling in the UK
Bowling, B. (Primary Investigator)
1/03/2010 → 30/04/2011
Project: Research
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Ethnic minority young people: differential treatment in the youth justice system
Hough, M. (Primary Investigator), Bowling, B. (Co-Investigator), Graham, J. (Co-Investigator), Hood, R. (Co-Investigator), Reid, M. (Co-Investigator) & academic, A. (Co-Investigator)
ESRC Economic and Social Research Council
1/11/2006 → 31/10/2008
Project: Research