Staff profiles
Dr James Banks
PhD, PGCHE, MSc, BA (Hons)
Phone 0114 225 5362
Email j.banks@shu.ac.uk
Subject areas
Criminology
James has undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in criminology. His PhD, completed at the Department of Law, University of Sheffield focuses on the criminalisation of asylum.
He initially began teaching criminology at undergraduate level in 2004, he joined Sheffield Hallam University in 2006, was appointed lecturer in 2007 and promoted to senior lecturer in 2010.
James is currently undertaking research into online gambling and crime which seeks to provide an understanding of crime and victimisation in and around online gambling organisations. It aims to assess the forms, features and organisational dynamics of such crime and explores potential regulatory frameworks through which to limit the victimisation of online gamblers.
Research interests
- immigration and crime
- gambling and crime
- news, media and crime
Teaching interests
- criminal justice system (undergraduate, level 1)
- race, crime and criminal justice (undergraduate, level 2)
- media and crime (undergraduate, level 3)
- crime, justice and policy in a global context (postgraduate)
Recent publications
Banks, J. (Forthcoming) 'Unmasking Deviance: The Visual Construction of Asylum Seekers and Refugees', Critical Criminology.
Banks, J. (Forthcoming) 'Online Gambling and Crime: A Sure Bet?', The ETHICOMP Journal.
Banks, J. and Moxon, D. (Forthcoming) 'The Value(s) of Cultural Criminology', In M. Cowburn, M. Duggan and A. Robinson (eds) Value and Values in Criminology and Community Justice. London: Policy Press.
Banks, J. (2011) 'Foreign National Prisoners in the UK: Explanations and Implications'. The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 50, 2: 184-198.
Banks, J. (2011) 'European Regulation of Cross-Border Hate Speech in Cyberspace: The Limits of Legislation', European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, 19: 1-13.
Banks, J. (2010) 'Regulating Hate Speech Online', International Review of Law, Computers and Technology, 24, 3: 233-239.
Banks, J. (2009) 'Book Review: Raising the Bar: Preventing Aggression In and Around Bars, Pubs and Clubs', British Journal of Community Justice, 7, 1: 95-96.
Banks, J. (2008) 'The Criminalisation of Asylum Seekers and Asylum Policy', Prison Service Journal, 175: 43-49.
Banks, J. (Under Review) 'Mug Punters? Assessing the Prevalence of Crime and the Victimisation of Online Gamblers'.
Conference papers
Banks J. (2011) 'Crime and Victimisation in the Lives of Asylum Seekers and Refugees', 16th World Congress of the International Society for Criminology 2011, Kobe International Conference Centre, Kobe.
Banks, J. (2011) 'Online Gambling and Crime: A Sure Bet?, ETHICOMP Conference 2011, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield.
Banks, J. (2009) 'Unmasking Deviance: The Visual Construction of Asylum Seekers and Refugees', The European Society of Criminology Conference 2009, The University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana.
Banks, J. (2008) 'Constructing Criminality: Discursive Representations of Asylum Seekers and Refugees', The European Society of Criminology Conference 2008, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh.
Banks, J. (2007) 'The Criminalisation of Asylum', The European Society of Criminology Conference 2007, The University of Bologna, Bologna.
Banks, J. (2007) 'The Criminalisation of Asylum Seekers and Asylum Policy', The British Society of Criminology Conference 2007, London School of Economics, London.
Banks, J. (2007) 'Criminalising Asylum', The Stockholm Criminology Symposium 2007, Stockholm University, Stockholm.
Banks, J. (2007) 'Theorising Asylum', Law and Criminology Postgraduate Research Conference 2007, University of Sheffield, Sheffield.
Funding
Banks J. (2011) 'Crime and Victimisation in the Lives of Asylum Seekers and Refugees', British Academy Overseas Conference Grant Scheme. £700.
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