Summary
I am engaged in teaching, research and scholarly activity in the field of criminology.
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About
I hold undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in criminology and a PhD completed at the Department of Law, University of Sheffield. I initially began teaching criminology at undergraduate level in 2004. I joined Sheffield Hallam University in 2006, was appointed lecturer in 2007 and promoted to senior lecturer in 2010.
My research interests current around crime, gambling and technology. I am currently working on my second book, Gambling, Crime and Society, which is to be published by Palgrave MacMillan in 2016. I am also principal investigator on a British Academy/ Leverhulme funded project exploring the potential relationships between identity transition, offending and substance misuse through the desistance and recovery narratives of ex-military service participants engaging in recovery support services.
Away from work, I am dad to twin boys, my household’s resident dog walker and a decidedly average footballer and fisherman.
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Teaching
Department Of Law and Criminology
Social Sciences and Humanities
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Research
- Communication and Computing Research Centre
- Cultural Communication and Computing Research Institute
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Publications
Banks, J. (Forthcoming) ‘Radical Criminology and the Techno-Security-Capitalist-Complex’, In K. F. Steinmetz and M. R. Nobles (eds) Technocrime and Deviance: A Theoretical Primer. London: CRC Press.
Banks, J. and Dönmez, C. (2014) ‘Siberalemde Nefret Soylemleri Konusunda Avrupa Duzenlemeleri: Yasal Düzenlemenin Sinirlari’ ceviren Celalettin Donmez’, Küresel Bakış Çeviri Hukuk Dergisi, 13: 33-48. Turkish translation of 'European Regulation of Cross-Border Hate Speech in Cyberspace: The Limits of Legislation'.
Banks, J. (2008) 'The Criminalisation of Asylum Seekers and Asylum Policy', Prison Service Journal, 175: 43-49.
BANKS, James and ALBERTSON, Katherine (2018). Veterans and violence: an exploration of pre-enlistment, military and post-service life. European Journal of Criminology.
ANDERSSON, Catrin, BEST, David, IRVING, James, EDWARDS, Michael, BANKS, James, MAMA-RUDD, Adam and HAMER, Rebecca (2018). Understanding recovery from a family perspective: a survey of life in recovery for families. Project Report. Sheffield Hallam University for Alcohol Research UK.
BANKS, James (2018). From parasite to antihero: shifting depictions of the card sharp. In: JOHNSON, Mark, (ed.) Casino and Card Game Reader. Bloomsbury. (In Press)
ALBERTSON, Katherine, BANKS, James and MURRAY, Emma (2017). Military Veteran-offenders: Making sense of developments in the debate to inform service delivery. Prison Service Journal, 234, 23-30.
BANKS, James (2017). Gambling, crime and society. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
BANKS, James (2017). Radical criminology and the techno-security-capitalist-complex. In: Technocrime and criminological theory. CRC Press. (In Press)
BANKS, James (2015). The Heartbleed bug : insecurity repackaged, rebranded and resold. Crime, Media, Culture, 11 (3), 259-279.
BANKS, James (2014). Online gambling, advantage play, reflexivity and virtual ethnography. In: LUMSDEN, Karen and WINTER, Aaron, (eds.) Reflexivity in criminological research : experience with the powerful and powerless. London, Palgrave Macmillan, 289-300.
BANKS, James (2014). Online gambling and crime: causes, controls and controversies. Farnham, Ashgate.
BANKS, James (2013). Edging your bets: advantage play, gambling, crime and victimisation. Crime, Media, Culture, 9 (2), 171-187.
BANKS, James and MOXON, David (2013). The value(s) of cultural criminology. In: COWBURN, Malcolm, DUGGAN, Marian, ROBINSON, Anne and SENIOR, Paul, (eds.) Values in criminology and community justice. Bristol, Policy Press, 109-125.
BANKS, James (2012). Unmasking deviance: the visual construction of asylum seekers and refugees. Critical Criminology : International Journal, 20 (3), 293-310.
BANKS, James (2012). Online gambling and crime: a sure bet? The ETHICOMP Journal.
BANKS, James and MOXON, David (2012). UIEGA and the rise and rise of gaming and gambling in the UK. CrimeTalk.
BANKS, James (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), 1-13.
BANKS, James (2011). Foreign national prisoners in the UK: explanations and implications. The Howard Journal Of Criminal Justice, 50 (2), 184-198.
BANKS, James (2010). Regulating hate speech online. International Review of Law, Computers and Technology, 24 (3), 233-239.
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