Dr Jack Lampkin

Teaching

I have been a fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2021.

Also in 2021, I gained a distinction (78% overall) in the PGCHE Masters Course from Leeds Trinity University.

In the 2024 to 2025 academic year l teach on the following modules:

• Crime and Deviance in a Contemporary World (CRI4002M)
• Law and Socio-Legal Studies (PCS4003M)
• Victimology (CRI4004M)
• Deviance (SOC4005M)
• Issues in Criminal Justice (CRI5002M)
• Green Criminology: Social and Ecological Justice (CRI6011M)
• Social Science Investigation (SSC6001M)
• Advanced Research Methods 2 (SSC7002M)
• Criminological Theory & Practice (SSC7005M)
• Social Justice, Communities & Partnerships (SSC7006M)
• Crime & Society (SSC7007M)

Research

I am an expert in space law and the criminology of outer space and I am interested in PhD candidates and publishing partners who are also interested in these unique and understudied areas of criminology.

In 2023, I published the book "Space Criminology: Analysing Human Relationships with Outer Space" alongside distinguished Professor Rob White (University of Tasmania, Australia). This was the first book dedicated solely to the upcoming discipline of Space Criminology. In 2024, I published an edited book, "Crime, Criminal Justice and Ethics in Outer Space: International Perspectives" alongside Associate Professor Yarin Eski (Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands). This book consisted of 24 chapters from 26 authors in 13 different countries spanning 6 continents.

I am also an expert in fracking and completed my PhD on the subject of fracking and environmental harm at the University of Lincoln, UK, in 2018.

Publications and conferences

Books

Eski, Y. & Lampkin, J.A. (eds) (2024) Crime, Criminal Justice & Ethics in Outer Space: International Perspectives. Oxon: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Crime-Criminal-Justice-and-Ethics-in-Outer-Space-International-Perspectives/Eski-Lampkin/p/book/9781032567907

Lampkin, J.A. & White, R. (2023) Space Criminology: Analysing Human Relationships with Outer Space. London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/book/9783031399114

Lampkin, J.A. (2020) Uniting Green Criminology and Earth Jurisprudence. Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 9780367613068. Available at: https://www.routledge.com/Uniting-Green-Criminology-and-Earth-Jurisprudence/Lampkin/p/book/9780367613068

Book chapters

Lampkin, J.A. (2025) ‘Rights of Nature and Wild Law’. In: White, R. (ed) Encyclopaedia of Environmental Crime. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/elgar-encyclopedia-of-environmental-crime-9781803923826.html

Lampkin, J.A. & South, N. (2025) ‘Space Junk’. In: White, R. (ed) Encyclopaedia of Environmental Crime. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/elgar-encyclopedia-of-environmental-crime-9781803923826.html

Lampkin, J.A. & Takemura, N. (2025) ‘Astro-Green Criminology and Environmental Harm’. In: White, R. (ed) Encyclopaedia of Environmental Crime. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/elgar-encyclopedia-of-environmental-crime-9781803923826.html

Lampkin, J.A. (2024) ‘Space Victimology: A Consideration of the Scope and Extent of Victimisation Relating to Outer Space Activities Both On- and Off- Earth’. In: Eski, Y. & Lampkin, J.A. (eds) Eski, Y. & Lampkin, J.A. (eds) (2024) Crime, Criminal Justice & Ethics in Outer Space: International Perspectives. Oxon: Routledge.

Lampkin, J.A. & Carpio-Domínguez, J.L. (2024) ‘Atmospheric Justice: Analysing Pollution Caused by the Global Airline and Space Exploration Industries’. In: Eski, Y. & Lampkin, J.A. (eds) Eski, Y. & Lampkin, J.A. (eds) (2024) Crime, Criminal Justice & Ethics in Outer Space: International Perspectives. Oxon: Routledge.

Poss, S. Eski, Y. & Lampkin, J.A. (2024) ‘Developing a Politico-Criminological Perspective on Spaceport crime and Policing’, In: Eski, Y. & Lampkin, J.A. (eds) (2024) International Perspectives on Crime, Criminal Justice & Ethics in Outer Space. Oxon: Routledge.

Eski, Y. & Lampkin, J.A. (2024) ‘Introduction Chapter: The Final Frontier? Toward an International Understanding of Space Crime, Criminal Justice and Ethics’. In: Eski, Y. & Lampkin, J.A. (eds) Eski, Y. & Lampkin, J.A. (eds) (2024) Crime, Criminal Justice & Ethics in Outer Space: International Perspectives. Oxon: Routledge.

Eski, Y. & Lampkin, J.A. (2024) ‘Conclusion: Where to Go Now? The Importance and Promises of (Researching) Space Crime, Criminal Justice and Ethics’. In: Eski, Y. & Lampkin, J.A. (eds) Eski, Y. & Lampkin, J.A. (eds) (2024) Crime, Criminal Justice & Ethics in Outer Space: International Perspectives. Oxon: Routledge.

Lampkin, J.A. and Wyatt, T. (2022) Widening the Scope of ‘Earth’ Jurisprudence and ‘Green’ Criminology? Towards Preserving Extra-Terrestrial Heritage Sites on Celestial Bodies. In: Gacek, J. and Jochelson, R. (eds) Green Criminology and the Law. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82412-9

Lampkin, J.A. (2020) The Uncertainty of Community Financial Incentives for ‘Fracking’: Pursuing Ramifications for Environmental Justice. In: Brisman, A. and South, N. (eds) Routledge International Handbook of Green Criminology. Oxon: Routledge. 2^nd Edition. Available at: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781315207094/routledge-international-handbook-green-criminology-avi-brisman-nigel-south?refId=2d75aefc-7ea2-4807-b1b6-90bb891d932f

Journal articles

Lampkin, J.A. (2025) ‘Book Review of Rothe and Collins Space Expansionism and Criminology: The Emerging Terrain of Crime, Harm and Violence’, Journal of White Collar and Corporate Crime.

Carpio-Dominguez, JL. Lampkin, J.A. & Castro-Salazar, J.I. (2024) ‘Analysing the Theft of Radioactive Isotopes in Mexico from 2011-2023: A Green Criminological Perspective’, Journal of Crime Prevention and Community Safety, (2024): 1-23. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41300-024-00215-6

Burns, R. & Lampkin, J.A. (2024) ‘On the World-Picture: A Crossdisciplinary Analysis of Astronoetics and Astro-Green Criminology’, Revista Electrónica de Criminología, 05-09: 1-10. https://www.revista-e-criminologia.net/_files/ugd/15fbfa_59ad3fc0b8c64ec88b322e58a40fe701.pdf

Lampkin, J.A. & McClanahan, W. (2023) ‘Astronomical Withdrawals: A Green Criminological Examination of Extreme Energy Mining on Extra-terrestrial Objects’, Crime, Law and Social Change, (2023): 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-023-10123-9

Lampkin, J.A. and Wyatt, T. (2023) ‘An Astro-Green Criminological Examination of Orbital Space Debris,’ Criminology and Criminal Justice, 23(3): 1-26. https://journals.sagepub.com/home/crj

Lampkin, J.A. (2023) ‘The Harms and Crimes of Fracking.’ In: Pontell, H. (ed) Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264079.013.768

Lampkin, J.A. (2021) ‘Mapping the Terrain of an Astro-Green Criminology: A Case for Extending the Green Criminological Lens Outside of Planet Earth,’ Astropolitics: The International Journal of Space Politics and Policy, 18(3): 259-273. https://doi.org/10.1080/14777622.2020.1972542

Stephens-Griffin, N. Lampkin, J.A. Stephenson, C. Wyatt, T. (2021) ‘“I Think They Thought it was the Miners’ Strike”: Police and Private Security Responses to Pont Valley Anti-Coal Protests,’ Critical Criminology, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-021-09571-3

Lampkin, J.A. and Hall, M. (2021) 'The Perceived Impact of Fracking on Energy Security and Property Values in the United Kingdom: An Analysis of Interviews with Key-Informants,' The Extractive Industries and Society, 8(2): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2021.02.007

Lampkin, J.A. and Wyatt, T. (2019) ‘Utilising Principles of Earth Jurisprudence to Prevent Environmental Harm: Applying a Case Study of Unconventional Hydraulic Fracturing for Shale Gas in the United Kingdom,’ Critical Criminology, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-018-9426-7

Lampkin, J.A. (2016) ‘Green Criminology and Fracking in the UK: An Application of Utilitarian Ethics,’ Papers from the British Criminology Conference, 16(2): 20-37. Available at: https://www.britsoccrim.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/pbcc_2016_lampkin.pdf

PhD thesis

Lampkin, J.A. (2018) Will Unconventional, Horizontal, Hydraulic Fracturing for Shale Gas Production Purposes Create Environmental Harm in the United Kingdom? [PhD Thesis: University of Lincoln, UK].

Professional activities

I have been a member of the British Society of Criminology since 2016.

I am an external examiner for Staffordshire University on their Detective Constable Degree Holder Entry Programme (DHEP).

I have been a fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2021.

Also in 2021, I gained a distinction (78% overall) in the PGCHE Masters Course from Leeds Trinity University.