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 2025 to 2026 academic year, I lead the following modules:

• Charged: Anatomy of a Crime 1 (SSC3002M)
• Charged: Anatomy of a Crime 2 (SSC3003M)
• Green Criminology: Social and Ecological Justice (CRI6011M)
• Policing and Serious Crime Investigation (SSC7008M)
• Independent Project (SSC7010M)

In 2025-2026, I also teach on the following modules:

• Introduction to the Criminal Justice System (CRI4008M)
• Social Science Investigation (SSC6001M)
• Contemporary Research in Social Science (YBR7002M)
• Dissertation (YBR7003M)
• Criminological Theory & Practice (SSC7005M)

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

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].

Conferences

[20/11/2025] In-Person

Annual Autumn Law School Faculty Event on “Law & Technology: Law in Times of Digital (R)evolution”, at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (In-Person)

Presentation Title: ‘Astro-Green Criminology, Dark Sky Protection and the Technology Paradox’.

[13/11/25] Online

Ancillary Meeting for the 15^th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Mexico City

Role: Expert voice on space criminology. 

[12/11/2025] Online

Critical Review of Rothe & Collin’s Book “Space Expansionism and Criminology” at the American Society of Criminology, Washington D.C.

Presentation Title: ‘A Critical Review of Space Expansionism and Criminology’.

[12/06/2025] In-Person

Keynote Speaker, Space Expo Museum, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

Book Launch: Crime, Criminal Justice and Ethics in Outer Space: International Perspectives.

[28/05/2025] In-Person

Presentation at the Outer Space Research Network, University of York

Presentation Title: ‘The Impact of Orbital Space Debris on Amateur Astronomy in Two Recognised International Dark Sky Reserves in the North of England’.

[21/06/2024] Online

Workshop on “Environmental Justice in Space” hosted by The Just Space Alliance

Presentation Title: ‘Animals, Captivity & Outer Space’.

[29/05/2024] Online

British Society of Criminology (BSC) Webinar for the BSC Green Criminology Network

Presentation Title: ‘Progressing Space Criminology in an Era of Technological Transition’.

[23/05/2024] In-Person

Space and Social Science Live Panel at the University of Leicester

Presentation Title: ‘From Astro-Green Criminology to Space Criminology’.

[06/12/2023] Online

“Greening Justice” Conference hosted by Liverpool Hope University

Presentation Title: ‘Introducing Space Criminology: Greening Justice in Celestial Environments’.

[05/07/2018] In-Person

British Society of Criminology Conference, Birmingham City University

Presentation Title: ‘The Results are in: Could “Fracking” in the UK Create Environmental Harm? Important Discussions for Green Criminologists’.

[05/07/2017] In-Person

British Society of Criminology Conference at Sheffield Hallam University

Presentation Title: ‘Environmental Victimisation and the Kindling of Local Opposition to the Felling of Sheffield’s Street Trees’.

[06/06/2017] In-Person

University of Lincoln Joint Schools Post-Graduate Research Conference 2017

Presentation Title: ‘The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Lessons from Conducting Qualitative Interviews Face-to-Face and over the Telephone’.

[04/05/2017] In-Person

University of Strathclyde Environmental Law and Governance PG Colloquium

Presentation Title: ‘A Critique of Environmental Law and Green Criminology with a Case Study of the Onshore Unconventional Hydraulic Fracturing Method.’

[01/09/2016] In-Person

Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment (ASLE-UKI) Postgraduate Conference at the University of Lincoln

Presentation Title: ‘Ecophilosophy and Environmental Harm: The Case of Fracking’.

[06/07/2016] In-Person

British Society of Criminology Conference at Nottingham Conference Centre

Presentation Title: ‘Green Criminology and Fracking: An Application of Utilitarian Ethics’

Guest Lectures

[23/02/2026] Online

Guest Lecture at De Montford University, UK (Level 3 students)

Lecture Title: ‘Space Criminology as Global Criminology’.

[10/01/2025] Online

Podcast Guest Speaker at Leeds Trinity University, UK

Podcast Series: ‘Beyond the Dark Clouds’ Podcast hosted by Dr Ann-Marie Mealey.

[18/03/2024] Online

Guest Lecture at the State University of New York, United States (Level 6 students)

Lecture Title: ‘Examining Resource Mining on the Moon, Mars and Martian Moons: An Astro-Green Criminological Perspective’.

[29/02/2024] Online

Guest Lecture at the University of Bradford, UK (Level 6 students)

Lecture Title: ‘International Perspectives on Space Crime, Criminal Justice & Ethics’.

[19/04/2023] Online

Guest Lecture at Autonomous University of Tamaulipas, Mexico (Level 7 students)

Lecture Title: ‘Atmospheric (In)Justice: Exploring the Atmospheric Harms Associated with Outer Space Industries’.

[16/12/2022] Online

Guest Lecture at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Level 7 students)

Lecture Title: ‘Space Criminology’.

[31/08/2022] Online

Guest Lecture at the Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences, Germany (Level 6 students)

Lecture Title: ‘A Criminology of Outer Space’.

[01/03/2018] In-Person

Guest Lecture at Northumbria University, UK (Level 6 students)

Lecture Entitled: ‘Planetary Boundaries: Freshwater Consumption and Contamination’.

[30/10/2017] In-Person

Guest Lecture at Sheffield Hallam University, UK (Level 6 students)

Lecture Entitled: ‘From Environmental Victimisation to Ecocide’.

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.