Ben Bowling

Ben Bowling is Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice at King′s College London where he served as Acting Dean and Deputy Dean of the Dickson Poon School of Law (2014-16). Prior to joining King’s as Lecturer in Law in1999, Ben was a lecturer at the University of Cambridge Institute of Criminology, Assistant Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (City University of New York) and Senior Research Officer in the Home Office. He has held visiting positions at Fitzwilliam College Cambridge, Humboldt University, University of Paris 2, University of the West Indies, Monash, and the East China University of Political Science and Law.

Ben’s research examines practical, political and legal problems in policing and the connections between local and global police power. His work exploring themes of fairness, effectiveness and accountability has been published in the Modern Law Review, Criminal Law Review and Theoretical Criminology and in recent books – Policing the Caribbean, Global Policing, Stop & Search: Police Power in Global Context. His most recent book is the 5^th edition of the Politics of the Police with James Sheptycki and Robert Reiner (OUP)

Ben Bowling submitted written evidence to the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry (1999) and to the Home Affairs Select Committee in 2007 and 2020. Has been an adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Interpol and the United Nations. He was awarded the Radzinowicz Memorial Prize for the best article in the British Journal of Criminology in 1999 and was elected a Fellow the Academy of Social Sciences in 2005.