The University of Sheffield
School of Law

Professor Paul Knepper

Position: Professor of Criminology
Email Address: P.Knepper@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)114 222 6734
Room No: CLG01

Academic Profile

I am a professor of criminology. I began at the University of Sheffield in 2004, in the Department of Sociological Studies, and joined the School of Law in 2012. My research areas include historical criminology, crime prevention and criminology theory.

Qualifications

PhD, Arizona State University
MS, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
BS, University of Wisconsin at Green Bay

Teaching and Learning

The modules I teach are:

Undergraduate Postgraduate and MA
Understanding Criminology
Understanding Criminology - Advanced Level Introduction (Convenor) Cultures of Criminology

Research Interests

International crime, historical criminology, crime prevention, crime and social theory

Member of the Centre for Criminological Research cluster.

Key Publications

Knepper, P. (in press) 'The International Traffic in Women: Scandinavia and the League of Nations Inquiry of 1927'. Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention

Knepper, P. and Ystehede, Per J. (2013) The Cesare Lombroso Handbook. Oxford: Routledge

Knepper, P. (2013) 'History Matters: Canada’s Contribution to the First Worldwide Study of Human Trafficking'. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 55(1), 33-54

Kneper, P. (2012) Measuring the Threat of Global Crime: Insight from Research by the League of Nations into the Traffic in Women. Criminology 50(3), 777-809.

Knepper, P. (2011) International Crime in the Twentieth Century: The League of Nations Era, 1919-1939. London: Palgrave.

Knepper, P. (2009), The Invention of International Crime: A Global Issue in the Making, 1881-1914. London: Palgrave.

Recent Invited Papers and Keynote Lectures

'Perceptions of Jews and International Criminals in Interwar Britain', Jewish Historical Society, Leeds, February 2013.

'Measuring Global Crime: Lessons for Research on a Smaller Scale', Plenary address, First Doctoral School in Forensic Science and Criminology, School of Criminal Sciences, University of Lausanne, August 2012.

'Criminological Theory and the Global Decline in Crime' Faculty of Law, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, August 2012.

'Secret Knowledge and the Threat of International Criminals During the Interwar Period' Symposium on Surveillance, Technology and Policing: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, Scottish Institute for Policing Research, University of Dundee, April 2012.

'Crime Policy, Social Welfare Policy and Falling Crime Rates' School of Criminal Sciences, University of Lausanne, April 2012.

'The Significance of the “International Underworld” to the League of Nations'. Crime, Criminal Law and Criminology in History Conference, Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, University of Oslo, November 2011.

'Secret Knowledge and Global Crime' Brown Bag Seminar Series, Centre for Criminology, School of Law, University of Oxford, October 2011.

'Global Anxieties about Crime and the Legacy of Empire'. Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, Utrecht University, October 2011.

'The Myth of International Crime? The Internationalisation of Crime in Britain and America, 1881-1939' Conference on Crime and Punishment in Modern Europe, German Historical Institute, Washington, DC, March 2011.

Key Projects/Grants

Title/Description: Recovering 'Lost Knowledge' of Global Crime
Awarding Body: Nuffield Foundation
People Involved:
Dates: 2011-2012
Amount: £3,089
Title/Description: The Legacy of the British Empire on the Administration of Justice in Malta
Awarding Body: British Academy/Association of Commonwealth Universities
People Involved: Sandra Scicluna and Jacqueline Azzopardi
Dates: 2008-2009
Amount: £3,800

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