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Richard Wild

Dr Richard Wild BA, CertEd, PhD

Principal Lecturer in Criminology

Biography

Dr Richard Wild joined the University of »ÆÉ«Æ¬ in 2004. He has been an advisor to the Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de L'Homme, a delegate on human rights missions to Japan, Uzbekistan, Uganda, Botswana, Mongolia and Russia, and has advised the Metropolitan Police Service and HMP Isle of Sheppey.

School administrative and supervisory responsibilities

  • Programme Leader, MSc Criminology and Criminal Psychology
  • Programme Leader, MA International Criminology
  • Doctoral supervision

Professional and academic associations

  • British Society of Criminology
  • European Society for the »ÆÉ«Æ¬ of Deviance and Social Control
  • Centre for Capital Punishment Studies, Westminster University
  • Centre for Criminal Justice Studies
  • Fellow of Centre for Criminological Research, University of Sheffield

Research/scholarly interests

Richard's main areas of interest are policing and crime control; crime prevention and community safety; terrorism and human rights; state crime; and capital punishment

Selected publications

Books, Reports and Chapters

  • Wild, R. (2012) Les enseignements de la statistique et de la criminologie in Délinquance, politiques publiques et réponses locales, Paris: Fondation Gabriel Péri.
  • Wild, R. (2011) Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and compliance with human rights in the 'war on terror': The case of Uzbekistan, Paris: FIDH.
  • Wild, R., Favarel, G, Le Huérou, A., and Van Raemdonck D. (2009) A Society Under Control: Misuse of the Fight Against Terrorism and Extremism in Russia. Paris: FIDH.
  • Wild, R., Hallsworth, S., McGuire, M., and Higwan, K. (2007) Examining Proportionality and Disproportionality in the Exercise of Stop and Search in the Kent Police: A Research Report for Kent Constabulary. London: CSER.
  • Wild, R. (2006) The Death Penalty in Mongolia. Cambridge: CCIA.
  • Wild, R., Giraud, C, and Martineau, C. (2005) The Death Penalty in Uzbekistan: Torture and Secrecy. Paris: FIDH.
  • Wild, R., Hom, S., and Jaudel, E. (2002) The Death Penalty in Japan: A Practice Unworth of a Democracy. Paris: FIDH.

Conference papers

  • Wild, R. 2016 - A system of criminal sanctions fit for the 21st century: Reflecting on an international comparative project. Paper presented at the European Group for the »ÆÉ«Æ¬ of Deviance and Social Control, 44th Annual Conference. Universidade do Minho, Portugal.
  • Wild, R. 2015 - What a difference do we make? The purpose of universities, the value of research and the criminological project questioned. Paper presented at the European Group for the »ÆÉ«Æ¬ of Deviance and Social Control, 43th Annual Conference. University of Tartu, Estonia.
  • Wild, R. 2014 - Critical criminologist in crisis or just mid-life crisis: Where are we at with criminology in the UK? Paper presented at the European Group for the »ÆÉ«Æ¬ of Deviance and Social Control, 42th Annual Conference. Liverpool John Moore University, UK.      
  • Wild, R. 2012 - Abolition of the death penalty: A global review. Paper presented at the European Group for the »ÆÉ«Æ¬ of Deviance and Social Control, 40th Annual Conference. University of Nicosia, Cyprus.
  • Wild, R. 2011. Les enseignements de la statistique et de la criminology (Lessons from statistics and criminology). Paper presented at La Fondation Gabriel Péri. Paris, France.
  • Wild, R. 2010 - Human rights and the 'war on terror': A question of compatibility. Paper presented at the European Group for the »ÆÉ«Æ¬ of Deviance and Social Control, 38th Annual Conference. University of the Aegean, Greece.
  • Wild, R. 2010. Police response to the youth problem or the social patterning of police attention. Paper presented at Universidad de Oviedo, Spain.
  • Wild, R. 2009 - Unpicking government utterances on extraordinary rendition. Paper presented at the European Group for the »ÆÉ«Æ¬ of Deviance and Social Control, 37th Annual Conference. University of Central Lancashire.
  • Wild, R. 2009. Prevención y tratamiento informativo de criminalidad, (Prevention of crime and treatment information). Paper presented at Universidad de Oviedo, Spain.
  • Wild, R. 2008. Counter-terrorism, anti-extremism, armed conflict and human rights: using a Russian case study. Paper presented at the European Group for the »ÆÉ«Æ¬ of Deviance and Social Control, 36th Annual Conference. Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy.
  • Wild, R. 2008. Examen des crimes économique, (Exploring economic crime). Seminar series delivered at L'Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Science Po), France.
  • Wild, R. 2008. The death penalty in global perspective. Paper presented at Universidad de Oviedo, Spain.
  • Wild, R. 2007. A critical examination of additional police powers against terrorism. Paper presented at the European Group for the »ÆÉ«Æ¬ of Deviance and Social Control, 35th Annual Conference. University of Utrecht, Netherlands.
  • Wild, R. 2007. Combating terrorism: use and abuse of Section 44 stops. Paper presented at the University of Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Wild, R. 2006. Le terrorisme et la menace du terrorisme en Grande-Bretagne, (Terrorism and the threat of terrorism in the UK). Seminar series delivered at L'Université Paris 13, France.

Responsibilities within the university

Principal Lecturer in Criminology