Professor Jon Bannister
Professor
My profile
Biography
Academic and professional qualifications
BSc. Economics — London School of Economics
Other academic service (administration and management)
Man Met Crime and Well-Being Big Data Centre, Director
Man Met Crime and Policing Network, Director
Urban Studies Journal — Editor in Chief
Urban Studies Foundation — Board Member
Q-Step — Board Member
Consultancy and advisory roles
Jon has acted an academic advisor on behalf of the National Violence Reduction Unit (Scotland) and the Scottish Community Safety Network. He has provided evidence for the Scottish Parliament Justice Committee (Youth crime (2008); Knife crime (2010)). Internationally, he has provided advice for the Ministry of Justice of the Dutch Government (Antisocial Behaviour – 2011) and the Ministry of the Interior of the Qatari Government (Police Science degree – 2013)
Prizes and awards
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS)
Visiting and honorary positions
Professorial Fellowship — University of Glasgow (2013-2017)
Editorial Board membership
Editor in Chief, the journal of Urban Studies
Projects
Jon is Editor in Chief of the journal of Urban Studies, an international peer review journal. Urban Studies deals with the broad range of urban and regional problems susceptible to social science or other equally rigorous analysis.
Jon established the Urban Studies Foundation (http://www.urbanstudiesfoundation.org) as the charitable parent body of Urban Studies. The Foundation supports urban research in the UK and abroad, with an emphasis on capacity building.
Jon is a co-founder of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR, 2006 -), which was underpinned by a £2.5m Scottish Funding Council award (co-applicant), subsequently augmented by £1 million policy-research contract from Scottish Government. SCCJR has expanded research capacity; supported international and national research funding partnerships; and directly informed Scottish Government law and order policy development.
Jon has undertaken numerous knowledge exchange activities beyond the academy. His research team helped design and launch theSafer Communities Scotland website (http://www.safercommunitiesscotland.org/). The website serves to share learning and information resources relevant to community safety practitioners. He also acts as a lecturer at the Scottish Police College.
Teaching
Postgraduate teaching
I teach on the Q-Step Applied Quantitative Methods Masters degree. This MSc approaches the study of quantitative methods in an innovative way, which emphasises career-ready skills that prepare students for work with data and quantitative analysis, or as suitable preparation for doctoral study. The course focuses on the development and application of key quantitative methods and analytical techniques. It focuses on the use of quantitative methods within ‘real world’ contexts and a key aim is to develop graduates’ career-ready skills in this field.
Subject areas
Criminology
Supervision
Joan Richardson (Year 3) - Emotions and Judicial Decision Making
Adam Westall (Year 3) - The Citizenry and the Policing of Communities
Samuel Langton (Year 1) - Individual and Neighbourhood Criminal Careers
Research outputs
Jon holds research concerns in the interrogation of urban disorder. In particular, he is interested in: the application of data science and advanced quantitative methodologies to investigate crime; the conceptual and empirical realities of civility, respect and tolerance in the public realm; trends in, and perceptions of, crime and antisocial behaviour at multiple spatial scales; youth gangs and territoriality; and, the prevention and management of disorder (interventions and systems of governance). He also holds a growing interest in knowledge mobilisation and civic development of social science.
Jon directs the Man Met Crime and Well-Being Big Data Centre, which is supported by a £1m research award. The centre draws together criminologists, health experts, data science and advanced quantitative methodologists with the aim of delivering world class research. The centre also aims to enhance the contribution of the University to civic life. By applying new computing solutions, innovative analytical approaches and advanced quantitative methodologies, we help our partners to save money and enhance their services through better demand analysis and forecasting. We help them to better understand and deal with such issues as mental health, domestic violence and drug and alcohol abuse. We also improve the ability of police teams to generate and apply evidence to increase operational effectiveness, deliver best value for money and achieve more for less.
Jon is also engaged in the Economic and Social Research Council funded (£3.2m) Applied Quantitative Methods Network, which seeks to explain the recent dramatic changes in crime across UK polities; the qualities of, and distinctions between, offender and victim profiles; the characteristics of criminal careers; and, the efficacy of criminal justice interventions.
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Books (authored/edited/special issues)
Cheng, J., Bannister, J. (2020) Special Issue "COVID-19 and Urban Inequalities: Spatial and Digital Dimensions". MDPI.
Bannister, J., Hardill, I. (2016) Knowledge mobilisation and the social sciences: Research impact and engagement.
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Chapters in books
Fyfe, N., Bannister, J. (2020) '“City watching: Closed circuit television surveillance in public spaces”: From area (1995).' The Urban Geography Reader. pp. 364-372.
Bannister, J., Adepeju, M., Ellison, M. 'Is the policing prioritisation of and response to crime equitable? An examination of frontline policing deployment to incidents of violence-against-the-person.' Handbook of Crime and Inequality. Edward Elgar Publishing,
Fyfe, N.R., Bannister, J. (2019) 'Privatisation, policing and crime control: Tracing the contours of the public-private divide.' Criminal Justice in Scotland. pp. 335-354.
Ditton, J., Bannister, J., Gilchrist, E., Farrall, S. (2017) 'Afraid or angry? Recalibrating the 'Fear' of crime.' The Fear of Crime. pp. 535-552.
Bannister, J., Flint, J. (2017) 'Crime and the City: Urban Encounters, Civility, and Tolerance.' The Oxford Handbook of Criminology. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
Bannister, J., Fyfe, N.R., Kearns, A. (2016) 'Closed circuit television and the city.' Surveillance, Closed Circuit Television and Social Control. pp. 21-40.
Bannister, J., Hardill, I. (2016) 'Knowledge mobilisation and the social sciences: Dancing with new partners in an age of austerity.' Knowledge Mobilisation and the Social Sciences: Research Impact and Engagement. pp. 1-9.
Bannister, J., O'Sullivan, A. (2016) 'Knowledge mobilisation and the civic academy: The nature of evidence, the roles of narrative and the potential of contribution analysis.' Knowledge Mobilisation and the Social Sciences: Research Impact and Engagement. pp. 83-96.
Kintrea, K., Bannister, J., Pickering, J. (2011) ''It's just an area -everybody represents it': Exploring young people's territorial behaviour in British cities.' Youth in Crisis?: 'Gangs', Territoriality and Violence. pp. 55-71.
Ditton, J., Chadee, D., Farrall, S., Gilchrist, E., Bannister, J. (2010) 'From Imitation to Intimidation: A Note on the Curious and Changing Relationship between the Media, Crime and Fear of Crime (2004).' Crime and Media: A Reader. pp. 442-460.
Bannister, J., Kearns, A. (2009) 'Tolerance, respect and civility amid changing cities.' Securing Respect: Behavioural Expectations and Anti-Social Behaviour in the UK. pp. 171-192.
Fyfe, N.R., Bannister, J. (2006) ''The eyes upon the street': Closed-circuit television surveillance and the city.' Images of the Street: Planning, Identity and Control in Public Space. pp. 254-267.
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Reports
Krzemieniewska-Nandwani, K., Bannister, J., Ellison, M., Adepeju, M. (2022) Evaluation of the Impact of Alcohol Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) on Crime and Disorder, Public Safety and Public Nuisance.
Adepeju, M., Bannister, J., Ellison, M., Morris, S., Krzemieniewska-Nandwani, K. (2022) Directed Hotspot Policing with Contextual Safeguarding – A Randomised Control Trial.
Ellison, M., Bannister, J., Hall, B. (2021) Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit: Hospital Navigators Pilot - An Initial Implementation Evaluation (First five months).
Ellison, M., Haleem, M., Krzemieniewska-Nandwani, K., Bannister, J. (2019) Understanding ‘Missing from Homes’ demand in Greater Manchester.
Ellison, M., Haleem, M., Bannister, J. Understanding Mental Health Demand using a text mining approach.
Ellison, M., Haleem, M., Krzemieniewska-Nandwani, K., Bannister, J. The extent and nature of Knife Crime in Greater Manchester.
Ellison, M., Hall, B., Bannister, J. Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit : The PIED (Prosecution, Intervention, Education and Diversion) pilot programme – An Implementation Evaluation.
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Journal articles
Lymperopoulou, K., Bannister, J. (2022) 'The spatial reordering of poverty and crime: a study of Glasgow and Birmingham (United Kingdom), 2001/2 to 2015/16.' Cities, 130pp. 103874-103874.
Li, L., Cheng, J., Bannister, J., Mai, X. (2022) 'Geographically and temporally weighted co-location quotient: an analysis of spatiotemporal crime patterns in Greater Manchester.' International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 36(5) pp. 918-942.
Lymperopoulou, K., Bannister, J., Krzemieniewska-Nandwani, K. (2021) 'Inequality in exposure to crime, social disorganisation and collective efficacy: evidence from Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.' The British Journal of Criminology: an international review of crime and society, 62(4) pp. 1019-1035.
Newton, A., Felson, M., Bannister, J. (2021) 'Introduction to the Special Issue: Urban Mobility and Crime Patterns.' European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 27(3) pp. 307-311.
Ellison, M., Bannister, J., Lee, W.D., Haleem, M. (2021) 'Understanding policing demand and deployment through the lens of the city and with the application of big data.' Urban Studies: an international journal for research in urban studies, 58(15) pp. 3157-3175.
Langton, S., Bannister, J., Ellison, M., Haleem, M.S., Krzemieniewska-Nandwani, K. (2021) 'Policing and Mental ill-health: Using Big Data to Assess the Scale and Severity of, and the Frontline Resources Committed to, mental ill-health-related calls-for-service.' Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 15(3) pp. 1963-1976.
Bannister, J., O'Sullivan, A. (2021) 'Big Data in the City.' Urban Studies: an international journal for research in urban studies, 58(15) pp. 3061-3070.
Adepeju, M., Langton, S., Bannister, J. (2021) 'Anchored k-medoids : a novel adaptation of k-medoids further refined to measure long-term instability in the exposure to crime.' Journal of Computational Social Science, 4(2) pp. 655-680.
Bannister, J., O'Sullivan, A. (2020) 'Towards Planetary Urban Criminology.' Criminological Encounters, 3(1) pp. 10-31.
Adepeju, M., Langton, S., Bannister, J. (2020) 'Akmedoids R package for generating directionally-homogeneous clusters of longitudinal data sets.' Journal of Open Source Software, 5(56) pp. 2379-2379.
Lee, W.D., Haleem, M.S., Ellison, M., Bannister, J. (2020) 'The influence of intra-daily activities and settings upon weekday violent crime in public space in Manchester, UK.' European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 27(3) pp. 375-395.
Haleem, M.S., Lee, W.D., Ellison, M., Bannister, J. (2020) 'The ‘Exposed’ Population, Violent Crime in Public Space and the Night-time Economy in Manchester, United Kingdom.' European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 27(3) pp. 335-352.
Hu, J., Cheng, J., Bannister, J. 'Urban social self-organisation in COVID-19 lockdown: evidence from Wuhan City.' Sustainable Cities and Society,
Adepeju, M., Bannister, J., Langton, S. 'Anchored k-medoids: A novel adaptation of k-means further refined to measure inequality in the exposure to crime across micro places..' Journal of Quantitative Criminology,
Kearns, A., Livingston, M., Galster, G., Bannister, J. (2018) 'The Effects of Neighbourhood Offender Concentrations on the Number, Type and Location of Crimes Committed by Resident Offenders.' The British Journal of Criminology, 59(3) pp. 653-673.
Bannister, J., O’Sullivan, A., Bates, E. (2017) 'Place and time in the Criminology of Place.' Theoretical Criminology, 23(3) pp. 315-332.
Bannister, J., He, S. (2017) 'Urban Studies’ China strategy.' Urban Studies, 54(8)
Bannister, J., Bates, E., Kearns, A. (2017) 'Local variance in the crime drop: A longitudinal study of neighbourhoods in greater Glasgow, Scotland.' The British Journal of Criminology, 58(1) pp. 177-199.
Fox, C., Bannister, J., Miszczak, P. (2016) 'The 2010-2015 coalition and criminal justice: Continuities and contradictions.' Safer Communities, 15
Bannister, J. (2015) 'Virtual Special Issues.' Urban Studies, 52(12)
Livingston, M., Galster, G., Kearns, A., Bannister, J. (2014) 'Criminal Neighbourhoods: Does the Density of Prior Offenders in an Area Encourage others to Commit Crime?.' Environment and Planning A, 46(10) pp. 2469-2488.
Livingston, M., Kearns, A., Bannister, J. (2014) 'Neighbourhood Structures and Crime: The Influence of Tenure Mix and Other Structural Factors upon Local Crime Rates.' Housing Studies,
Livingston, M., Kearns, A., Bannister, J. (2014) 'Neighbourhood Structures and Crime: The Influence of Tenure Mix and Other Structural Factors upon Local Crime Rates.' Housing Studies, 29(1) pp. 1-25.
Bannister, J., O'Sullivan, A. (2014) 'Evidence and the antisocial behaviour policy cycle.' Evidence and Policy, 10(1) pp. 77-92.
Bannister, J., O'Sullivan, A. (2013) 'Knowledge mobilisation and the civic academy: The nature of evidence, the roles of narrative and the potential of contribution analysis.' Contemporary Social Science, 8(3) pp. 249-262.
Bannister, J., Hardill, I. (2013) 'Knowledge mobilisation and the social sciences: Dancing with new partners in an age of austerity.' Contemporary Social Science, 8(3) pp. 167-175.
Bannister, J., Kearns, A. (2013) 'The Function and Foundations of Urban Tolerance: Encountering and Engaging with Difference in the City.' Urban Studies, 50(13) pp. 2700-2717.
Bannister, J., Kearns, A. (2013) 'Overcoming intolerance to young people's conduct: Implications from the unintended consequences of policy in the UK.' Criminology and Criminal Justice, 13(4) pp. 380-397.
Bannister, J., Kintrea, K., Pickering, J. (2013) 'Young people and violent territorial conflict: Exclusion, culture and the search for identity.' Journal of Youth Studies, 16(4) pp. 474-490.
Bannister, J., O'Sullivan, A. (2013) 'Civility, community cohesion and antisocial behaviour: Policy and social harmony.' Journal of Social Policy, 42(1) pp. 91-110.
Pickering, J., Kintrea, K., Bannister, J. (2012) 'Invisible walls and visible youth: Territoriality among young people in British cities.' Urban Studies, 49(5) pp. 945-960.
Bannister, J., Hardill, I. (2012) 'Knowledge mobilisation and the social sciences: Dancing with new partners in an age of austerity.' Contemporary Social Science, 7(2)
Bannister, J., Hardill, I. (2012) 'Knowledge mobilisation and the social sciences: Dancing with new partners in an age of austerity.' Contemporary Social Science, 7(1)
Bannister, J., Croudace, R., Pickering, J., Lightowler, C. (2011) 'Building safer communities: Knowledge mobilisation and community safety in Scotland.' Crime Prevention and Community Safety, 13(4) pp. 232-245.
Kintrea, K., Bannister, J., Pickering, J. (2010) 'Territoriality and disadvantage among young people: An exploratory study of six British neighbourhoods.' Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 25(4) pp. 447-465.
Bannister, J., Hill, M., Scott, S. (2007) 'More sinned against than sinbin? The forgetfulness of critical social policy?.' Critical Social Policy, 27(4) pp. 557-560.
Hill, M., Walker, M., Moodie, K., Wallace, B., Bannister, J., Khan, F., McIvor, G., Kendrick, A. (2007) 'More haste, less speed? An evaluation of fast track policies to tackle persistent youth offending in Scotland.' Youth Justice, 7(2) pp. 121-137.
Bannister, J., Fyfe, N., Kearns, A. (2006) 'Respectable or respectful? (In)civility and the city.' Urban Studies, 43(5-6) pp. 919-937.
Fyfe, N., Bannister, J., Kearns, A. (2006) '(In)civility and the city.' Urban Studies, 43(5-6) pp. 853-861.
Ditton, J., Chadee, D., Farrall, S., Gilchrist, E., Bannister, J. (2004) 'From imitation to intimidation A note on the curious and changing relationship between the media, crime and fear of crime.' British Journal of Criminology, 44(4) pp. 595-610.
Hill, M., Dillane, J., Bannister, J., Scott, S. (2002) 'Everybody needs good neighbours: An evaluation of an intensive project for families facing eviction.' Child and Family Social Work, 7(2) pp. 79-89.
Bannister, J., Fyfe, N. (2001) 'Introduction: Fear and the City.' Urban Studies, 38(6) pp. 807-813.
Farrall, S., Bannister, J., Ditton, J., Gilchrist, E. (2000) 'Social psychology and the fear of crime: Re-examining a speculative model.' British Journal of Criminology, 40(3) pp. 399-413.
Ditton, J., Farrall, S., Bannister, J., Gilchrist, E., Pease, K. (1999) 'Reactions to victimisation: Why has anger been ignored?.' Crime Prevention and Community Safety, 1(3) pp. 37-54.
Ditton, J., Bannister, J., Gilchrist, E., Farrall, S. (1999) 'Afraid or angry? recalibrating the ‘fear’ of crime.' International Review of Victimology, 6(2) pp. 83-99.
Gilchrist, E., Bannister, J., Ditton, J., Farrall, S. (1998) 'Women and the 'fear of crime': Challenging the accepted stereotype.' British Journal of Criminology, 38(2) pp. 283-298.
Ditton, J., Farrall, S., Bannister, J., Gilchrist, E., Garwood, J., Rogerson, M., Pease, K. (1998) 'Measuring fear of crime.' Criminal Justice Matters, 31(1) pp. 10-13.
Farrall, S., Bannister, J., Ditton, J., Gilchrist, E. (1997) 'Questioning the measurement of the 'fear of crime': Findings from a major methodological study.' British Journal of Criminology, 37(4) pp. 658-679.
Ditton, J., Nair, G., Bannister, J. (1996) 'The cost-effectiveness improved street lighting as a crime prevention measure.' Lighting Journal (Rugby, England), 61(4) pp. 251-256.
Fyfe, N.R., Bannister, J. (1996) 'City Watching: Closed circuit television surveillance in public spaces.' Area, 28(1) pp. 37-46.
Maclennan, D., Bannister, J. (1995) 'Housing research: Making the connections.' URBAN STUDIES, 32(10) pp. 1581-1585.
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Conference papers
Lymperopoulou, K., Krzemieniewska-Nandwani, K., Bannister, J., Wallace, S. (2019) 'Hidden spatial and temporal inequalities in the exposure to crime – their measurement and explanation.' In 19th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology; Ghent Belgium; 18 -21 September 2019. 19th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology; Ghent Belgium; 18 -21 September 2019,
Ellison, M., Bannister, J., Brunt-So, B. (2019) 'Insights from data science: Understanding demand and vulnerability.' In Excellence in Policing. College of Policing, Ryton-on-Dunsmore , UK, 16/9/2019 - 17/9/2019.
Adepeju, M., Bannister, J., Langton, S. (2019) 'Shifting Inequality in the exposure to crime across micro places: An international comparison..' In European Society of Criminology. 19th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology; Ghent Belgium; 18 -21 September 2019., 18/9/2019 - 21/9/2019.
Haleem, M.S., Lee, W.D., Bannister, J. (2017) 'Daily Rhythms 1: Population Denominators and Spatio-Temporal Crime Hotspots.' 13/9/2017 - 16/12/2017.
Lee, W.D., Haleem, M.S., Bannister, J. (2017) 'Daily Rhythms 2: travel purpose, activity spaces and the spatio-temporal patterning of crime.' 13/9/2017 - 16/9/2017.
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Scholarly editions
Cheng, J., Bannister, J. (2022) COVID-19 and Urban Inequalities: Spatial and Digital Dimensions. MDPI.
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Other
Adepeju, M., Langton, S., Bannister, J. (2019) R-Akmedoids tool for longitudinal data clustering. R Software Package Version 1.3.0. Available on CRAN..