Professor Mike King
Email: mike.king@bcu.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)121 331 5272
Bio & Interests
Mike joined the Centre as Research Professor in Criminal Justice Policy from the Department of Criminology, University of Leicester.
Mike has a wealth of experience of directing and coordinating substantive research primarily focusing on issues of public order policing and policing change, and brings with him a strong history of collaboration with both national and international academics and police practitioners. Mike has also been senior consultant for a European Commission PHARE programme concerned with police corruption and has recently successfully completed research funded by the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade into the policing of anti-globalisation protest. He is currently involved in an ESRC funded research seminar series on recent french and British riots. Further, he is QAA specialist reviewer in police studies and on the editorial boards of Jurisprudencija and Ethics in Policing.
He has published widely on both national and international policing issues and has work published in six different languages.
Research Supervision
- Public order policing
- Securitisation and policing change
- Police reform in transitional societies
- Comparative policing
Select Publications
Waddington, D., Jobard, F. and King, M. (eds) (2009) Rioting in the UK and France, 2001-2008: a comparative analysis. Willan.
Waddington, D. and King, M. (2009) ‘Identifying Common Causes of UK and French Riots Occurring Since the 1980s', Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 48(3): 245-256.
King, M., Koci, A. and Bukauskas, A. (2007) ‘Policing Social Transition: public order policing change in Lithuania’, Policing: A Journal of Policy & Practice, 1(4): 428-437.
Waddington, D. and King, M. (2007) 'The Impact of the Local: police public order tactics and strategy during the G8 Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Meeting in Sheffield, England, June 2005', Mobilization: An International Quarterly, 12(4): 417-430.
King, M. and Waddington, D. (2006) ‘The Policing of Transnational Protest in Canada’, in della Porta, D., Peterson, A. and Reiter, H. (eds) The Policing of Transnational Protest, Aldershot: Ashgate: 75-96.
King, M. and Sharp, D. (2006) 'Global Security and Policing Change: the impact of “securitisation” on policing in England & Wales', Police Practice & Research: An International Journal, 7(5): 397-409.
Mawby, R.C., Wright, A. and King, M. (2006) ‘Reducing Corruption, Supporting Integrity-Based Policing in Central Europe: the case of Hungary’, Law Enforcement Executive Forum.
King, M. and Waddington, D. (2005) ‘Flashpoints Revisited: a critical 
application to the policing of anti-globalization protest’, Policing & Society, 15(3): 255-282.
Waddington, D. and King, M. (2005) ‘The Disorderly Crowd: From Classical Psychlogical Reductionism To Socio-Contextual Theory – The Impact on Public Order Policing Strategies’, Howard Journal, 44(5):490-503
King, M. (2004) 'D'une gestion policière réactive à la gestion des manifestants? La police et les manifestations anti-mondialisation au Canada', Cultures & Conflits, 56:209-247.
King, M. and Waddington, D. (2004) ‘Coping With Disorder?: the changing relationship between police public order strategy and practice – a critical analysis of the Burnley riot’, Policing & Society, 14(2): 118-137.