- Kindynis, T. and Fleetwood, J. (2024). Information security for criminological ethnographers. Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal. doi:10.1177/17416590231219746.
- Fiddler, M., Linnemann, T. and Kindynis, T. (2024). Ghost Criminology: A Framework for the Discipline’s Spectral Turn. The British Journal of Criminology, 64(1), pp. 1–16. doi:10.1093/bjc/azad022.
- Fiddler, M., Kindynis, T. and Linnemann, T. (2023). Ghost Criminology review symposium: Editors’ response. Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal, 19(3), pp. 411–416. doi:10.1177/17416590231156745.
- Kindynis, T. (2021). Persuasion architectures: Consumer spaces, affective engineering and (criminal) harm. Theoretical Criminology, 25(4), pp. 619–638. doi:10.1177/1362480619894674.
- Kindynis, T. (2019). Excavating ghosts: Urban exploration as graffiti archaeology. Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal, 15(1), pp. 25–45. doi:10.1177/1741659017730435.
- Kindynis, T. (2018). Bomb Alert: Graffiti Writing and Urban Space in London. The British Journal of Criminology, 58(3), pp. 511–528. doi:10.1093/bjc/azx040.
- Kindynis, T. (2016). Urban Exploration: From Subterranea to Spectacle. British Journal of Criminology. doi:10.1093/bjc/azw045.
- Kindynis, T. and Garrett, B.L. (2015). Entering the Maze: Space, time and exclusion in an abandoned Northern Ireland prison. Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal, 11(1), pp. 5–20. doi:10.1177/1741659014566119.
- Kindynis, T. (2014). Ripping up the Map: Criminology and Cartography Reconsidered. British Journal of Criminology, 54(2), pp. 222–243. doi:10.1093/bjc/azt077.
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About
Overview
Theo Kindynis joined the Department of Sociology and Criminology as a Senior Lecturer in Criminology in March 2024. He has previously taught at Goldsmiths, University of London and the University of Roehampton.
To date Theo's research has focussed the interrelationships between urban space, lawbreaking and social control. Theo is an expert on deviant and criminal subcultures and has undertaken long-term ethnographic research into the graffiti writing and urban exploration subcultures. He has consulted and featured as an expert on both topics in outlets including the BBC Evening News and The Guardian. Theo has recently published legal, practical and ethical guidance for criminological ethnographers researching criminalised groups and practices.
In addition to these empirical research focuses, Theo has helped pioneer the novel theoretical and methodological approach of “ghost criminology”, which examines the haunting aftereffects of crime, violence, and death.
Theo welcomes proposals from prospective doctoral students on topics including:
• Cultural criminology
• Urban space
• Deviant subcultures
• Ethnographic methods
Qualifications
- PhD in Criminology, University of Greenwich, United Kingdom
- MPhil in Criminological Research, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
- BA Hons in Sociology, University of Kent, United Kingdom
- Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom
Publications
Publications by category
Book
- Fiddler, M., Kindynis, T. and Linnemann, T. (2022). Ghost Criminology The Afterlife of Crime and Punishment. NYU Press. ISBN 978-1-4798-4893-5.