Dr Adam Lynes
Dr Adam Lynes is an Associate Professor in Criminology at 91猎奇, where he has taught since 2012, covering topics such as criminological theory, homicide, crime online and transnational organised and corporate crime.
Dr Lynes has published research on such areas as serial murder, family annihilation and organised crime. He has most recently published an edited collection on the phenomenon of dark tourism, and his next research monograph is centred on the crimes of the powerful.
He was also the committee chair for the British Society of Criminology conference, which took place in 2018.
Areas of Expertise
- Violence
- Homicide
- Serial murder听
- Criminological theory
- Online crime
- Visual criminology
- Organised crime
- Applied investigative techniques听
Qualifications
- 2015. PhD. 91猎奇 (awarded 2015)
- 2013. PGCE. 91猎奇. Learning & Teaching in Higher Education
- 2012. PGCert. 91猎奇. Research Methods
- 2011. MA. 91猎奇. Criminology
- 2010. BA (Hons.) Aberystwyth University. English Literature听
Memberships
- Member of the British Society of Criminology听
Teaching
- Criminology and all routeways (BA Hons)
- Criminology (MA)
Research
Adam is currently editing his latest book centred on the crimes of the powerful, along with an edited collection concerning the police and another collection focused on the experiences and challenges of completing a PhD in the Social Sciences.
Adam is also further developing his initial research on the 鈥渄ark flaneur鈥� in order to provide fresh theoretical understandings of the phenomenon of serial murder. Adam, along with a number of other colleagues, is also currently researching the underacknowledged importance of female drug lords, or 鈥淨ueenpins鈥�, in organised crime, along with a new theoretical paradigm concerning the public鈥檚 fascination and consumption of violence in media.
Publications
Books
- Lamb, J., Hart, M., Treadwell, J., Lynes, A. & Kelly, C. (2025). 50 Facts about the Police Everybody Should Know. Bristol: Policy Press. Link:
- Jones, S., Mikahil, M., Miles, L. & Lynes, A. (2025). Embracing the Unknown: Experiences of Studying for a PhD in the Social Sciences. Bristol: Policy Press. - Link:
- Lynes, A., Treadwell, J. & Bavin, K. (2024). . Bristol: Policy Press.
- Lynes, A., Kelly, C. & Treadwell, J. (2023). . Bristol: Policy Press.
- Lynes, A., Yardley, E. & Ntanos, L. (2021). . Hampshire: Waterside Press.
- Kelly, C., Lynes, A. & Hoffin, K. (2020). . Bingley: Emerald Publishers ltd. * Funded by Knowledge Unlatched Funding [*Open Access]
- Lynes, A. & Treadwell, J. (2019) 50 Facts about Crime that everybody should know in Britain, Bristol: Policy Press听
- Lynes, A. (2017) The Road to Murder: why Driving is the Occupation of Choice for British Serial Killers, Hampshire: Waterside Press
- Wilson, D. Yardley, E. & Lynes, A. (2015) Serial Killers and the Phenomenon of Serial Murder: A Student Textbook, Hampshire: Waterside Press
Chapters
- Hart, M., Kelly, C. & Lynes, A. (2024). 'Chapter 14: Enlightening the 鈥淒ark鈥� in Dark Tourism: Re-Conceptualising Dark Tourism in the Era of Late Capitalism', in A. Sharma, S., Arora, & P. Shukla (Eds.). Dark Tourism: Theory, Interpretation and Attraction. Leeds: Emerald.
- Kelly, C., Lynes, A. & Dean-Hart, M. (2022). '' in C. O'Callaghan & S. Fanning (eds.) Serial Killers on Screen. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Lynes, A. & Kelly, C. (2022). 鈥榁ideogames鈥�, in A. Atkinson & T. Ayres (Eds.) , London: Routledge. .
- Lynes, A., Kelly, C. & Treadwell, J. (2022). 'Introduction鈥� In A. Lynes, C. Kelly & J. Treadwell (eds.) , Bristol: Policy Press. https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/50-dark-destinations
- Lynes, A. (2022). 'Amazon Warehouse Tours' In A. Lynes, C. Kelly & J. Treadwell (eds.) , Bristol: Policy Press. https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/50-dark-destinations
- Lynes, A. (2022). 鈥楥onclusion鈥� In A. Lynes, C. Kelly & J. Treadwell (eds.)听 Bristol: Policy Press.
- Lynes, A. (2021). 鈥楥hapter One: What is Homicide?鈥� in A. Lynes, E. Yardley, L. Ntanos & R. Winch (eds.) . Winchester: Waterside Press, pp. 15-38.
- Lynes, A. (2021). 鈥楥hapter Six: Genocide鈥� in A. Lynes, E. Yardley, L. Ntanos & R. Winch (eds.) . Winchester: Waterside Press, pp. 125-144.
- Lynes, A. (2021). 鈥楥hapter Seven: Death at the Hands of the State鈥�, in A. Lynes, E. Yardley, L. Ntanos & R. Winch (eds.) . Winchester: Waterside Press, pp. 145-177.
- Lynes, A. (2021). 鈥楥hapter Eight: Business of Homicide鈥�, in A. Lynes, E. Yardley, L. Ntanos & R. Winch (eds.) . Winchester: Waterside Press, pp. 178-204.
- Lynes, A. (2021). 鈥楥hapter Ten: Conclusion鈥�, in A. Lynes, E. Yardley, L. Ntanos & R. Winch (eds.) . Winchester: Waterside Press, pp. 265-273.
- Kelly, C., Lynes, A. & Hoffin, K. (2020). "", in C. Kelly, A. Lynes & K. Hoffin, K. (Ed.) Video Games Crime and Next-Gen Deviance, Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 1-21.听
- Kelly, C. & Lynes, A. (2020). 鈥樷��, in C. Kelly, A. Lynes & K. Hoffin, K. (Ed.) Video Games Crime and Next-Gen Deviance, Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 113-129.听
- Kelly, C., Lynes, A. & Hoffin, K. (2020). 鈥楥onclusion鈥�, in C. Kelly, A. Lynes & K. Hoffin, K. (Ed.) , Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 201-208.听
- Lynes, A. & Treadwell, J. (2019). 鈥業ntroduction鈥�, in A. Lynes & J. Treadwell (Eds.) , Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 1-11.听
- Lynes, A. (2019). 鈥楾here are currently some 11,000 offenders subject to "tagging" on any day in England and Wales, and the UK is one of Europe's keenest adopters of electronic monitoring of offenders', in A. Lynes & J. Treadwell (Eds.) , Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 268-273.听
- Lynes, A. (2015). 鈥樷��, in D. Wilson, E. Yardley & A. Lynes (Eds.) Serial Killers and the Phenomenon of Serial Murder: A Student Textbook, Winchester: Waterside Press, pp. 111-131.听
- Lynes, A. (2015). 鈥樷��, in D. Wilson, E. Yardley & A. Lynes (Eds.) Serial Killers and the Phenomenon of Serial Murder: A Student Textbook, Winchester: Waterside Press, pp.131-149.听
Articles
- Gregoriou, C., Larke-Walsh, G. S., & Lynes, A. (2026). 鈥極n the afterlives of incarceration: An interdisciplinary examination of narrative construction at Shrewsbury prison museum, UK鈥�, Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal, 0(0). [Open Access]
- Hart, M., Bavin, K., Kelly, C., & Lynes, A. (2026). The clickable carnival: Killer clowns and the spectacle of fear within the era of late capitalism. Journal of Consumer Culture, 0(0).
- Gillespie, L.J., Jones, S., Kelly, C. & Lynes, A. (2024) 'Queenpins: an exploratory study of female participation in high-level drug distribution networks', Trends in Organized Crime听[Online First: Open Access]
- Hart, M., Bavin, K. & Lynes, A. (2025). 鈥楢rtificial Intelligence, Capitalism, and the Logic of Harm: Toward a Critical Criminology of AI鈥�, Crit Crim听33, 513鈥�532. [Open Access]听
- Lynes, A. & Wragg, E. (2023). 鈥樷�淪mile for the Camera鈥�: Online Warehouse Tours as a Form of Dark Tourism within the Era of Late Capitalism鈥�, Tourism & Hospitality Research.
- Kelly, C. & Lynes, A. (2023). 鈥楪rand Theft Heutagogy: A reflection on video games as a tool of public criminology in the lecture theatre鈥�, Journal of Criminal Justice Education,听
- Lynes, A., Kelly, C., Kelly, E. (2020). 鈥楾HUG LIFE: Drill music as a periscope into urban violence in the consumer age鈥�, The British Journal of Criminology, 60 (5): 1201鈥�1219.听
- Lynes A, Kelly C, Uppal PKS. (2019). 鈥楤enjamin鈥檚 鈥楩l芒neur鈥� and serial murder: An ultra-realist literary case study of Levi Bellfield鈥�, Crime, Media, Culture, 15 (3):523-543.
- Rahman, M. & Lynes, A. (2018) 鈥楻ide to Die: Understanding Masculine Honour and Collective Identity in the Motorcycle Underworld鈥� Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp.238-252
- Lynes, A. Kelly, C. & Uppal, P. (2018) 鈥楾he Dark Fl芒neur: A Criminological Application of Benjamin鈥檚 Fl芒neur to Serial Murder鈥�, Crime, Media Culture, [online first]听
- Yardley, E., Lynes, A., Wilson, D. (2016) 鈥榃hat鈥檚 the deal with 鈥渨ebsleuthing鈥�? News media representations of amateur detectives in networked spaces鈥� Crime Media Culture, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 81鈥�109
- Barlow, C. & Lynes, A. (2015) 鈥�(The Good), The Bad and The Ugly: The Visual Construction of Female Child Sex-offenders鈥�, Journalism and Mass Communication, Vol. 5, No. 9, 480 鈥� 494
- Lynes, A. & Wilson (2015) 鈥楧riven to Kill: British Serial Killers and their Occupations鈥�, The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol. 54, No. 5, pp. 413 - 433
- Lynes, A. & Wilson, D. (2015). 鈥楧riving, Pseudo-Reality and the BTK: A Case Study鈥�, Journal of Forensic Psychology, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 267 鈥� 284
- Yardley, E., Wilson, D. & Lynes, A. (2014) 'A Taxonomy of Male British Family Annihilators, 1980 - 2012', The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 117 鈥� 140
- Lynes, A., Wilson, D. & Jackson, C. (2012) 'Zola and the Serial Killer: Robert Black and La Bete Humaine', International Journal of Criminology and Sociology, Vol. 1. pp. 69 - 80
Media Work
Adam has done extensive media work for a variety of mediums including live radio and news; article contributions for newspapers including the Times along with expert contributions to new stories. He has also took part in a number of television documentaries.听
Work With Industry
Adam has worked, due to his media contributions on the 鈥淐roydon Cat Ripper鈥� story in a variety of newspapers, with cat protection agencies on their campaign to implement stricter air gun control measures听
Links and Social Media
Twitter -听