Georgios A. Antonopoulos is Professor of Criminology at Northumbria University Newcastle (UK). He has taught at Teesside University and at the University of Durham. Previously he was visiting fellow at Sheffield University and at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. A former local government officer, he has worked in partnerships providing strategic direction to community safety partners with the aim of coordinating criminal policy. He has led and managed projects funded by the European Commission, the Economic and Social Research Council, and the British Ministry of Justice.