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Prizes
British Society of Criminology Outstanding Achievement Award 2012
The award is intended to celebrate outstanding contributions made to the discipline by members of the BSC.
The specific criteria for the prize are:
• An ’outstanding achievement’ may be constituted in one of two ways:
o by one or more singular outstanding contributions – books, articles, reports, lectures, public activities, etc, or
o in aggregation: i.e. through the production over time of a significant body of work which amounts in total to an outstanding achievement, or a sustained contribution to enhancing the discipline’s interests on the national or international stage.
• Recipients of the prize should be members of the BSC as should nominators
• The prize is open to academics and practitioners in criminology and criminal justice, and cognate fields
• Nominations should be by way of a letter of nomination up to 1000 words long containing the following information:
o The name and full contact details of the nominee
o A brief summary of the candidate’s criminological accomplishments for which nomination is being made
o Details of key publication(s) supporting the nomination
o A description of the impact of the candidate’s work on the field
• Serving members of the EC are not eligible to be nominated for the prize.
• The winner will be decided by majority vote of members of the Executive Committee in the meeting before the AGM.
• Letters of nomination should be sent to Nic Groombridge, Chair of the Prizes Committee, at groomn@smuc.ac.uk by 31 March 2012.
Professor Robert Reiner was the 2011 British Society of Criminology Outstanding Achievement Award winner.
In their nomination, Robert’s nominators - Simon Winlow of the University of York and Steve Hall, Teesside University - said: “Robert’s long and hugely productive career is now drawing to a close, and we believe his contribution to criminology, and to the BSC, fully deserves this recognition. Robert has for many years been one of the most informed and critical commentators of crime and criminal justice. Much of his published work has addressed policing and the politics of crime control, but he is by no means a narrow specialist. His work has spanned many associated fields, and he has consistently displayed a willingness to engage in public debates about crime and policing, while at the same time engaging in more abstract theoretical discussions with his peers and continuing to communicate his passion for criminology to those new to the field”.
Robert Reiner has since 1991 been Professor of Criminology in the Law Department, London School of Economics. He was formerly Reader in Criminology at Bristol University and at Brunel University. His first book, The Blue-Coated Worker (Cambridge University Press, 1978), addressed police unionization and occupational identity during the ‘70s. Robert then went on to focus on the highest-ranking British police officers in his seminal empirical study, Chief Constables. (Oxford University Press, 1991).
Robert’s best known work is perhaps The Politics of the Police, now in its fourth edition. His analysis of the birth and legitimation of policing in the socioeconomic and political turmoil at the turn of the nineteenth century has proved an indispensable guide for generations of students and researchers. Robert’s other books include Law and Order: An Honest Citizen’s Guide to Crime and Control (Polity Press 2007); Policing, Popular Culture and Political Economy: Towards a Social Democratic Criminology (Ashgate Pioneers in Contemporary Criminology Series 2011), and (as editor) (with M.Cross) Beyond Law and Order (Macmillan, 1991), (with S.Spencer) Accountable Policing (Institute for Public Policy Research, 1993), Policing (Dartmouth, 1996) and (with Mike Maguire and Rod Morgan) The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (Oxford University Press, now in its 4th edition, 2007). He has published over 100 papers on criminological topics in journals and books. He was President of the British Society of Criminology from 1993-6; Director of the LSE Mannheim Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice 1995-8, 2009- 2011; and Convenor of the LSE Law Department 2001-4.
Previous Winners are:
2010: Pat Carlen
2009: Stanley Cohen
Criminology Book Prize
(sponsored by Routledge Publishing www.routledge.com/criminology)
We are pleased to announce the opening of the Criminology Book Prize 2012.
Nominations are invited from members of the British Society of Criminology and publishers for the Criminology Book Prize 2012. The prize was established in 2001 originally sponsored by Willan Publishing and continues to reflect the desire of the British Society of Criminology and Routledge, to encourage and recognise the achievements of new or aspiring members of the criminology profession. The prize, £100 of books from the Routledge Publishing list - including Willan titles - and £500 in cash, will be awarded at the British Society of Criminology Conference 2012, to be held from 4 – 6 July at the University of Portsmouth.
The judging panel will be looking for a book which shows evidence of particular distinction and/or innovation in methodology or theorising in the general field of criminology, or in the application of criminological theory or research to crime policy or penal practice. In essence the winning book must make a valuable contribution to the further development of criminology. We particularly welcome nominations from authors in the early years of their academic/research careers.
The general criteria for eligibility are as follows:
• The publication date printed in the book must be between 1st January 2011 and 31st December 2011;
• The nominated book must be the author’s first sole-authored book;
• The nominated book should be directly concerned with the subject area of criminology;
• Authors may self-nominate;
• Nominated authors, proposers and seconders must be members of the British Society of Criminology and ordinarily resident in the UK;
• Nominations must be submitted to Book Prize Organiser at info@britsoccrim.org They should include the nominee’s BSC membership number and a brief CV plus three copies of the nominated book (to be supplied by the publisher)
All nominations and copies of the book should be sent to the BSC registered address below by 1st March 2012
The 2011 Criminology Book Prize was awarded to Catherine Appleton of the University of Leeds for her first book HYPERLINK "http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199582716.do" Life after Life Imprisonment (Oxford University Press, 2010).
Life after Life Imprisonment explores the release and resettlement of life-sentenced offenders. It offers a major insight into how societies respond to serious crime, why offenders are recalled and identifies important elements of successful reintegration for released offenders.
Previous winners are:
2010: Sharon Shalev Supermax
2009: Joint winners
David A. Green When Children Kill Children: Penal Populism and Political Culture
Louise Mallinder Amnesty, Human Rights and Political Transitions: Bridging the Peace and Justice Divide
2008: Anne-Marie McAlinden The Shaming of Sexual Offenders: Risk, Retribution and Reintegration
2007: Mercedes Hinton The State on the Streets: Police and Politics in Argentina and Brazil
2006: Simon Mackenzie Going, Going, Gone: Regulating the market in illicit antiquities
2005: Laura Piacentini Surviving Russian Prisons
2004: Declan Roche Accountability in Restorative Justice
2003: Mike McCahill The Surveillance Web
2002: Kieran McAvoy Paramilitary Imprisonment in Northern Ireland: Resistance, Management, and Release
The Brian Williams Prize 2012
The Brian Williams Prize was established to honour the memory of Dr. Brian Williams, who was Professor of Community Justice and Victimology at De Montfort University, and who died tragically in 2007. The prize reflects the desire of the British Society of Criminology to encourage and recognise the achievements of new members of the criminology profession, and is awarded to the author of a criminological article, who is a “new” scholar, published in a refereed academic journal.
Nominations are invited from members of the British Society of Criminology for the Brian Williams Prize 2012. The prize will be awarded to the author of a criminological article, who is a “new” scholar, published in a refereed academic journal during 2011, adjudged by the judging panel to meet the criteria for the award and to be the best such article published in that year (see below for detailed eligibility criteria). The Society reserves the right not to make the award if the judging panel considers that no nominated article is of sufficient merit to warrant the award. The prize, £250 in cash, will be awarded at the BSC Conference 2012, to be held from 4th to 6th July at the University of Portsmouth.
The judging panel will be looking for a journal article which shows evidence of particular distinction and/or innovation in methodology or theorising in the general field of criminology, or in the application of criminological theory or research to crime policy or penal practice. In essence the winning article must make a valuable contribution to the further development of criminology.
The general criteria for eligibility are as follows:
- The nominated article must be sole-authored, and have been published in a refereed journal between 1st January 2011 and 31st December 2011.
- The author of the article must currently hold a teaching or research position at a university or other higher education institution, and must be within five years of his or her first appointment to any such position*
- Nominated article should be directly concerned with the subject area of criminology.
- Authors may self-nominate. Others may nominate with the permission of the author.
- Nominated authors and other nominators must be members of the BSC and ordinarily resident in the UK.
(* The BSC emphasises that eligibility for this prize is intended to be limited to those who hold an academic post and are in the earliest stages of an academic career. If you have any doubt about your eligibility, or wish to discuss any other aspect of the prize, please contact the organiser for advice.)
Nomination forms can be obtained from Dr Joe Yates, Brian Williams Prize Organiser, at J.Yates1@ljmu.ac.uk. They should include the nominee’s BSC membership number and a one page CV plus a PDF version of the nominated article.
All nominations and copies of the article should be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on Friday 30th March 2012 to:
Dr Joe Yates, BSC Williams Prize Organiser, Liverpool John Moores University, J.Yates1@ljmu.ac.uk, 0151 231 5940
The 2011 prize was awarded to Cheryl Lawther of St Andrew’s University for “‘'Securing’ the past: Policing and the Contest over Truth in Northern Ireland” published in BRIT. J. CRIMINOL. (2010) 50, 455–473. The article examines the question of whether Northern Ireland should have a formal truth recovery process, an issue which has been amplified by the recent Report of the Consultative Group on the Past. Compared to the volume at which the truth recovery debate has been played out, relatively little is known about policing attitudes to this form of dealing with the past. This paper analyses the ways in which the history and context of policing in Northern Ireland have shaped attitudes towards truth recovery.
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2010: No award
2009: Helen Wells The Techno-Fix Versus The Fair Cop: Procedural (In) Justice And Automated Speed Limit Enforcement British Journal of Criminology
2008: Joint winners
Claire Dwyer ‘Risk, Politics and ‘scientification’ of political judgement’, British Journal of Criminology
Stephen Case “Questioning the ‘evidence’ of risk that underpins evidence-led youth justice interventions Youth Justice (Vol 7 (2), 91-106)
The National Award for Excellence in Teaching Criminology
Applications for the National Award for Excellence in Teaching Criminology 2012 are now invited. Entries should be submitted by 1st March 2012 to Dr Liz Frondigoun by e-mail at liz.frondigoun@gcu.ac.uk. This award is intended to highlight and celebrate the best practice in teaching criminology across HEIs in the UK. The criteria for nominations for this award are informed by the UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and supporting learning. www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/York/documents/ourwork/rewardandrecog/ProfessionalStandardsFramework.pdf
The first National Award for Excellence in Teaching Criminology 2011 sponsored additionally by CSAP was awarded to the Criminology teaching group, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, at the University of Kent. The award recognised the work submitted by the academics, particularly in three overlapping themes (culture, the critical and global) which inform their teaching practice.
The team were motivated by students’ changing expectations and capabilities. Their pedagogic strategies aimed to build students’ capacity to critically interpret their world and their place in it as autonomous learners: “the use of cultural resources for pedagogic purposes find their fullest expression when harnessed in tandem with the team’s strong interest in cultural and visual criminology” (Kent Criminology Teaching Group). Students at Kent are encouraged to consider and debate contemporary criminological issues through Moodle and Twitter pages. Such initiatives create opportunities for students to develop a variety of transferable skills and encourage a critical and culturally informed approach to their studies. One of the judges of the award submissions said, “this programme has an admirable energy and conviction and is likely to capture those attributes in its students”. Dr Helen Jones, who chaired the steering group for the award said, “the use of art work and music as a device for encouraging seminar discussions demonstrated real originality in producing a lively and engaging programme. Kent criminology truly cultivates the criminological imagination”.
A ‘highly commended’ award went to the Open University for their submission, which highlighted innovation on their course DD301 Crime and Justice. The awards were presented at the SAGE wine reception at the British Society of Criminology conference at Northumbria University on 4 July 2011.
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