Regional Groups
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There are currently ten regional groups of the BSC – also see Regional Events and Archived Events
- Scotland
- Wales
- Northern Ireland
- North East
- Yorkshire and Humberside
- North West
- Midlands
- South (inc. London)
- South Coastal
- South West
– also see Regional Events
Scotland
Contact: Professor Michele Burman, University of Glasgow, at Michele.Burman@glasgow.ac.uk
The Scotland Branch membership consists of staff and postgraduate students from several Scottish Universities and those working in criminal justice policy and practice in national and local government, statutory agencies and the voluntary sector. The Branch has strong links with the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR) and the Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR), both of which are collaborative partnerships between several Scottish Universities.
University of Aberdeen
Abertay University
University of Dundee
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh Napier University
University of Glasgow
Glasgow Caledonian University
Heriot-Watt University
University of the Highlands and Islands
Queen Margaret University
Robert Gordon University
University of St Andrews
University of Stirling
University of Strathclyde
University of West Scotland
– also see Regional Events
Wales
Contact: Professor Martina Feilzer, Bangor University (m.feilzer@bangor.ac.uk)and Roxanna Dehaghani, Cardiff University (Fatemi-DehaghaniR@cardiff.ac.uk) and Michael Levi, Cardiff University (Levi@cardiff.ac.uk).
The Wales branch was launched at the end of 2007 (but was previously part of the Wales and West group).The main activity of the branch is a programme of seminars showcasing the most relevant and exciting research in criminology and criminal justice.
A range of speakers have presented at these seminars – ranging from local PhD students to established and eminent academics from in and outside Wales, such as Professor Rod Morgan, former Chairman of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales, and Professor Pat Carlen, Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Criminology. More recently, Professor Steve Tombs discussed the aftermath and consequences of the Grenfell Tower tragedy at the University of South Wales and, at Bangor, Nicola Harding from Leeds Trinity University presented ‘You know what I mean…’ an auto-ethnographic account of co-produced research with criminalised women.
The audiences normally consist of academics, postgraduate students and some practitioners, such as local police officers and YOT staff. One of the aims in recent years has been to hold seminars at more Welsh universities and, pleasingly, the University of South Wales, Cardiff, Swansea and Newport and Bangor have hosted seminars.
Aberystwyth University
Bangor University
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Cardiff University
Glyndŵr University
The Open University in Wales
Swansea University
University of South Wales
University of Wales
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
– also see Regional Events
Northern Ireland
Contact Shadd Maruna S.Maruna@qub.ac.uk
The Branch membership consists of members from both the Law School and the Department of Sociology at Queen’s, as well as criminology and criminal justice academics at the University of Ulster. Branch activities also regularly attract practitioners from a wide array of statutory agencies and community groups from across Northern Ireland. The Branch also has very strong links to the annual Irish Criminology Conference.
Open University in Ireland
Queen’s University Belfast
Ulster University
– also see Regional Events
North East
For more information on the North East branch contact Alexandra Hall, Northumbria University: Alex.Hall@northumbria.ac.uk
Durham University
Newcastle University
Northumbria University
University of Sunderland
Teesside University
– also see Regional Events
Yorkshire and Humberside
Contact either of the co-convenors: Helen Johnston H.Johnston@hull.ac.uk or Suzanne Young s.young@leeds.ac.uk
University of Bradford
University of Huddersfield
University of Hull
University of Leeds
Leeds Beckett University
Leeds Trinity University
University of Sheffield
Sheffield Hallam University
University of York
York St John University
– also see Regional Events
North West
For more information on the North West branch contact Steve Wakeman S.J.Wakeman@ljmu.ac.uk
The North West Branch of the BSC provides funding for a series of seminars across the region. In 2016 two successful events were held at Liverpool Hope University and Salford University (see archive).
Blackburn College
Lancaster University
Liverpool Hope University
Liverpool John Moores University
Manchester Metropolitan University
The University of Manchester
The University of Central Lancashire
University of Liverpool
University of Salford
Edge Hill University
University of Chester
University of Bolton
University of Cumbria
– also see Regional Events
Midlands
Contact Bill Dixon: William.Dixon@nottingham.ac.uk
Aston University
University of Birmingham
Birmingham City University
Coventry University
De Montfort University
Derby
Keele University
University of Leicester
University of Lincoln
Loughborough University
University of Northampton
University of Nottingham
Nottingham Trent University
Staffordshire University
University of Warwick
University of Worcester
– also see Regional Events
Contact Jennifer Fleetwood (J.Fleetwood@gold.ac.uk) and Maria Adams (m.n.adams@surrey.ac.uk)
Also, see their blog posting ‘Criminological Postcards from London’.
Imperial College London
University College London
King’s College London
London School of Economics and Political Science
Queen Mary, University of London
Royal Holloway University of London
SOAS – School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
City University London
Brunel University
Birkbeck College, University of London
Goldsmiths, University of London
Kingston University
London Metropolitan University
University of East London
University of Greenwich
University of Oxford
University of Reading
University of Surrey
Oxford Brookes University
University of Kent
Middlesex University
St Mary’s University, Twickenham
University of Cambridge
University of East Anglia
University of Suffolk
University of Essex
University of Hertfordshire
– also see Regional Events
South Coastal
Contact Jenny Fleming (j.fleming@soton.ac.uk)
Bournemouth University
University of Brighton
University of Sussex
University of Portsmouth
University of Southampton
Southampton Solent University
University of Winchester
– also see Regional Events
South West
Contact: Chair Dr Zoë James, Plymouth University, at Z.James@plymouth.ac.uk or Branch Secretary Dr Iain Channing iain.channing@plymouth.ac.uk
The South West branch was launched at the University of Plymouth Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies Symposium, ‘The Criminological Enterprise: Maximising Impact’, in 2009. The aim of the South West branch is to provide a forum for academics, students and practitioners to engage with criminological issues through a regular seminar series.
University of Bristol
University of Exeter
University of Bath
Bath Spa University
University of the West of England
University of Plymouth
Regional Events
- Scotland branch
- Wales branch
- Northern Ireland branch
- North East branch
- Yorkshire and Humberside branch
- North West branch
- Midlands branch
- South branch (inc. London)
- South Coastal branch
- South West branch
Events are typically scheduled from September to the beginning of July each year. During the current period of concern about CoVid-19, we are only scheduling online events. Watch the bulletin for details
Wales Branch
The British Society of Criminology Wales Branch and the Cardiff Centre for Crime, Law and Justice are pleased to host Dr Layla Skinns on 18 November 2020 from 1-2pm. Dr Skinns will discuss her ESRC-funded research on material conditions in police custody. Registration is required through Zoom (see below)
The event is free to attend
Abstract: In a recent Trip Advisor review of a police custody block in South Yorkshire, the reviewer gave it only half a star and complained that “it was nothing but four walls and a mattress”. This illustrates how material conditions matter to those arrested and detained by the police whilst an investigation is conducted and a decision is taken about what to do next with the case. The purpose of this paper is to examine the ‘representational’ quality of these material conditions of police custody. Whether detainees have access to natural light and are detained in facilities which appear well maintained conveys to detainees something about how they are perceived by police authorities, by the state and by wider society, meaning that if a custody facility appears well looked after it suggests to detainees that their treatment is likely to follow suit. These ideas are examined using findings from a five-year ESRC-funded mixed-methods study of ‘good’ police custody which showed that detainee experiences of different types of dignity – linked to feelings of equal worth, autonomy and public decency – were significantly informed by their experiences of the material conditions of police custody. These arguments are also grounded in prison studies research and theorisation. As a result, I also reflect in my presentation on the boundaries between police studies and prison studies, and the possibilities and limitations of greater dialogue between scholars in each field.
Bio
Layla Skinns is a Reader in the Centre for Criminological Research, School of Law, University of Sheffield, having formerly worked and studied at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge and the Institute for Criminal Policy Research, King’s College London. She has a longstanding interest in police and policing, in particular in how policing agents use their authority. A key focus of her research has been on police detention, in England and Wales, but also in other parts of the Anglophone world. In this setting, she is interested in police powers and their relationship with the law, police cultures and police discretion, and furthermore, how this impacts on equality and on state-citizen relations. She is also interested in how the public – particularly detainees – perceive the police, which links her research to discussions about police legitimacy and ‘good’ policing.
Schedule:
1-105pm: Introduction by Dr Roxanna Dehaghani, Deputy Director of Cardiff Centre for Crime, Law and Justice and Co-convenor of the Wales branch
1.05-1.45pm: Dr Layla Skinns, ‘A room with a view? Material conditions and the ‘representational’ inside police detention’
1.45pm-2pm: Q&A
2pm: Close
Zoom meeting: Nov 18, 2020 01:00 PM London
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://cardiff.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkc-Gprj4oH9ytWYY-TUilo255mvJYJt5c
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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Northern Ireland Branch
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Yorkshire and Humberside Branch
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Midlands branch
December 7, 2020
Desistance and Rehabilitation: International Perspectives
Online Conference – Hosted by the University of Derby
Contributors include:
Professor Stephen Farrell, University of Derby
Agency and Structure in Processes of Desistance and Persistence
Professor Marie-Pierre Villeneuve, Université de Sherbrooke
Assisting Processes of Desistance in Criminal Justice System Settings
Professor David Best, University of Derby
Measuring pathways to change: Recovery capital to institutional justice capital
Dr. Wouter Vanderplasschen, Ghent University, Department of Special Needs Education
Presentation on a recovery study with offenders not deemed criminally responsible
Dr. Isabelle F. Dufour, Laval University
Transcendence and Desistance
For more details on the conference including abstracts, presenter biographies and conference link please register via the following;
https://app.geckoform.com/public/#/modern/FOEU03feKTBFLf0l
Conference Flyer (opens as a pdf)
The BSC Midlands Branch presents a Zoom conference:
The Development of Transnational Policing
Wednesday 14th October 2020 1pm
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84823162898
(Meeting ID: 848 2316 2898 Passcode: 112720)
1:10pm The origins of transnational policing: the continental activities of the Bow Street ‘Runners’, 1749-1839 David J. Cox
1:25pm Transnational policing of online sex trafficking Karlie E. Stonard (and Ana M. Fuentes Cano)
1:40pm Enhancing the accountability and transparency of transnational police cooperation within the European Union John L.M. McDaniel (and Anita Lavorgna)
1:55pm Comfort Break
2:00pm Questions and Discussion
3:00pm Conclude
All participants will be entered into a FREE PRIZE DRAW to win a copy of the book, worth over £100!
All welcome, free to attend
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South Coastal (in association with the Institute of Criminal Justice Research, University of Southampton)
When Women Return to Prison: Exploring the Dynamics of Female Recidivism in Jamaica
Dr Dacia Leslie, University of the West Indies
November 4, 2020 at 2pm via Zoom
Women’s Academic Network, the British Society of Criminology & Bournemouth University’s Centre for Seldom Heard Voices are delighted to host this presentation
Free to attend but please register:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/when-women-return-to-prison-tickets-125218916149
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South West branch
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