About

The BSC Victims Network was formed in March 2014 bringing together those who have interests around victims of crime and social harm, survivors and resilience. 

Please take a flyer! (click to open as pdf)

The specific aims of the BSC Victims Network are to:

• be a vehicle for initiating contact and keeping in touch with members across the discipline with a specific interest in victims of crime and social harm, survivors and resilience;
• provide a forum for debate about issues relating to victims of crime and social harm, survivors and resilience nationally and internationally;
• engage with policy-makers and practitioners in order to inform decision-making and practice within governmental and non-governmental organisations;
• facilitate and promote theory development and research into victims of crime and social harm, survivors and resilience;
• provide an arena for information exchange, critical analysis and debate across the research, policy and practice communities – nationally and internationally;
• encourage networking between academics, researchers, practitioners and students;
• advance understanding of victims of crime and social harm, survivors and resilience;
• develop a space on the BSC website to include the specialist BSC Victims Network alongside, and to complement, the existing specialist BSC Networks;
• look for opportunities to secure research or consultancy income.

Chair

Dr Stephanie Fohring, Northumbria University
Email: stephanie.fohring@northumbria.ac.uk

Steering Group

Professor Emeritus Pam Davies, Northumbria University
Dr Jacki Tapley, Principal Lecturer in Victimology and Criminology, University of Portsmouth
Dr Nicola O’Leary, Reader in Criminology, University of Hull
Dr Kirsty McGregor, Lecturer in Criminology, Loughborough University
Dr Cassandra Jones, Assistant Professor in Criminology and Sociology, Northumbria University