Welcome to the British Society of Criminology
The British Society of Criminology aims to further the interests and knowledge of both academic and professional people who are engaged in any aspect of work or teaching, research or public education about crime, criminal behaviour and the criminal justice systems in the United Kingdom. The Society has been in existence for nearly 60 years and has a wide-ranging membership based here and overseas.
BSC Survey Launch
Challenging Behaviour? A survey on sexual violence and harassment in higher education
The British Society of Criminology is conducting research into the experiences of staff within criminology of sexual violence and harassment in higher education. We have developed and piloted a survey which we now launch, to gather your experiences of sexual violence and harassment, the extent to which you feel supported by your institution, and whether you feel equipped to deal with student disclosures. We want to add your voices to the existing knowledge we have about working as an academic within criminology. The survey will be able to be saved and returned to if you feel you need to take a break from it. The collection period will extend from now until September. We hope you give it your support.
Annual Conference
Crime and Harm: Challenges of social and global justice?
7-9 July, 2021
Please see the conference page for all information.
Registration wil open in early May.
New blog: Refugee Week 2021 re-published with thanks to the author and the Thoughts from the Criminology Team blog.
If you want to submit an article for the blog, please contact us on info@britsoccrim.org
Please explore our site to find information about the Society and its regional and network activities, links to other events, calls for papers, research (including, QAA benchmarks, ethical statement and websites of potential use to criminologists), and a jobs board of current vacancies in criminology.
Membership
If you are interested in becoming a member, you can apply from the Membership page. Membership includes a personal subscription to the Society’s official journal Criminology & Criminal Justice and, for most categories of membership, subscription to The British Journal of Criminology.
BSC Members Book Draw
June 2021
This month the book draw is for a copy of Good Policing:Trust, Legitimacy and Authority, by Mike Hough. With thanks to Policy Press for supporting the BSC book draw. This draw is open to all BSC members. To enter the book prize draw, please email info@britsoccrim.org with ‘Prize Draw: June’ in the subject line. The closing date is June 29, 2021. The draw will be made June 30. All entries are checked as being BSC members and then drawn randomly. We only contact the winner directly. Notice of the winner will be made in the BSC bulletin, the website and on Twitter.
May 2021
This month the book draw was for the ever popular ‘Youth and Crime’ (5th Edition) by John Muncie. With thanks to SAGE Publishing for supporting the BSC book draw. The winner was BSC member Jade Levell.
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