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 BLOG
If you want to submit an article for the blog, please contact us on info@britsoccrim.org
Please see our event calendar which includes a range of free regional events.
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
May
Whistleblowing: White-Collar Fraud Signal Detection
Author: Petter Gottschalk
The book presents four case studies where whistleblowers reported fraud suspicions. After whistleblowing, fraud examiners were hired to reconstruct past events in private internal investigations. Extract available
BSC members can also buy this book with a 20% discount. See Member Discount Offers.
To enter the book prize draw to win please email info@britsoccrim.org with ‘Prize Draw: May’ in the subject line. The closing date is May 31, 2019. The draw will be made June 3, 2019. We thank Cambridge Scholars for their generosity. 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.
April
Cybercrime and Society (Third Edition), Editors Majid Yar and Kevin F. Steinmetz. This was won by BSC member Megan O’Neill.
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