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.
BJC Virtual Issue 2019
Public Criminologies: Community, Conflict and Justice
Sundari Anitha, Katie Strudwick
This special collection of BJC articles has been curated in accordance with the British Society of Criminology’s 2019 annual conference theme: ‘Public Criminologies: Community, Conflict and Justice’.
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
June
This month we have two books for you to win, thanks to Bristol University Press.
50 facts everyone should know about crime & punishment – James Treadwell and Adam Lynes
Young, Muslim and Criminal – Mohammed Qasim
To enter the book prize draw to win please email info@britsoccrim.org with ‘Prize Draw: June’ in the subject line. The closing date is June 30, 2019. The draw will be made July 1, 2019.
We thank Bristol University Press 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.
May
Whistleblowing: White-Collar Fraud Signal Detection
Author: Petter Gottschalk
Winner – BSC Member Professor Jenny Fleming
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