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 60 years and has a wide-ranging membership based here and overseas.
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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 full categories of membership, subscription to The British Journal of Criminology.
BSC Members Book Draw
June 2022
This month’s book draw is for Pandemic Police Power, Public Health and the Abolition Question. Tryon P. Woods. 2022. Palgrave Macmillan. Thank you to Palgrave Macmillan 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. All entries will be checked for eligibility. The closing date is 30 June 2022. The winner will be notified by email at the beginning of July 2022.
May 2022
The winner of the May book draw has been contacted. You can find out more in the BSC members’ area. The book for the May draw was Criminal Women: Gender Matters by Sharon Grace, Maggie O’Neill et al. 2022. Bristol University Press. Thank you to Bristol University Press for supporting the BSC book draw.
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