Criminologist Corner(ed)

February 2025
In this month’s Criminologist Corner(ed) we talk to Prof Francis Pakes and Dr Lisa Sugiura, University of Portsmouth and the 2025 BSC conference organisers.
Click below to read the full interview in PDF format.
Jan 2025 – Prof Michael Levi. Michael is Professor of Criminology at the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University.
Dec 2024 – Dr Rachel Vipond. Rachel is a Senior Lecturer & Programme Leader of Criminal Justice in the School for Business and Society, University of York, and the BSC Company Secretary.
Nov 2024- Dr James Tangen. James is Assistant Professor in Criminology at the University of Nottingham and Chair of the new BSC Probation & Community Justice Network.
Oct 2024 – Dr Susan Watson. Susan is a Lecturer in Criminal Justice at the University of York and is the BSC Prizes Chair.
Sept 2024 – Prof Alistair Fraser. Alistair is Professor of Criminology at the University of Glasgow.
July 2024 – Dr Jennifer Fleetwood. Jennifer is a senior lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London, an editor of the British Journal of Criminology and she co-convenes the working group for Narrative Criminology at the European Society for Criminology.
June 2024 – Professor K. Jaishankar, BSC International Ambassador, Founder/Principal Director & Professor of Criminology and Justice Sciences, International Institute of Justice & Police Sciences (IIJPS), in Bangalore, India and is Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Criminology at the Saveetha School of Law, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
May 2024 – Professor Vania Ceccato, BSC International Ambassador and a Professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Environment, School of Architecture and the Built Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
April 2024 – Pat Carlen, founder of the Department of Criminology at Keele University, former Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Criminology and a receipient of the BSC Oustanding Achiveement Award in 2010
March 2024 – Claire Maillet, PhD candidate at the University of Portsmouth and Director of Financial Crime Operations, Ziglu.
February 2024 – Dr Rafe McGregor, Reader in Criminology at Edge Hill University.
January 2024 – Professor Angus Nurse, Anglia Ruskin University.
December 2023 – Professor Harriet Pierpoint, Professor of Criminology, University of South Wales. Harriet is co-chair of the BSC Vulnerability Research Network of which details, including how to join, can be found here.
November 2023 – Professor Rob White, Emeritus Distinguished Professor, University of Tasmania.
October 2023 – Professor Adam Crawford, Chair in Policing and Social Justice, York Law School, University of York, and Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, School of Law, University of Leeds.
September 2023 – Professor Pam Davies, BSC President and Head of the Department of Social Sciences, Northumbria University.
July 2023 – Dr Allan L. Branson, Adjunct Professor in Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice at Arcadia University, Pennsylvania, USA.
June 2023 – Dr Irene Zempi, Associate Professor in Criminology, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Nottingham Trent University and Chair of the BSC’s Hate Crime Network.
May 2023 – Prof Stephen Tong, Professor in Policing & Criminal Justice and Head of the School for Law, Social & Behavioral Sciences at Kingston University.
April 2023 – Prof Sandra Walklate, BSC President and cojoint Professor of Criminology at Liverpool University and University of Monash, Melbourne, Australia.
March 2023 – Prof Anne-Marie McAlinden, Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, Queen’s University Belfast.
February 2023 – Prof Neil Chakraborti, Director of the Centre for Hate Studies and Professor in Criminology, University of Leicester.
January 2023 – Dr Esmorie Miller, Chair of the BSC’s Historical Criminology Network and Lecturer at Lancashire University.
December 2022 – Prof Ian Loader, Professor of Criminology at the University of Oxford.
November 2022 – Prof Richard Sparks, Professor of Criminology at the University of Edinburgh.
October 2022 – Dr Jo Smith, Senior Lecturer at the University of Brighton and new Public Relations Chair at the BSC.
September 2022 – Dr Charlotte Barlow, Reader in Criminal Justice and Policing at the University of Central Lancshire’s School of Justice and BSC Vice President.