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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‘Phantom Crime: Media and Fear in Post-Soviet Lithuania’.

 

Lithuania has never been safer, yet its media still sells fear. Adriana Paukštaitė, undergraduate student in Journalism and in Criminology at Vilnius University, Lithuania, looks inside a moral panic that has outlived the actual crime wave.

 

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Membership includes a range of benefits from networking opportunities, funding, awards and personal subscription to the Society’s official journal ‘Criminology & Criminal Justice’ and subscription to the ‘British Journal of Criminology’.

 

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Nov Book Draw

This month’s book draw is for The Emerald International Handbook of Technology-Facilitated Violence and Abuse. Edited by Jane Bailey, Asher Flynn and Nicola Henry. Emerald. Closing date is 30 November.

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Events

BSC Race Matters Network: Race and Justice Seminar Series – 11 November 2026

Full information on all events can be found on the Events page.

Jobs – Closing soon

PhD Studentship in Law or Criminology,
University of Reading. Closing date: 08 Jan 2027.

A full list of Jobs can be found on the Jobs page

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