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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Oct Book Draw

This month’s book draw is for Tolerating State Violence by Elizabeth Stanley, Routledge. Closing date is 30 October.

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Events

BSC Wales Region Seminar – 28 Oct 2026.

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

Jobs – Closing soon

Lecturer in Policing – Liverpool John Moores University. Closing date: 01 November 2026.

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

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