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The British Journal of Criminology: An International Review of Crime and Society is one of the world's top criminology journals. It publishes work of the highest quality from around the world and across all areas of criminology.

BJC is a valuable resource for academics and researchers in crime, whether they be from criminology, sociology, anthropology, psychology, law, economics, politics or social work, and for professionals concerned with crime, law, criminal justice, politics, and penology.



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New Special Issue: Rethinking Security Studies Across Disciplinary Boundaries

Read the latest Special Issue from BJC: Rethinking Security Studies Across Disciplinary Boundaries.
Guest Edited by Adam Crawford and Steven Hutchinson

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Headline hitting research from BJC

The Naming of Child Homicide Offenders in England and Wales: The need for a Change in Law and Practice
Kate Fitz-Gibbon and Wendy O’Brien

Lawyers’ Strategies for Cross-Examining Rape Complainants: Have we Moved Beyond the 1950s? Read the article free online now

Is Violent Crime Increasing or Decreasing? A New Methodology to Measure Repeat Attacks Making Visible the Significance of Gender and Domestic Relations Read the article free online now
Read the Guardian article on research published in BJC by Prof. Sylvia Walby, Dr. Jude Towers, and Prof. Brian Francis

Read more headline hitting research from the BJC free online

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Prize winning articles from BJC

The Editors of The British Journal of Criminology have awarded the 2015 Radzinowicz Prize to:
Katja Franko Aas and Helene O. I. Gundhus for their paper, Policing Humanitarian Borderlands: Frontex, Human Rights and the Precariousness of Life
Read the author's OUPblog piece on the paper, Human rights and the (in)humanity at EU’s borders

Read more prize winning articles from the BJC free online

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News from CCJS

'Bring a Bag!' Was Iraq war a war crime
Read more from the CCJS, including free access to BJC papers

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Free to access articles

The Truth, The Half-Truth, and Nothing Like the Truth Read the related blog post on the OUPblog here

The Protector’s Choice. An Application of Protection Theory to Somali Piracy: read the free article today

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