BRITISH SOCIETY OF CRIMINOLOGY
DEADLINE EXTENDED! NOW MONDAY 2 JUNE 2008!
The Brian Williams Prize 2008
Nominations are invited from members of the British Society of Criminology for the Brian Williams Prize 2008. The prize has been established this year to honour the memory of Dr. Brian Williams, who was Professor of Community Justice and Victimology at De Montfort University, and who died tragically in 2007. The prize reflects the desire of the British Society of Criminology to encourage and recognise the achievements of new members of the criminology profession. It will be awarded to a “new” scholar who is the author of a criminological article published in a refereed academic journal during 2007. The winning article will be adjudged by the judging panel to meet the criteria for the award and to be the best such article published in that year (see below for detailed eligibility criteria). The Society reserves the right not to make the award if the judging panel considers that no nominated article is of sufficient merit to warrant the award. The prize, £250 in cash, will be awarded at the British Society of Criminology Conference 2008, to be held from 9 to 11 July at the University of Huddersfield.
The judging panel will be looking for a journal article which shows evidence of particular distinction and/or innovation in methodology or theorising in the general field of criminology, or in the application of criminological theory or research to crime policy or penal practice. In essence, the winning article must make a valuable contribution to the further development of criminology.
The general criteria for eligibility are as follows:
• The nominated article must be sole-authored, and have been published in a refereed journal between 1st January 2007 and 31st December 2007.
• The author of the article must currently hold a teaching or research position at a UK university or other higher education institution, and be within five years of his or her first appointment to any such position.
• The nominated article should be directly concerned with the subject area of criminology.
• Authors may self-nominate. Others may nominate with the permission of the author.
• Nominated authors and other nominators must be members of the British Society of Criminology and ordinarily resident in the UK.
• Only one entry is allowed per person.
Nomination forms can be downloaded from the BSC website at http://www.britsoccrim.org/. Applications should include the nominee’s BSC membership number and a brief CV plus one electronic, or four hard, copies of the nominated article. Electronic copies are preferred – please only send hard copies if electronic copies are not available. If the article is nominated by someone other than its author, that person’s BSC membership number must also be included.
All nominations and copies of the article should be submitted by Monday 2 June 2008 to:
Professor Philip Stenning
BSC Williams Prize Organiser,
Centre for Criminological Research,
School of Criminology, Education, Sociology and Social Work,
Keele University,
KEELE, Staffordshire ST5 5BG
Tel: (01782) 583-597
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Professor David S. Wall,
Centre for Criminal Justice Studies,
School of Law,
University of Leeds.
Leeds.
LS2 9JT UK
+ 44 (0)113 343 5023 / 5033
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**Please note that I am on research leave until September 2008 and shall not be in my Leeds office on a regular basis - I am in email contact**
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