New Books for Criminology
We asked you to Suggest a Book to add new material to our collection which would help your studies in Criminology. As a result we’ve added these items to the collection: Somebody’s Husband,...
Tagged: Criminology
A-Z of Referencing
This week’s skills session for year 1 BSc Criminology students focused on the fundamentals of referencing – what it is, why you need to reference, what you need to reference and how you reference...
Key Library Facts That Kick Start Your Year
This week we’ve been welcoming those of you starting your first year in Criminology, Social Work and returning to Health and Social Care (second year) and MA in Social Work (year 2). Here are...
Sexual Violence – the Future of Rape Trials
If you are studying criminology or law you’ll be interested in catching up with BBC Radio 4’s programme Rape Trials: is the Jury Out? Broadcast on 30 August 2019 the programme discusses that despite...
New Criminology Journals
We’ve just added two new ejournals to our Discover service in criminology they are: Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice Theoretical Criminology When you do a search on Discover these two ejournals...
Extended Summer Opening Hours
Studying for dissertations, projects and assignments over the summer? Did you know St Peters Library is open 10am-6pm on Saturdays? In addition as a result of student feedback we are pleased to have successfully...
The Shape of Masculinity
This week BBC Radio 3’s The Essay has been focusing its discussions around masculinity which has been part of the York Festival of Ideas. There are five podcasts you can catch up with which...
Big Talk Book Feedback
Through our library Big Talk campaign you kindly gave us some feedback on the subject areas in Social Sciences you’d like us to buy more material on. These areas included: Prevent policing Vulnerable people...
Catch Up on the Free Thinking Festival 2019
In case you missed it BBC Radio 3’s annual Free Thinking Festival took place at Sage Gateshead from 29-31 March. This year’s theme was emotions and the programmes featured will appeal to those of...
Open Access Criminology Journals
We’ve just added two new Open Access journals to the Key Resources list for Criminology/Criminal Justice They are the British Journal of Community Justice and Prison Service Journal. You’ll also find both of these in the Journals Titles...
Social Sciences New Material
You might remember that back in the autumn term we set up a new My Modules Reading list to alert you to new books we’d bought in the Social Science subject areas: Childhood Studies,...
Sensory Data Webinar for Social Science Research
Are you considering using apps to gather research data? Then this free webinar is just for you! Using app-based and sensing methods for social science research takes place from 1000-1100 on Thursday 21 March. The...
New books on the block
Over the summer we’ve started to create a list of the new books we’ve ordered for the School of Social Sciences. The idea is to display the most recent 3 month’s worth of material...
Prison History
Whether you are studying criminology or tracing your family history then the Prison History Database will interest you. The database helps you find information on prisons from the nineteenth century in England. At that...
Emerging Perspectives on Violence
The British Society of Criminology North East Branch is holding an event entitled Emerging Perspectives on Violence on Thursday 20 September 2018, from 1400-17002 at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne. Speakers include Rowland Atkinson from the University of...