An autonomous academic and professional body, founded to let the scientific study of crime flourish alongside its practical application.
The V3 Society of Criminology was founded by a group of criminologists, forensic scientists, legal scholars and justice-sector practitioners who recognised the need for a dedicated forum where the scientific study of crime could flourish alongside its practical application. Registered as a not-for-profit society, the Society functions as an autonomous academic and professional body.
Crime today is no longer confined to the street corner. It moves through fibre-optic cables, hides in balance sheets, exploits children online, traffics human beings across borders and degrades the environment. Responding to it demands more than any single discipline can offer.
The Society is governed by an Executive Council and guided by an advisory body of eminent academicians and professionals. Its day-to-day activities are carried out through dedicated committees for publications, conferences and events, training and certification, student affairs, and ethics.
To look beyond the immediate and imagine a safer, more just society.
To remain alert to evolving forms of crime in an age of rapid technological change.
To pursue truth through evidence, integrity and scientific method.
Six standing committees carry the Society's day-to-day work.
Oversees Crime Prism and the Society's newsletters, proceedings and monographs.
Plans and executes the Society's year-round academic calendar.
Develops and quality-assures courses and capacity-building programmes.
Drives initiatives for students and early-career researchers.
Upholds research integrity and professional conduct across all activities.
Scrutinises applications and maintains the Society's member directory.
See what drives the Society — and the ten objectives that guide our work.
