Błażej Kaucz (ed.) Polish Contributions to Criminology. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan 2025. ISBN 978-3-031-94141-2
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Polish Contributions to Criminology This collection brings together academics and practitioners currently researching topics relevant to Polish criminology.

📘 Thrilled to announce Polish Contributions to Criminology, which I edited, is now available for pre-order via Springer Nature!

Featuring 7 chapters on prison reform, juvenile justice, addiction, hybrid warfare & more. Ships 27 Sept 2025

👉 link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #Criminology

The Chicago School Through a Polish Lens: Krzysztof Czekaj’s Legacy in Urban Sociology - The American Sociologist This paper honours the late Professor Krzysztof Czekaj (1958–2024), a pioneering figure in Polish urban sociology. Czekaj was the first scholar to extensively explore the Chicago School in Polish, and...

Published!

My new paper in The American Sociologist honours Prof. Krzysztof (Chris) Czekaj – the first to extensively document the Chicago School of Sociology in Polish.

A bittersweet tribute to a dear friend & scholar.

Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Blazej Kaucz, PhD on LinkedIn: Terry Pratchett, Post-Humous Sociologist Supreme Terry Pratchett: Posthumous Sociologist Supreme Did you know that the legendary fantasy author, Terry Pratchett, was a sociologist in disguise? In this…

Did you know Terry Pratchett, the Discworld creator, was a sociologist in disguise?

You can read how he used fantasy to deconstruct real-world issues like social inequality and the nature of reality.

Read more: www.linkedin.com/posts/kauczb...

#TerryPratchett #Discworld #Fantasy #Sociology

Excited to announce that my new book, Siren Songs, is now available for free download in ebook format through Army University Press.

The work highlights the dangers of self-delusion infecting martial thought following major military reversals.

www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/Re...

New writing!

I've been shuffling between atrocity criminology and police studies with @roxana-pessoa.bsky.social, exploring police as atrocity perpetrators. The resulting draft chapter is now available on @ssrn.bsky.social:

Police and Atrocity Crimes
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Bhopal gas leak survivors call for justice 40 years on In 1984, an industrial gas leak led to half a million people being poisoned and thousands being killed in Bhopal, India.

“Survivors and activists in Bhopal, India, are renewing calls for justice 40 years after a 1984 industrial gas leak left families suffering from chronic illnesses.”

www.aljazeera.com/amp/program/...

Blazej Kaucz, PhD on LinkedIn: #criminology #academia #phd #newbeginnings #opentowork #research… | 10 comments Five Years of Academic Journey and Beyond It's hard to believe it's been five years since I graduated with my Ph.D. in Criminology from UCC! 🎓 Criminology… | 10 comments on LinkedIn

5 years since my #PhD in #Criminology from #UCC! 🎉

Grateful for the journey, the support, and the opportunities.

Excited for the future! #newbeginnings #opentowork 💼

Let's connect! 🔗
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We now have over 50 people from @ucc.bsky.social here on bsky. Please let me know who I am missing.

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Organised Crime in Poland - A Missing Link This paper questions a lack of consideration for an underground activity in Poland before 1989. As such, this essay will challenge a popular assumption that organised crime did not exist before 1989 i...

Organised crime existed in Poland before 1989, facilitated by the state.

Learn more about this hidden history and its impact on post-communist Poland:

www.academia.edu/44808680/Org...

#history #organisedcrime #organizedcrime #poland #coldwar #research #crimsky #criminology

Thanks for highlighting that, I'll be reposting it with a different link