Błażej Kaucz
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Błażej Kaucz
@blazejkaucz.bsky.social
Criminologist and Socio-Legal Scholar
Interested in CJS, organised crime, and militarisation
Works @ UCCLibrary
📖 "The Militarisation of Behaviours: Social Control and Surveillance in Poland and Ireland" is available @ http://bit.ly/3DwxZsz
#criminology
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Błażej Kaucz (ed.) Polish Contributions to Criminology. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan 2025. ISBN 978-3-031-94141-2
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September 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
📘 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
Polish Contributions to Criminology
This collection brings together academics and practitioners currently researching topics relevant to Polish criminology.
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August 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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...
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...
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July 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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
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…
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December 7, 2024 at 3:55 PM
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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...
December 7, 2024 at 7:27 AM
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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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Police and Atrocity Crimes
This paper reviews literature on police as atrocity perpetrators. Atrocity crimes are largely the core crimes of international criminal law (including genocide,
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December 5, 2024 at 10:46 AM
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“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/...
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.
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December 4, 2024 at 7:04 AM
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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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
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December 4, 2024 at 3:57 PM
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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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November 20, 2024 at 10:31 AM
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
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...
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November 25, 2024 at 4:50 PM