Publications

PUBLICATIONS

Authored and Edited Monographs:

• Kaucz, B. (ed.) (2026) “Artificial Intelligence and Crime: Curated Literature Overview on AI, Crime, and Counteraction”. Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature. ISBN: 978-3-032-06943-6; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-06944-3

• Kaucz, B. (ed.) (2025) “Polish Contributions to Criminology“. Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature.  ISBN: 978-3-031-94141-2; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-94142-9

• Kaucz, B. (2022) “The Militarisation of Behaviours: Social Control and Surveillance in Poland and Ireland“. Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature. ISBN: 978-3-031-16600-6. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16601-3

Peer-reviewed Articles:

• Kaucz, B. (2025) “The Chicago School Through a Polish Lens: Krzysztof Czekaj's Legacy in Urban Sociology“, The American Sociologist (Special Issue) https://doi.org/10.1007/s12108-025-09661-7

• Kieszkowska, A. & Kaucz, B. (2024) “Kuratorzy sądowi w Irlandii i Polsce“ [“Probation Officers in Ireland and Poland“]. International Journal of New Economics and Social Sciences (IJONESS), 24(1), ISSN 2450-2146 https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0055.2838

• Kaucz, B. (2019) “Organised Crime in Poland - A Missing Link“. Studia Sociologica. Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis, 2(11), DOI: 10.24917/20816642.11.2.2

• Kaucz, B. (2016) “Legal Professions“, Studia Sociologica. Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis, 8(2): 56-66, Criminology and Social Disorganisation in the Globalised World. Theoretical and Practical Aspects https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=604889

• Kaucz, B. (2015) “Legal textbooks – the reflection of socio-legal reality“, The Boolean Journal. Launched in conjunction with the year-long bicentenary celebration of George Boole at UCC https://doi.org/10.33178/boolean.2015.16

Book chapters:

• Kaucz, B. (2026) “Semiotic Walls: Militarization, Crisis, and the Legal Language of Exclusion at Poland's Eastern Border“ (ed.) Anne Wagner, International Handbook of Legal Language and Communication: From Text to Semiotics, Springer Nature. ISBN: 978-3-031-87993-7 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-87993-7_35-1

• Kaucz, B. & Miszewski, K. (2026) “Getting In: Challenges and Strategies for Conducting Research in Prison Studies”,  Jared A. Jaworski (Ed.) Advances in Sociology Research, Volume 48, Nova Science Publishers

• Kaucz, B. (2025) “Criminology on the Fringes of War“. (ed.) Kaucz, B. “Polish Contributions to Criminology“. Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature. ISBN: 978-3-031-94141-2 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-94142-9_8

• Kaucz, B. (2025) “Introduction—Historical Development of Polish Criminology“. (ed.) Kaucz, B. “Polish Contributions to Criminology“. Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature. ISBN: 978-3-031-94141-2 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-94142-9_1

• Kaucz, B. (2025) “Conclusions“. (ed.) Kaucz, B. “Polish Contributions to Criminology“. Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature. ISBN: 978-3-031-94141-2 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-94142-9_9

• Kieszkowska, A. & Kaucz, B. (2025) “Samobójstwa w Irlandii w okresie trzydziestu lat po dekryminalizacji. Profilaktyka uniwersalna“ [“Suicide in Ireland Thirty Years After Decriminalisation: Universal Prevention“] (ed.) Brunon Hołyst, Zapobieganie samobójstwom, Tom IV [Suicide Prevention, Volume IV], Difin 2025 ISBN: 978-83-8270-410-5. 

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Blog and Online Posts:

• Kaucz, B. & Power, M., (2004) “Presenting the 2024 UCC Library Annual Seminar“ LibFocus https://bit.ly/BKBlogPost1

• Kaucz, B. (2023) “Terry Pratchett, Posthumous Sociologist Supreme“ PopMatters.com https://bit.ly/BKBlogPost2

• Kaucz, B. (2023) “UCC Library Annual Seminar 2023“ LibFocus https://bit.ly/BKBlogPost3

• Kaucz, B. (2023) “Militarisation, what is it?“ Blogger https://bit.ly/BKBlogPost05

• Kaucz, B. (2023) “Militarism, what is it?“ Blogger https://bit.ly/BKBlogPost06

• Kaucz, B. (2023) “The Militarisation of Behaviours, what is it?“ Blogger https://bit.ly/BKBlogPost07

• Kaucz, B. (2016) “What is my impression of how the Library works?“ LibFocus https://bit.ly/BKBlogPost4

Book Reviews:

• Kaucz, B. (2019) “Book Review: The Death of the Gods: The New Global Power Grab by Carl Miller“. CrimeTalk https://bit.ly/BKBookReview1

• Kaucz, B. (2019) “Book Review: Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World by Joshua Freeman“. Business Research Quarterly, 29(3), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/beq.2019.14

• Kaucz, B. (2018) “Book Review of Progressive Business: An Intellectual History of the Role of Business in American Society by Christian Olaf Christiansen“. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10468/7120

Academic Reports:

• Kaucz, B. (2025) “Supporting Judges with Artificial Intelligence“, the Institute of Justice, Warsaw, Poland. Available at: https://iws.gov.pl/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2025-Kaucz-B-Wspomaganie-sedziow-przez-sztuczna-inteligencje.pdf

• Kaucz, B. (2018) “Meeting at the Crossroads - An Academic Report from the Next Generation Learning Space Seminar.“ Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10468/7118

Academic Posters:

• Browne, S., Burns, K., Dennehy, R., Hally, R., Hurley, C., Kaucz, B., Kearns, A., O’Mahony, C., Pyrz, K., Robinson, S., Walsh, K. (2016) “Building RRI Proficiency through Community Based Participatory Research.“ Co-authored poster presented at the 7th Living Knowledge Conference, June 22-24, 2016, DIT. Recipient of two first prizes: Living Knowledge People's Choice Awards and Living Knowledge EnRRICH Advisory Board Awards https://bit.ly/BKPoster1 

Recent Academic Presentations:

• Kaucz, B. (2026) “Words Have Meaning: Repatriation, Restitution, or Donation of Cultural Artefacts Captured Linguistically”, Online Presentation, Venice, 19-20 February 2026

• Kaucz, B. (2025-2026) WG1 Theory Webinar Series 2025/2026 “Conversation in Context”, COST Action K-Peritia 

• Kaucz, B. (2025) “Cultural Expertise, Hidden Curriculum, and Guilty Knowledge in Court Cases” Webinar WG3 Profersionalisation Webinar Series of COST Action K-Peritia