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Ladies and Gentlemen, dear Colleagues, at the end of a busy year I send you a few seleceted "final" pieces of information. You will find them below, after my signature. Thank you very much indeed for not only holding contact but also for having provided me with news from your side and from sources you are acquainted with, in order to enrich our news service. I am looking forward to co-operate with you also in the upcoming year 2008. I send you my best Seasons´ Greetings, and I wish you a Happy New Year!! With best regards, Hans-J. Kerner -- ***************************************************************** Hans-Juergen Kerner Listserv Mananger, Criminology_CriminalJustice_News Professor and Director, Institute of Criminology University of Tuebingen Sand 7, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany Phone: +49-7071-297 29 31 // Fax: +49-7071-29 51 04 Email: [log in to unmask] Email Secretariat: [log in to unmask] Homepage: http://www.ifk.jura.uni-tuebingen.de/ **************************************************************** *MESSAGE 1 : Doctorate Honoris Causa for John Braithwaite* Dear colleagues, the K.U.Leuven has decided to award a doctorate honoris causa to John Braithwaite (Australian National University, Canberra) for his unique contribution to criminology, peace studies and sustainable development. The official ceremony will be held on Monday 4 February 2008 and the rest of that week special events are organised in honour and in the presence of John. Please find the programme enclosed. Public events include a public lecture on Wednesday 6 February and an international symposium on Thursday 7 February, to which you are warmly invited. Feel free to distribute this information to your own networks and to post it on a number of websites in order to inform other colleagues in all parts of the world. Very best wishes to all of you for a Merry Christmas and a great start of 2008. Kind regards, Stephan Parmentier Head of Department -- Prof. dr. Stephan Parmentier Head, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology K.U.Leuven, Faculty of Law, Hooverplein 10, 3000 Leuven, Belgium ph:+32-16-32.51.15 - fax:+32-16-32.54.63 - [log in to unmask] www.law.kuleuven.be/linc/english - www.transitionaljustice.be - www.ggs.kuleuven.be - www.globus-socialjustice.org - www.guatebelga.be - www.ipra2008.org - www.worldcongresscriminology.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ *Message 2: Recent Finnish Studies on Crime and Violence* Janne Kiviouri et al. provide central results on the Scandinavian part of the second International Delinquency Self-Report Study under *"Delinquent Behaviour in Nordic Capital Cities", 2007* ( http://www.optula.om.fi/40485.htm ) Janne Kivivuori et al. provide results on the recent development of homicide in Finland under *"Homicide in Finland, 2002-2006", 2007* (http://www.optula.om.fi/41599.htm ) Mima Piispa et al. provide central results on the Finish part of the International Violence against Women Study under *"Violence Against Women in Finland", comparing 1997 - 2005 data, 2006* 8 pages summary in English language ( http://www.optula.om.fi/37962.htm ) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ *Message 3: Recent U.S. publications on Victimization and Punishment* The Bureau of Justice Statistis has just published central results of the 2006 sweep of the National Crime Victimization Survey *"Criminal Victimization, 2006" 2007* http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cv06.htm The Bureau of Justice Statistics has also just published data on the characteristics of persons under sentence of death on December 31, 2006, and of persons executed in 2006 from teh NPS-8 data collection *"Capital Punishment, 2006 - Statistical Tables", 2007* http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/html/cp/2006/cp06st.htm The Bureau of Justice Statistics has also just published data from the National Inmate Survey - NIS - sweep 2007, conducted in 146 State and Federal prisons between April and August 2007 on sexual victimization among prisoners *"Sexual Victimization in State and Federal Prisons Reported by Inmates, 2007"* http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/svsfpri07.htm