Ladies and Gentlemen, dear Colleagues,
today I would like to alert you about a just published intereting BJS
report on the processing of domestic violence cases in US state courts.
You will find a short notice and the hpyerlink below, after my
signature, under # 1
Under ## 2-8 you will find invitations to join some conferences
scheduled for the months between March and October 2008.
With best regards,
Hans-J. Kerner
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University of Tuebingen
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# 1: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROCESSING
February 8, 2008 // Bureau of Justice Statistics // New Publication:
"State Court Processing of Domestic Violence Cases"
This report examines the processing of domestic violence (DV) and
non-domestic violence (non-DV) cases filed in May 2002 in 15 large urban
counties. The study compares the domestic and non-domestic offenses of
sexual and aggravated assault on 11 prosecution, conviction, and
sentencing outcome measures.
Available online at: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/scpdvc.htm
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# 2: LAW AND TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE (March 2008)
British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association
Annual Conference on:
“Law Shaping Technology; Technology Shaping the Law”
27-28 March 2008 // Glasgow Caledonian University
Extended Call for Abstracts and Stream Convenors by 15 February 2008
Security and privacy of our personal information is becoming a central
theme with the rise in social networking technologies and user generated
content. Have sites such as Facebook and YouTube responded in a timely
and effective manner to safeguard our data, whilst promoting our rights
to free speech? Technology to combat crime, and technology used to
assist in crime will also be a central theme of the conference, along
with other technology issues currently facing the legal profession and
legal education. The keynote Speakers are Professor David Wall of the
Centre for Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Leeds who will
be speaking on ‘Cybercrime’ and David Flint of MacRoberts in Glasgow
will speak on ‘Technology, Media and practitioners’.
Abstracts of approx 500 words are still welcome in pdf or word format to
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> before 15 Feb 2008.
Full papers accepted and presented at the conference will be put forward
for peer-review or special editions of journals in the areas of law,
technology and education.
There will be a prize-winning competition for the best Postgraduate
Student Paper presented at the conference. Full papers accepted and
presented at the conference will be put forward for peer-review or
special editions of journals in the areas of law, technology and education.
Further conference details are available online at
http://www.gcal.ac.uk/bileta2008/
The conference will be using the Digital Directions blog, so please feel
free to comment at http://ukcle.typepad.com/digital_directions/
<http://ukcle.typepad.com/digital_directions/> I will encourage stream
convenors and the keynotes to use this site too.
For further information contact Michael Bromby <[log in to unmask]>
Michael Bromby, Centre for Forensic Statistics and Legal Reasoning
Division of Law, Glasgow Caledonian University
Glasgow G4 0BA
Tel +44 (0)141 331 8780 /Fax +44 (0)141 331 3798
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# 3: INTERNATIONAL CRIMIMINAL COURT SYMPOSIUM in TUEBINGEN [AIDP,
YOUNG PENALISTS] (April 2008)
The upcoming *ICC Review Conference and the future of the ICC* will be
the topic of a Symposium in International Criminal Law for Young
Penalists, co-organized by he AIDP Young Penalists Committee and the
University of Tuebingen, Faculty of Law. It will be held in Tuebingen,
Germany (near Stuttgart) April 1st to 5th, 2008.
The Symposium will consist of three panels of international criminal law
experts, and of three young penalists working groups, which will address
issues of substantive law, procedural law and of the policy of the ICC.
Each day will be divided into two sessions, for a total of approx. 16
academic hours. The objective of the Symposium is to arrive at
conclusions/recommendations, to be submitted to the ICC Review Conference.
Registration ends on February 17th, 2008.
For more information, visit http://www.jura.uni-tuebingen.de/aidp or
contact Christoph Burchard at [log in to unmask]
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# 4: CRIME and DISORDER ACT CONFERENCE (May 2008)
"Crime and Disorder Act 1998: ten years on"
A two day conference incorporating two themed days (Community Safety
(7th May) and Youth Justice (8th May)). Queen's Hotel, Leeds
Confirmed speakers include: Professor Adam Crawford (University of
Leeds) Professor Barry Goldson (University of Liverpool) Jim Hopkinson
(Leeds Youth Offending Service)Professor Gordon Hughes (Cardiff
University) Professor Ken Pease (University of Lougnborough) Professor
Tim Newburn (LSE) Andy Mills (Leeds Community Safety), Adam Edwards
(Cardiff University), Steve Carr (Cardiff Community Safety), Dan Gilling
(University of Plymouth)
Contact: Conference Office
Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, School of Law University of Leeds,
Leeds, LS2 9JT UK
Tel: 0113 343 7574, Fax: 0113 343 5056 / E-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.law.leeds.ac.uk/LeedsLaw/GenericPage.aspx?ID=298&TabID=4&Menu
ID=39&SubMenuID=47
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# 5: CAMPBELL COLLABORATION COLLOQUIUM(May 2008)
The 2008 Campbell Collaboration (C2) Colloquium will be held in in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from May 12 to 14, 2008.
The Colloquium is co-hosted and coordinated by the Canadian Council on
Learning; the Province of British Columbia; the Canadian Language and
Literacy Research Network and the Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the
Health Services.
The theme of the 2008 Colloquium is Speaking Truth to Power: Evidence
for Decisions in Education, Social Welfare, and Criminal Justice.
Further details are available at http://www.campbellcolloquium.org/
Please join us in Vancouver, BC in May 2008 for the C2 Colloquium.
Peter Grabosky BA, MA, PhD, FASSA
Co-Chair, Professor
Campbell Collaboration Crime and Justice
Group
Regulatory Institutions Network (REGNET)
http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/CCJG/
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
The Australian National University
Deputy Director
Canberra ACT 0200 Australia
ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security
Tel: +61 2 6125 1509
Fax: +61 2 6125 1507
email: [log in to unmask]
http://regnet.anu.edu.au
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# 6: INTERNATIONAL CRIME SCIENCE CONFERENCE (July 2008)
TOPIC = "Science, Crime and Security: Creating Sustainable Partnerships".
Organized by the UCL Centre for Security and Crime Science, London, on
July 17 and 18, 2008 at the British Library
Programme and Call for Papers available under:
http://www.crimescience.org/
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# 7: SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT CONFERENCE (August 2008)
"Preventing Sexual Violence through Effective Sexual Offender Treatment
and Public Policy"
10th Conference of the International Association for the Treatment of
Sexual Offenders (IATSO), CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, August, 27 - 30, 2008
ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR ABSTRACT: www.iatso.org/08capetown/
Download our preliminary program and call for abstracts
http://www.iatso.org/08capetown/download_abstracts.pdf
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# 8: TRANSNATIONAL TERRORIST and CRIMINAL ORGANISATIONS in the BALKANS
(October 2008)
Belgrade, 2-4 October 2008: Conference on transnational terrorist and
criminal organisations in the Balkans. The third and final conference of
the HUMSEC (human security) project focuses on the impact of
transnational terrorist and criminal organisations on the peace-building
process of the region. Conference themes are: Human Security –
conceptual and theoretical issues; conflict and post-conflict
situations; terrorism; and crime (organised/other). Papers should
address reconciliation and peace-building in the region, the position of
organised crime and terrorist groups in that process, and proposals for
institutional and legal reform. More detail on :
http://www.humsec.eu/cms/index.php?id=828. To submit title and abstract
of proposed paper, go to: http://www.humsec.eu/cms/index.php?id=376. The
HUMSEC project is supported by the European Commission under the Sixth
Framework Programme "Integrating and Strengthening the European Research
Area", and is coordinated by the European Training and Research Centre
for Human Rights and Democracy (ETC Graz). The UK partner in the project
is Cardiff University. The 2007 conference was in Sarajevo, agenda and
abstracts visible on http://www.humsec.eu/cms/index.php?id=912
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