Ladies and Gentlemen,
dear Colleagues!
Today I would like to alert you to a couple of recent publications, to
some upcoming conferences, and to a new french Master Programme in
Criminology.
Please find details below, after my signature.
With best regards,
Hans-J. Kerner
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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
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Homepage: http://www.ifk.jura.uni-tuebingen.de/
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*(1) Drug Use among Youth in the U.S.A.: JuvJust Publication*
* Survey Finds Increased Youth Substance Abuse in Single-Parent Households*
According to a report issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
<http://www.samhsa.gov/>, past year substance abuse for youth living in
households with a single parent was greater than for youth living with
two parents.
The report "Parent Awareness of Youth Use of Cigarettes, Alcohol, and
Marijuana <http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k8/parents/parents.cfm>,"
which draws on data from the National Survey on Drug Use & Health
<http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/nsduh.htm>, also noted that:
* Fathers in two-parent households were more likely than fathers in
father-only households to be aware of their child's substance abuse over
# the past year Within one-parent households, substance abuse for youth
was generally higher in father-only households than in mother-only
households.
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*(2) Recent British Studies on Perceptions of Policing and on the
Nature of Specific Crimes*
The following have been posted by RDS
<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001js6G7fhHvuHHwnjEqaQQHLomLZWNDaLWaiiYbtTXGuumAOHF_ZESHj8UfP8oMWaQcovaI9gnIbM66lwwcvCp3FTOzenECgAaZ7rOGH-Ry78R5TDhxwF3dMUb92Z1T2-_ys7j6sD0EK63r5ZnB4lHYw==>
"Home Office Statistical Bulletin 06/08 - *Circumstances of crime,
Neighbourhood Watch membership and perceptions of policing*:
Supplementary Volume 3 to Crime in England and Wales 2006/07"
"Crime in England and Wales 2006/07: Supplementary Tables: *Nature of
burglary, vehicle-related theft, personal and other household theft,
vandalism, and violent crime"*
and can be downloaded via
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/whatsnew1.html
<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001js6G7fhHvuHHwnjEqaQQHLomLZWNDaLWaiiYbtTXGuumAOHF_ZESHj8UfP8oMWaQcovaI9gnIbM66lwwcvCp3FTOzenECgAaZ7rOGH-Ry78R5TDhxwF3dMUb92Z1T2-_ys7j6sD0EK63r5ZnB4lHYw==>
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*(3) Australian Study on Compensation for Wrongful Convictions*
The Australian Institute of Criminology has recently released the following publication:
Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice paper. no. 356:
*Compensation for wrongful conviction
Adrian Hoel*
This paper, Compensation for wrongful conviction, examines the causes and effects of wrongful imprisonment, the prevalence of wrongful conviction in Australia, and the applicability of international approaches and conventions.
It can be downloaded via:
http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi2/tandi356.html
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*(4) **/COMPREHENSIVE NEW STUDY CHALLENGING EXPERT CONSENSUS FINDS INCIDENCE OF TERRORISM DECLINING AROUND THE WORLD./*
Terrorism Fatalities Decline as Muslim Support for al-Qaeda Terror
Network Plummets
Number of Wars and Death Tolls in Africa Down Dramatically Since 1999
NEW YORK, May 21, 2008---Challenging the expert consensus that the
threat of global terrorism is increasing, a new report from the Canadian
research team that produced the much-cited *Human Security Report*
<http://www.humansecurityreport.info> in 2005, reveals a sharp net
decline in the incidence of terrorist violence around the world.
The *Human Security Brief 2007* <http://www.humansecuritybrief.info>
demonstrates that:
* Fatalities from terrorism have declined by some 40 percent, while
the loose-knit terror network associated with Osama bin Laden's
al-Qaeda has suffered a dramatic collapse in popular support
throughout the Muslim world.
* There has been an extraordinary, but largely unnoticed, positive
change in sub-Saharan Africa's security landscape. The number of
conflicts being waged in the region more than halved between 1999
and 2006; the combat toll dropped by 98 percent.
* The decline in the total number of armed conflicts and combat
deaths around the world that was reported three years ago in Human
Security Report 2005 has continued.
The Brief was produced by the Human Security Report Project (HSRP)
research team at Simon Fraser University's School for International
Studies in Vancouver, Canada. The HSRP's research is supported by the
governments of Canada, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland and the UK.
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*(5) Inaugural Issue: Newsletter of the Centre for Criminal Justice,
Queen Mary, University of London*
The inaugural issue of the newsletter of the Centre for Criminal
Justice, Queen Mary, University of London contains contributions on the
following topics://
**
*Unaccounted Wealth and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 *by /Peter Alldridge/
*Miscarriages of Justice: A /Tour d'horizon /*by /Richard Nobles /and
/David Schiff/
*The Interview: Lord David Ramsbotham *'Management, not Managerialism!'
by /Leonidas K. Cheliotis/
*Book Review: */Who to Release? Parole, fairness and criminal justice
/Reviewed by /Sally Chin
/
/In case you will be interested in this inaugural issue, or even eager
to place a standing order for the newsletter, please turn to the editor,
i.e.:
/*Leonidas K. Cheliotis (
*http://www.law.qmul.ac.uk/people/academic/cheliotis.html
Lecturer (eq. Assistant Professor) in Criminology & Deputy Director,
Centre for Criminal Justice, School of Law
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road,
London, E1 4NT, UK
Tel: (+44) 020 7882 5134
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*(6) Justice Policy Journal, May 2008 issue
*This interesting electronic journal can be accessed under:
http://www.cjcj.org/jpj/index.php*
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*
(7)4th Annual North-South Conference in Criminology,
Dublin, June 23 & 24, 2008
*
Topic: *Reflections on Irish Criminology North and South: Learning and
Challenges for the Future.*
Information will be available on the website (www.dit.ie/nscc2008) in
the next few days. Please note that we have limited places for this
conference, so that while there is no registration fee for attending it
is still important to register in advance in order to secure a place,
and note that the closing date for registrations is Monday 9 June.
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*(8) *
BRITISH SOCIETY OF CRIMINOLOGY
DEADLINE EXTENDED! NOW MONDAY 2 JUNE 2008!
The Brian Williams Prize 2008
Nominations are invited from members of the British Society of
Criminology for the Brian Williams Prize 2008. The prize has been
established this year to honour the memory of Dr. Brian Williams, who
was Professor of Community Justice and Victimology at De Montfort
University, and who died tragically in 2007. The prize reflects the
desire of the British Society of Criminology to encourage and recognise
the achievements of new members of the criminology profession. It will
be awarded to a "new" scholar who is the author of a criminological
article published in a refereed academic journal during 2007. The
winning article will be adjudged by the judging panel to meet the
criteria for the award and to be the best such article published in that
year (see below for detailed eligibility criteria). The Society reserves
the right not to make the award if the judging panel considers that no
nominated article is of sufficient merit to warrant the award. The
prize, £250 in cash, will be awarded at the British Society of
Criminology Conference 2008, to be held from 9 to 11 July at the
University of Huddersfield.
The judging panel will be looking for a journal article which shows
evidence of particular distinction and/or innovation in methodology or
theorising in the general field of criminology, or in the application of
criminological theory or research to crime policy or penal practice. In
essence, the winning article must make a valuable contribution to the
further development of criminology.
The general criteria for eligibility are as follows:
* The nominated article must be sole-authored, and have been
published in a refereed journal between 1st January 2007 and 31st
December 2007.
* The author of the article must currently hold a teaching or
research position at a UK university or other higher education
institution, and be within five years of his or her first
appointment to any such position.
* The nominated article should be directly concerned with the
subject area of criminology.
* Authors may self-nominate. Others may nominate with the
permission of the author.
* Nominated authors and other nominators must be members of the
British Society of Criminology and ordinarily resident in the UK.
* Only one entry is allowed per person.
Nomination forms can be downloaded from the BSC website at
http://www.britsoccrim.org/. Applications should include the nominee's
BSC membership number and a brief CV plus one electronic, or four hard,
copies of the nominated article. Electronic copies are preferred --
please only send hard copies if electronic copies are not available. If
the article is nominated by someone other than its author, that person's
BSC membership number must also be included.
All nominations and copies of the article should be submitted by Monday
2 June 2008 to:
*Professor Philip Stenning*
BSC Williams Prize Organiser,
Centre for Criminological Research,
School of Criminology, Education, Sociology and Social Work,
Keele University,
KEELE, Staffordshire ST5 5BG
Tel: (01782) 583-597
Or e-mailed to: [log in to unmask]
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*(9) New Master Programme in Criminology (in French) at the University
of Franche-Compté*
*
UNIVERSITE DE FRANCHE COMTE, **SECTION DE SOCIOLOGIE ET D'ANTHROPOLOGIE*
**
* MASTER SOCIOLOGIE*
* */SPECIALITE/
* CRIMINOLOGIE*
* Année 2008-2009*
**
Contact :
E. SANSEIGNE, Secrétariat de Sociologie :
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<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Tel : 03 81
66 53 39
J-M. BESSETTE, Responsable Master Crim.
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<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Tel :
03 81 58 36 83
_La spécialité */CRIMINOLOGIE/*_ qui s'ouvre à la prochaine rentrée
universitaire (septembre 2008) dans le cadre du Master SHS, mention
Sociologie à l'université de Franche-Comté se veut résolument
*/transdisciplinaire/*/./ Elle réunit autour de « l'objet » */crime
/*des enseignants-chercheurs et des professionnels spécialisés sur les
questions de normes, de déviance et de criminalité venant d'horizons
divers - /juristes, historiens, médecins, psychologues, sociologues,
anthropologues/... mais aussi /magistrats, avocats, policiers, ou
travailleurs sociaux spécialisés/. Il s'agit d'apporter aux étudiants et
à d'éventuels candidats dans le cadre de la formation continue, des
outils tant théoriques que méthodologiques pouvant s'appliquer aux
problématiques relatives aux faits de déviance, de délinquance ou de
criminalité.
Les compétences spécifiques acquises dans le cadre du Master
CRIMINOLOGIE peuvent ouvrir aussi bien à la /recherche/ (thèse de
doctorat) qu'à des applications dans le cadre des /politiques publiques,
sociales ou de la ville./
La spécialité est enseignée principalement lors du semestre 3 du master
(1er semestre, 2ème année)
Et comprends 5 Unités d'enseignements (comprenant 24h de cours et 12h de
TD, regroupés) :
- UE Transversale (au choix : humanités, langues, outils informatiques)
- UE /Le Crime/ : /aspects historiques/ (Histoire)
- UE /Le Crime : aspects juridiques/ (Droit)
- UE /Le Crime aspects étiologiques/ (Psychiatrie, médecine légale,
psychologie)
- UE /Le Crime aspects socio-anthropologiques/ (Sociologie et
anthropologie)
*_ _*
*_Conditions d'admission _*
_En 1ère année :_
-Titulaires d'une licence de sociologie
/Sur dossier et après entretien /pour les titulaires d'une licence de
-psychologie, histoire, droit, philosophie, autres à examiner...
_En 2è année :_
-titulaires de la 1^ère année de Master Sociologie
/Sur dossier et après entretien /pour les titulaires d'une première
année de Master de
-psychologie, histoire, droit, philosophie, autres à examiner...
/Sur dossier et après entretien/ pour :
-professionnels qualifiés, magistrats, avocats, policiers, travailleurs
sociaux, autres...
