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/ ****************************************************************(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,
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,"
which draws on data from the National Survey on Drug Use
& Health, 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
(2) Recent British Studies on Perceptions of Policing
and on the Nature of Specific Crimes
The following have been posted by RDS
"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.htmlThe 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 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (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 |
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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:
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (7)4th Annual North-South Conference in Criminology, Dublin, June 23 & 24, 2008Topic: Reflections on Irish Criminology North and South: Learning and Challenges for the Future.
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
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:
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
BSC Williams Prize Organiser,
Centre for Criminological Research,
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
CRIMINOLOGIE
Contact :
E. SANSEIGNE, Secrétariat de Sociologie : [log in to unmask] Tel : 03 81 66 53 39
J-M. BESSETTE, Responsable Master Crim. [log in to unmask]">[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 1ère 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…