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British Society of Criminology 2011 Conference 3-6 July 2011 at Northumbria University

Economies and Insecurities of Crime and Justice

Postgraduate Conference 3- 4 July 2011

……………….Please note – our second call for papers is now open………………….

Postgraduate Conference 3- 4 July 2011 - Bursary News

Northumbria University and the British Society of Criminology (BSC) along with their event sponsors would like to invite your postgraduate students to the 2011 British Society of Criminology Postgraduate Conference. The Postgraduate Conference will feature panel presentations from students as well as key note speakers and special sessions designed to support PG students in their academic development. Special sessions will include a workshop by SAGE publications about how to get published and a set of presentations about career opportunities in criminological research in academia, the voluntary sector, government and the private sector.

To support your BSC member students there is a Postgraduate Bursary scheme which offers several bursaries covering conference fees; one International Bursary covering conference fees and up to £300 for travel. We would be most grateful if you would circulate information (www.northumbria.ac.uk/bscconference) about the conference to your PG students, and encourage them to take part in what promises to be an exciting and stimulating event.

Economies and Insecurities of Crime and Justice
A range of key issues connect to the main theme of the conference:

· Economic crisis, public spending and the criminal justice sector

· Recessional climates and the landscapes of criminal enterprise

· The political economies of crime, crime control and criminal justice

· Social exclusion, consumer culture and criminal enterprise

· The academic and practitioner interface – global to North East

· Fear, insecurity and victimisation

· Global economies and local insecurities

Keynote Speakers:

Jackie Harvey is Professor of Financial Management at Newcastle Business School. Her research is in the field of money laundering, early outputs considered costs and benefits of regulatory compliance before moving to evaluation of the effectiveness of the Anti-Money Laundering Framework. Jackie is on the Editorial Board for the European Cross-Border Crime Colloquium that brings together researchers from across Europe. The title of Jackie’s talk is Anti-money laundering policy: a response to the activity of criminals or agencies?

Liz Kelly is Professor of Sexualised Violence and Director of the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit, London Metropolitan University. Liz is currently involved in mapping legislation on violence against women and their children and homophobic violence across the European Union and will be speaking on the subject of economies and insecurities of crime and victimisation.

Mike Levi is Professor at Cardiff University. Mike has been conducting international research on the control of white-collar crime, corruption and money laundering/financing of terrorism since 1972. The title of Mike’s talk is ‘Never let a good crisis go to waste’. Rhetoric and knowledge about criminal exploitation of the Global Financial Crisis.

Ian Loader is Professor of Criminology and the Director of the Centre for Criminology at the University of Oxford. Ian is currently researching and writing about the commodification of security and will be speaking on the topic of economic crises, public spending and the Criminal Justice System. The title of his talk is Private Security: Democracy’s Dirty Little Secret

Jill Peay is Professor of Law at the London School of Economics. Jill’s research specialisms are mental health law, decision-making and the treatment of mentally disordered offenders Jill was a member of the Richardson Committee (1998-9) and, more recently, of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics’ Working Party on Dementia: Ethical Issues. She also sits on the Editorial Boards for the Clarendon Studies in Criminology and the Journal of Mental Health Law. Jill will be speaking on the subject of recession, crime and mental health.

Stephen Shaw was the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman for England and Wales. Prior to becoming Prisons Ombudsman, Mr Shaw was Director of the Prison Reform Trust (PRT) charity for 18 years. He has been Chief Executive of the Office of the Health Professions Adjudicator (OHPA) since May 2010. The title of Stephen’s talk is Public Oversight of Imprisonment: The role of the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman.

Loïc Wacquant is Professor of Sociology and Research Associate at the Institute for Legal Research, Boalt Law School, University of California at Berkeley. Loïc’s research interests span across the theme of the conference. The title of his talk is Inequality, Marginality, and Penal Policy in the Neoliberal Age.

………………….Look out for more Conference News and Updates………………..

Dr Pamela Davies

Programme Director (SASS)

Department of Social Sciences

School of Arts and Social Sciences

Lipman Building

Northumbria University

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 8ST

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Tel: 0191 227 4650

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