Call for papers – Criminal Justice Stream
Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference 2003
I am organising the criminal justice stream for the SLSA Annual
Conference 2003 at Nottingham Trent University (April 14 -16) and
would like to hear from anyone interested in contributing to this
steam in whatever manner.
Some commentators suggest that the penal sanction and the
criminal justice response to crime is in crisis and point to its
limited capacity both to deter criminals and to meet its own
objectives of crime reduction. In response, in recent years there
have been a number of significant changes in diverse fields of
criminal justice. However, many aspects of legislation, policy
initiatives and practice developments sit awkwardly alongside each
other and are driven by competing logics based upon shifting
demands from politicians, the public, practitioners and managers.
Making sense of these changes is a major challenge for the socio-
legal community.
I would like to encourage proposals of papers or thematic
workshops on different areas of criminal justice policy and practice.
The following are just some of the areas in which papers are
encouraged, however this list is not meant to be exhaustive.
- Policing and community safety
- Regulating violence
- Victims in criminal justice
- Managing criminal court and pre-trial processes
- Youth justice crisis or renewal?
- Speeding up justice
- Restorative justice
- Community justice and criminal justice
- Public participation in criminal justice
- Privatisation and criminal justice
- Risk in criminal justice
- Prison and probation research
- Regulating crimes of the powerful
- Criminal justice and human rights
I am particularly keen to encourage papers that consider the
interface between criminal justice and other areas of social policy
and welfare – be it housing, education, health or environmental
concerns.
Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be sent via email no
later than 31st January 2003 to [log in to unmask]
Please include the title and a brief outline of the paper, together
with your name and institutional affiliation. Early submission would
be much appreciated.
Contact:
Adam Crawford
Centre for Criminal Justice Studies
Law Department
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
Tel: 0113 343 5045
Professor Adam Crawford
Centre for Criminal Justice Studies
Department of Law
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
Tel: 44 (0)113 343 5045
Fax: 44 (0)113 343 5056
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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