Reminder!!! Abstract deadline Feb 28th for

British Society of Criminology Annual Conference

Glasgow, July 5th - 7th 2006

'Research and Theory: New Directions in Criminology'

Plenary speakers 

Loraine Gelsthorpe (University of Cambridge)

Kelly Hannah Moffat (University of Toronto)

Clive Norris (University of Sheffield)

Richard Sparks (Edinburgh University)

Hosted by Glasgow Caledonian, Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities

Paper proposals and abstracts to be submitted by Feb 28th. 2006

Full details on: http://www.gcal.ac.uk/bscconf2006

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This is the annual conference of the British Society of Criminology,
which aims to bring together academics, researchers, teachers and
students of criminology, criminal justice, security and crime related
fields of study along with a wide range of practitioners in criminal
justice and related areas such as criminal justice social workers,
probation officers, the legal profession, the police and prison
services. It will have an international appeal attracting speakers and
delegates from across Britain, Europe and the USA, Australia and New
Zealand. It is of particular relevance to Scotland at this time, given
the recent launch, by the Scottish Executive and SHEFCE along with
Scottish Universities, of the new Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice
Research. 

A wide ranging programme will include plenary sessions delivered by
internationally renowned speakers on the main focus of the conference,
New Directions in Research and Theory, including current issues relating
to criminological research, risk, electronic surveillance and security.
Workshops will address methodological and theoretical issues and
research on a wide range of criminological topics. Along with those
addressing general areas of interest such as theoretical criminology,
criminological research methods, measuring crime, historical aspects of
crime and justice and crime and the media, themes will critically
address key areas of criminal justice policy looking not only at the
jurisdictions of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland but also
at the international context. Themes will thus focus on devolved justice
and international and comparative perspectives along with policing,
prisons, community safety and social disorder, surveillance and
technology, rehabilitation, reintegration and desistance, youth crime
and justice and sentencing.  A wide range of both local and
international research on contemporary forms of crime and their analysis
will feature in themes including violent crime, gender, sexuality and
justice, crimes of the powerful, crimes associated with the environment
and substance abuse and crime, and there will be special sessions on
crime and literature.  

 

 


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