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Dear all, This is an announcement about the forthcoming conference hosted by Sheffield University/Surveillance and Society on the 5th & 6th April 2006. If you're interested in attending then please follow the instructions below or in the attached flyer. Looking forward to seeing you there. Regards Kirstie CRIME, JUSTICE AND SURVEILLANCE A TWO-DAY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HOSTED BY THE CENTRE FOR CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD IN ASSOCIATION WITH WWW.SURVEILLANCE-AND-SOCIETY.ORG Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th April 2006 In the UK the last decade has seen an unprecedented deployment of surveillance technologies and practices in the name of crime control. Drug testing, electronic monitoring, intelligence led policing initiatives, DNA testing and video monitoring have all expanded rapidly. These developments are not unique to the UK, and this conference seeks to explore the British experience in the context of developments in Europe and beyond and to consider the social, political and legal issues that arise from the expansion of surveillance. The conference is inter-disciplinary with contributions from sociologists, anthropologists, geographers, criminologists, socio-legal scholars, historians, and social scientists researching surveillance practices and technologies. Keynote Speech Professor David Lyon System and self: information, organization and surveillance Themes include: · CCTV surveillance · Surveillance in Literature and the Media · Geographical Information Systems · Electronic Monitoring · State Surveillance · Legal Regulation, Privacy and Human rights · Workplace surveillance · Public acceptability of surveillance · Surveillance Theory and Method The conference is also truly international and with over 50 papers from eighteen countries including speakers from Belgium, Canada, Crete, Eire, Finland, Germany, Hawaii, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, UK and the USA. Speakers include: Nicholas Dorn Cardiff Univ., Wales Terry Dunworth Justice Policy Centre, USA Anita Gibbs Otago Univ., New Zealand Hazel Kemshall De Montfort Univ., UK Hille Koskela Helsinki Univ., Finland Bob Lilly N. Kentucky Univ., USA Anthony Minnaar Univ. of South Africa Mike Nellis Strathclyde Univ., Scotland Minas Samatas Crete Univ., Greece Valerie Steeves Ottawa Univ., Canada Eric Toepfer Technical Univ, Berlin David Wall Leeds Univ., UK Conference Organisation The full list of speakers can be viewed at the conference web page http://ccr.group.shef.ac.uk/publicity/conference/06/index.html This is a non-residential conference and attendees will need to make their own arrangements for accommodation although we will provide access to the city's web based accommodation services, to make this relatively easy for you. The Conference Fee will be £135 for the two days and £70 for one-day attendance. We have a limited number of reduced fee places for postgraduate-students. These will be £50 for two days or £25 for one. The fee will include refreshments and lunch, but not overnight accommodation or evening meals. There will be a conference dinner on April 5th at an additional charge of £40. HOW TO BOOK YOU CAN DOWN LOAD THE CONFERNCE REGISTRATION FORM AT: http://ccr.group.shef.ac.uk/publicity/conference/06/documents/BookingForm.pdf Returning it by email to: [log in to unmask] as soon as possible and no later than March 20th 2006 Or by post to: Lisa Burns, CCR Dept. of Law University of Sheffield Crookesmoor Building Conduit Road Sheffield S10 1FL United Kingdom We look forward seeing you at the conference Professor Clive Norris Dr Gwen Robinson Dr Paul Knepper