Ladies and Gentlemen,
dear Colleagues!
Please find below, after my signature, a selection of News that has
reached me during the last two weeks.
Best regards,
Hans-J. Kerner
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University of Tuebingen
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*(1) Econometric Analysis on the Consequences of Being "Soft on Crime"
in Germany*
The German Institute for Econometric Research (DIW) in Berlin has been
recently publishing an econometric study on the consequences of
different styles of adjudicating respectively sentencing crimes in
Germany. The study has been authored by the economy professors Entorf
and Spengler. I have attached the free PDF-Version of the brochure.
*(2) Recent Publications on Youth Delinquency in England and Wales*
The England/Wales Youth Justice Board has recently been publishing a
couple of reports which can be downloaded free of charge as PDF-Files.
Details can be found under:
*MORI Youth Survey 2008 published*
Our 2008 MORI Youth Survey reveals that the overall proportion of young
people reporting that they have committed an offence in the previous 12
months has declined compared with previous surveys.The data also shows
that, of those young people who have offended, a much higher proportion
report that they were caught by the police.
The survey, which was reinstated following the Home Office's decision to
stop its Offending, Crime and Justice Survey, provides self-reported
data by young people in mainstream education and pupil referral units on
their experiences of crime.
Click to read:
* MORI Youth Survey 2008: Young People in Mainstream Education
* MORI Youth Survey 2008: Young People in Pupil Referral Units
*Girls and offending -- research into patterns and perceptions published*
We have published research examining the reasons why girls may offend,
and patterns in their offending.
Click to read Girls and Offending - Patterns, Perceptions and Interventions.
*Youth Justice Annual Workload data 2007/08 published*
Youth Justice Annual Workload Data 2007/08 has been published. The data
is drawn from figures submitted to the YJB by all youth offending teams
and gives a picture of the scale and type of work that YOTs are tackling.
Overall the data shows that the number of offences committed by young
people which resulted in a warning or court disposal fell by over 17,000
between 2006/07 and 2007/08.
Click to read the Youth Justice Annual Workload Data 2007/08.
*Latest custody figures*
Monthly custody figures for children and young people under 18 are
available on our website.
*(3) Recent Publications of the Australian Institute of Criminology
(AIC-Canberra)*
*Adolescent stalking: offence characteristics and effectiveness of
intervention orders*
Rosemary Purcell, Teresa Flower and Paul E Mullen
/Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice/ no. 369
This paper examines the nature of stalking among adolescents to
determine the characteristics of stalkers and their victims and the
utility of intervention orders for managing this behaviour. Unlike adult
stalking which is usually motivated by rejection, adolescent stalking
most often occurs in the context of bullying. There is not yet
sufficient evidence to establish the effectiveness of intervention orders.
http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi2/tandi369.html
*
Gauging public opinion on sentencing: can as**king jurors help?*
Kate Warner, Julia Davis, Maggie Walter, Rebecca Bradfield and Rachel Vermey
/Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice/ no. 371
_http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi2/tandi371.html_
The disconnect between public opinion and reality in offending and
sentencing is well understood, but jurors are members of the public with
a more informed view of sentencing. The study reported here examined the
value of using jurors to help the justice system understand public
opinion about sentencing and to inform the public on crime and
sentencing issues. While there is evidence that participation in a jury
increases confidence in the criminal justice system, the study found
that pre-existing perceptions about lenient sentencing may be difficult
to change. However, surveying jurors is a recommended as an option for
gauging informed public opinion about sentencing.
*Australian Sentecing Advisory Council - News*
The Sentencing Statistics section of our website has just been updated
with new data on sentencing and on adult prisoners.The sentencing data
describe the broad trends within the higher courts, the Magistrates'
Court and the Children's Court in Victoria. These data are located under
the 'People Sentenced' and 'Sentencing Outcomes' sections of our website.
The data on adult prisoners examine trends and rates of imprisonment in
Victoria and across Australia. They also show various characteristics of
Victorian prisoners such as legal status, offence type, time in custody
and rates of return to prison. These are found under the 'Adult
Prisoners' part of our website.
Some interesting facts contained in the new data include:
* From 2006-07 to 2007-08 the number of people sentenced increased
in the Magistrates' Court by 9% and in the higher courts by 5%,
but declined in the Children's Court by 16%.
* In 2007-08 the most common sentence imposed in both the Children's
Court (53%) and the Magistrates' Court (56%) was a fine, while
defendants in the higher courts were most likely to receive a
sentence of imprisonment (45%).
* For people placed on a Criminal Justice Diversion Program in
2007-08, the most common conditions undertaken were a donation
(34%), followed by an apology to the victim (18%), a letter of
gratitude to the informant (17%), and compensation to the victim
(9%).
* For male prisoners, the three most commonly occurring offences in
2008 were sex offences (17.5%), unlawful entry with intent (12.1%)
and assault (11.9%). For females the most common offences were
government security/justice procedure offences (20.7%), drug
offences (14.0%) and other property offences (12.9%).
* In 2008 Victoria's imprisonment rate was the second lowest of any
state or territory, at 103.7 prisoners per 100,000 adults. The
Northern Territory recorded the highest rate at 609.7, while New
South Wales had the third highest rate at 195.3. Nationally, the
rate of imprisonment was 168.7.
*Karen Gelb, Senior Criminologist, *Sentencing Advisory Council, 4/436
Lonsdale Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000
P: (03) 960 39032, F: (03) 960 39030, E:
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_www.sentencingcouncil.vic.gov.au_ <www.sentencingcouncil.vic.gov.au>
* (4) EUROGANG Materials Available
**Members of the Eurogang Steering Committee recently completed the *
*"Eurogang Manual: Background, development, and use of the Eurogang
instruments in multi-site, multi-method comparative research." *
*The manual is available at the following link:
http://www.umsl.edu/~ccj/eurogang/Eurogang_20Manual.pdf
<http://www.umsl.edu/%7Eccj/eurogang/Eurogang_20Manual.pdf>*
*
(5) Home Office Publication on Public Confidence in the Police*
Statistical News Release - Public confidence in the Police and their
local partners: results from the British Crime Survey year ending
September 2008
To download the above, visit the "what's new" page at
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/whatsnew1.html
<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102490142425&e=001l9_P8cAzJkBxEbu5rQ90n4dOe0f8tepFocWAXq7zS-R6UKHLKmT0QO7wkr2gRqc92yU-4pZhd15359Ui7cnmNsafG5Yf8xS1IWc5Y-KV3rRMWMZ23VJXI6y4Mtjymw3tlW1yCF-ucHFFTX8Rbd2t2A==>
*(6) New BJS Publication*
March 18, 2009, Bureau of Justice Statistics Publication
This re-release of *"Characteristics of State Parole Supervising
Agencies, 2006" *with expanded Methodology, appendix tables, and detailed
Explanatory Notes is available online at:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cspsa06.htm.
Presents appendix tables with state-level data from the Census of State
Parole Supervising Agencies, 2006.
*(7) News from the Campbell Crime and Justice Group on DNA-Testing*
The Campbell Crime and Justice Group Steering Committee has approved a
new title:
*DNA Testing: Use in Police Investigative Work for Increasing Offender
Identification, Arrest, Conviction, and Case Clearance*
David Wilson and David Weisburd (George Mason University, USA)
Download: http://db.c2admin.org/doc-pdf/Wilson_DNA_title.pdf
Browse all our completed systematic reviews
at http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/reviews_crime_justice/index.php.
Search the Campbell library of published reviews and titles/protocols in
progress at http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/campbell_library/index.php
*(8) Special Offer by Springer Publishers on Criminal Law and Philosophy*
*Dear Researcher*,
In its first seven issues, *Criminal Law and Philosophy*
<http://ase.emv3.com/I?a=A9X7CkMQ9WvXsJZ,SOdiukvieQ> has published
exciting papers from a variety of countries (the UK and other European
countries, the USA, Australia, Africa) and a variety of philosophical
perspectives, on a wide range of issues in criminal law.
Some have focused on quite particular doctrines or statutes; some have
discussed the deeper principles of criminal law and criminal punishment;
others again the very idea of criminal law, and the role that criminal
law should play in a democratic polity and some have shown what we can
still learn from historical figures in the philosophy and criminal law.
Read, download and save the articles online as if you were a subscriber.
This selection of *seven articles* shows the extent to which the journal
is fulfilling its ambition to provide an inclusive and pluralist forum
for good work in philosophy of criminal law.
*Regards,*
Neil Olivier <http://ase.emv3.com/I?a=A9X7CkMQ9WvXsJZ,SOdiukjieg>
Publishing Editor International & Comparative Law and Philosophy of Law
Free Access to Top Quality Articles
*Read the following articles online for free until April 15, 2009*
* The lore of criminal accusation
<http://ase.emv3.com/I?a=A9X7CkMQ9WvXsJZ,SOdiukniew>
*George Pavlich*
* Complicity beyond Causality
<http://ase.emv3.com/I?a=A9X7CkMQ9WvXsJZ,SOdiuk7ifA>
*Lindsay Farmer*
* Space, time and function: intersecting principles of
responsibility across the terrain of criminal justice
<http://ase.emv3.com/I?a=A9X7CkMQ9WvXsJZ,SOdiuk_ifQ>
*Nicola Lacey*
* Defending the Criminal Law: Reflections on the Changing Character
of Crime, Procedure, and Sanctions
<http://ase.emv3.com/I?a=A9X7CkMQ9WvXsJZ,SOdiukzifg>
*Andrew Ashworth & Lucia Zedner*
* Ambient Intelligence, Criminal Liability and Democracy
<http://ase.emv3.com/I?a=A9X7CkMQ9WvXsJZ,SOdiuk3ifw>
*Mireille Hildebrandt*
* Revisiting Kantian Retributivism to Construct a Justification of
Punishment <http://ase.emv3.com/I?a=A9X7CkMQ9WvXsJZ,SOdiukLicA>
*Jane Johnson*
* Dealing with Wayward Desire
<http://ase.emv3.com/I?a=A9X7CkMQ9WvXsJZ,SOdiukPicQ>
*Stephen P. Garvey*
*(9) New Publication on Images of Crime
*Telemach Serassis, Harald Kania and Hans-Joerg Albrecht have been
editing recently the volume "Images of Crime III". It bears the title
"Representations of Crime and the Criminal"
More details can be found at:
<
http://www.iuscrim.mpg.de/ww/de/pub/forschung/publikationen/krim/k144.htm
>
<
http://www.duncker-humblot.de/?mnu=1100&cmd=1105&tid=1&typ=1104&did=33788
>.
*(10) Call for Papers: Criminology and Public Policy
*Tje Journal CPP is looking for contributions to a special Issue on
Global Economy etc: Details can be found in the attached WORD-file.
*(11) Call for Papers: Pakistan Journal of Criminology*
Pakistan Society of Criminology has been granted the declaration for
/Pakistan Journal of Criminology/, a peer-reviewed and research-oriented
scholarly journal. The journal will be published on quarterly basis from
Peshawar.It aims to advance the study of criminology and criminal
justice; to promote empirically-based public policy in crime prevention;
and to encourage comparative studies of crime and criminal justice in
Pakistan. The journal will be interdisciplinary in nature and welcome
researches from a variety of disciplines, including criminology, law,
criminal justice, sociology, psychology, forensic science and social
work as applied to crime and criminal justice in Pakistan or having
implications for Pakistan's criminal justice policies and
law-enforcement. It provides a forum to all scholars, researchers,
practitioners and law-enforcement officials to share their researches,
views and experiences in order to support or take part in an informed
dialogue about existing or new, modified or alternative criminal justice
policies or practices in Pakistan.
The journal is an innovative idea and the first of its kind in the
history of Pakistan. All the researchers and practitioners are invited
to publish their original research, arising from a variety of
methodological traditions or their best practices with empirical evidence.
*NOTE: Please respond to [log in to unmask]
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(Fasihuddin, Police Service of Pakistan)
President, Pakistan Society of Criminology.
Director, Research and Development,
NWFP Police, Central Police Office (CPO),
Peshawar. Pakistan
Phone: +92-91-9212760 (Office)
Cell: +92-313-5954055
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*
(12) European Science Foundation Call for Eurocores Themes 2009*
Following your participation in a recent activity organised or sponsored
by the European Science Foundation (ESF), I would particularly like to
draw your attention to the *ESF Call for EUROCORES Themes 2009*.
The ESF is inviting well developed ideas (theme proposals) for the
creation of new EUROCORES Programmes with the deadline of 29 May 2009
(noon CET).
*
What is a Theme proposal?
*EUROCORES Themes are "bottom-up" proposals for the creation of new
collaborative research programmes dealing with broad and complex topics
which are best addressed through multinational cooperation. Through its
annual call for theme proposals, ESF solicits new ideas from the
scientific community with a view of creating large-scale European
Collaborative Research (EUROCORES) programmes in and across all
scientific domains. More information on the EUROCORES Scheme, the online
application guidelines and details of the call can be consulted at
www.esf.org/eurocores <http://www.esf.org/eurocores>
Please do not hesitate to disseminate information on this opportunity
within your scientific communities and networks as widely as you can.
If you are interested in receiving updates on other ESF calls, latest
news and other information in the social sciences, please *sign up to
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<http://www.esf.org/research-areas/social-sciences/news> .
Yours sincerely,
Sarah Moore
Ms. Sarah Moore, Junior Science Officer for the Social Sciences,
European Science Foundation
1, quai Lezay-Marnésia, BP 90015, 67080 Strasbourg Cedex
France
Tel: +33 3 88 76 2170
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*(13) 8th Annual Youth Violence Prevention Conference at UMSL on 16
April, 2009*
*Topic: Gangs: Unique but Similar - Implications for Social Response*
Here is some general information about the conference:
http://www.umsl.edu/~ccj/pdfs/Youth%20Violence%202009.pdf
Gangs: Unique But Similar - Implications for Social Response
8th Annual Youth Violence Prevention Conference
Thursday, April 16, 2009, University of Missouri - St. Louis
Speakers include:
Judith Aldridge
Centre for Criminological and Socio-Legal Research
University of Manchester, UK
Jeff Carr
Mayor's Office of Gang Reduction & Youth Development
Los Angeles, CA
Malcolm W. Klein
Department of Sociology
University of Southern California
Cheryl Maxson
Department of Criminology, Law, and Society
University of California, Irvine
Dana Peterson
School of Criminal Justice
University at Albany
*(14) Stockholm Criminology Symposium in June 2009*
The latest News on the Stockholm Criminology Symposium can be found in
the attached PDF-File
*
(15)European Forum for Restorative Justice: Conferences in June and July
2009*
3-5 June 2009: Building social support for restorative justice.
Working together with media, civil society organisations and
citizens for restorative justice
This international seminar, is organised by the European Forum for
Restorative Justice and the Catholic University of Leuven, co-funded by
the European Commission in the framework of the JPEN programme. It will
take place in Leuven from 3 till 5 June 2009.
The discussion on restorative justice has neglected public opinion and
engagement with respect to this paradigm, despite the importance of
social support and participation in restorative justice. Building social
support for restorative justice will come through building on tendencies
for more democratic participation within societies. With these concerns
in mind, while having as a main goal building social support for
restorative justice, this seminar will address three main questions:
1) How can interaction and cooperation with the media be set up in order
to inform and educate the public about restorative justice?;
2) How can cooperation be developed with civil society organisations in
order to inform and educate the public and to create broad support for
restorative justice?;
3) How can we increase the involvement of individual citizens in the
functioning of local restorative justice programmes?
For more information, please visit the website of the European For
Restorative Justice: http://www.euforumrj.org/Activities/seminars.htm
3 June 2009: Restorative justice and restorative practices: are
they the same?
This seminar, which will take place at the Faculty of Law of the
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) will deal with one of the core
questions of restorative justice.
As an introduction Martin Wright (UK), Ivo Aertsen (Belgium) and Lode
Walgrave (Belgium) will present their views and reflections upon the
relationship between restorative justice and restorative practices.
Katrien Lauwaert (Belgium) will moderate the discussion to follow with
all participants.
Please note: The seminar will only deal with the theoretical
understanding of restorative justice and restorative practices, and
their possible interrelatedness. The concrete question of broadening up
the scope of the European Forum will be dealt with by the Board and the
General Meeting. For the full consideration of this question, also
financial, administrative and human resource questions must be considered.
The seminar will take place on 3 June 2009 from 9.30 till 12.30 at the
Faculty of Law, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. This seminar is open to
both members and non-members alike. There is no registration fee.
For more information: please visit the website:
http://www.euforumrj.org/Activities/seminars.htm
20 to 24 July 2009: Summer School 2009: "Towards critical
restorative justice practices"
This seminar is organised by the European Forum for Restorative Justice
and will take place in Barcelona from 20 till 24 July 2009.
The purpose of the summer school is to:
- Provide a supportive environment for restorative justice trainers and
practitioners in which to share their perspectives on critical issues
that confront the field of restorative justice practice
- Explore and adapt the European Forum recommendations on the training
of mediators in criminal matters
- Motivate trainers and mediators to have more international exchange
For more information: please visit the website:
http://www.euforumrj.org/Activities/schools.htm
*
(16) Victim Support Europe: Conference in Portugal in June, 2009
*
*Victims in Europe - 23rd Annual Conference of Victim Support Europe*
Venue: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon - Portugal
Date: 25th and 26th of June
The purpose of this seminar is to gather experts and professionals in
the area of justice, social matters (civil society organisations) and
policy-makers from different countries. This Seminar will be an
opportunity to present the framework of existing rights, and debate
whether these rights are in fact being implemented in the European
Union. It will thus constitute an important opportunity to discuss
which rights require further implementation measures, in order to
meet the needs of victims of crime.
The Language: English with simultaneous interpretation in the opening
session
If you are interested in attending, and would like more information,
please see the following link: http://apav.pt/v
*
(17) International Conference on Violence in Public Places and
Institutions in Preston, UK, in June, 2009
*
2nd Call for Papers - Extended Deadline for Abstract Submission
International Conference on Violence in Public Places and Institutions
Date: 25-27 June 2009* (Main Conference Programme starts on the 26th June)
Place: University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom
The aim of the conference is to bring together academics and practitioners concerned with violence in public places and institutions, to present up-to-date information on theory, practice and intervention. The focus of the conference is therefore broad and includes violence in prisons and schools, the history of violent crime, terrorism, violence in the night-time economy, assessment of violence-prevention programmes, gang-related violence, rape, and the violence-prone individual. A key rationale is to enable delegates from diverse research and practitioner backgrounds to exchange views and information about up-to-date information and issues.
Provisional plenary speakers:
Dr. Manuel Eisner, Reader in Criminology, University of Cambridge, UK.
[Effective violence prevention: What can we learn from the Victorian success story?]
Dr. Anthony Pellegrini, Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolois, USA
[The impact of the school context on aggression and violence in schools].
Professor Andre Silke, Director of Terrorism Studies, University of East London, UK, [Terrorism]
Dr. John Archer, Professor of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire, UK.
[An evolutionary perspective on human violence in public places and institutions]
Symposia forming the remainder of the programme will include:
(1) violence between prisoners;
(2) violence and the night-time economy;
(3) terrorism;
(4) evolutionary approaches to violence;
(5) gang-related violence;
(6) assessing violence-prevention programmes;
(7) the violence-prone individual;
(8) male rape in public places;
(9) methods for studying violence;
(10) school bullying.
Organiser: John Archer, School of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 3TQ, UK. e-mail: [log in to unmask]
* The conference is to be held immediately after the annual conference of the British Psychological Society Division of Forensic Psychology, at the same venue.
CALL FOR SYMPOSIA, PAPERS AND POSTERS
We are looking for oral and poster presentations on any aspect of violence in public places and institutions, from an academic, or practitioner perspective, and are particularly interested in contributions that link the two. Please submit your abstract using the abstract submission form which can be obtained from the address below. The closing date for abstracts has been extended to 17th April 2009. Please note that presenters need to register for the conference and pay the registration fee (there are a limited number of British Psychological Society DFP sponsored places and also a limited number of places at a reduced rate for charity/voluntary service providers). The conference language is English.
Please address all abstracts and enquiries to: -
Emma Kelly
Conference Officer
Conference and Events Management Office
University of Central Lancashire, Foster Room 10
Preston PR1 2HE, UK
*(18) International Crime Science Conference in London in July, 2009*
Dear Colleague,
The third INTERNATIONAL CRIME SCIENCE CONFERENCE will be held on 15th
July 2009 at the British Library, London and is supported by the Home
Office, the US Department of Homeland Security, the Foreign Commonwealth
Office, the Met Police, ACPO, Office of Naval Research Global, KPMG and
Contingency Today.
Major themes are the prevention, disruption and detection of:
.terrorism
.organised crime
.crime
Key Sessions include:
.ORGANISED CRIME-DAMAGING PEOPLE
.ORGANISED CRIME-DAMAGING PLACES
.GANGS AND GUNS .COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGIES: SAFE AND THE CITY
.GLOBAL ECONOMY, LOCAL CRIME
.SECURING THE HIGH SEAS(PORTS AND TANKER SECURITY)
.SECURING THE USER (CYBERCRIME)
.DETECTING THE INTRUDER
.TACKLING SERIOUS CRIME USING FORENSICS
Full Programme: http://www.crimescience.org
Following last year's highly successful conference, this year we focus once
again on creating partnerships between researchers, policy-makers,
practitioners and technologists leading to practically deliverable
strategies to reduce crime and increase security. Technologies such as
forensics, biometrics, surveillance and sensors will be explored.
Key Speakers currently include: Dr John Reid, MP, Kit Malthouse (Deputy
Mayor, London), Bill Hughes (Director General, Serious Organised Crime
Agency), Professor David Kennedy (Center for Crime Prevention and
Control at John Jay College of Criminal Justice), Andrew Lauterback
(Interpol)
Meet others working on the most effective TECHNIQUES and TECHNOLOGIES to
increase security, reduce crime and combat terrorism including: police and
forensic professionals; security, crime and defence practitioners;
entrepreneurs and product developers and academics working in these fields.
EARLY BIRD RATE £199/- (includes lunch and evening reception)
(Special rate for students, UCL staff, probationary police officers:
£149.50)
REGISTER at: http://www.crimescience.org
*(19) Australian and New Zealand Conference on Critical Criminology in
July, 2009
*The Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference 2009*
CALL FOR PAPERS*
Monash University is please to open the Call for Papers for the third
annual Critical Criminology Conference and invites all those interested
in presenting a paper to submit the appropriate details (title, 50-250
word abstract and a short bio) to: [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
Abstracts must be submitted by April 24, 2009.
*Registration *is also open for those who do not wish to present a
paper, but do wish to attend. Please follow the instructions on the
conference website:
http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/criminology/c3
Registration closes on May 22, 2009.
Please note that places for this conference are limited to 100.
The Conference will take place on Wednesday 8th July and Thursday 9th of
July at Monash University Law Chambers 472, Bourke Street, Melbourne.
*
Conference details can be found at:
*http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/criminology/c3
Please check this website for updates.
*For further information please contact:
*Dr Marie Segrave
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
*
(20) European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control:
Conference in in August, 2009
*
*'Crime', Justice, and Control: The challenge of recession*
/37/^/th/ / Annual Conference of the European Group for the Study of
Deviance and Social Control/
26^th - 29^th August 2009
Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice
University of Central Lancashire,
Preston, United Kingdom
Confirmed speakers include Stanley Cohen, Barbara Hudson, Scott
Poynting, Jeff Ferrell, Steve Tombs, Phil Scraton and Eric Allison.
*CALL FOR PAPERS*
Times of recession tend to be periods of exclusion and repression which
have profound implications for the lived realities of the powerless.
Alongside other social divisions, such as age, 'race', disability and
gender, times of increased economic hardship are likely to have
significant repercussions for the governance of the poor, the unwanted
and vulnerable populations. The aim of this conference is to place the
latest capitalist economic recession into context, and specifically to
consider its impact on processes of criminalisation, justice and control
across Europe. Around the world, state controls over migrant workers
and asylum seekers have hardened, social divisions have become more
entrenched and polarised, and penal polices have moved from
rehabilitation towards incapacitation. As we face the current economic
meltdown, what will be the impact of recession on gendered relations and
gendered violence? How might recession impact on the marginalization and
criminalisation of children and young people? What are the consequences
for state, institutional and interpersonal racism? How might the global
recession affect transitional societies and the treatment of already
marginalised groups, such as the Roma? Will we witness new forms of
state intervention in the economy displacing the centrality of 'crime',
or will there emerge an even greater intensity in the criminalisation of
poverty? Should economic and social harms be defined as 'crimes' and
how should state responses to such harms be shaped? What, in short,
does the challenge of recession imply for 'crime', justice and control?
Please see the conference website for further information:
_www.uclan.ac.uk/ahss/research/criminology_criminal_justice/conference2009.php_
<http://www.uclan.ac.uk/ahss/research/criminology_criminal_justice/conference2009.php>
*(21) Malta Conference on Public Sector Ethics in September, 2009
*
The Study Group on Ethics and Integrity of Governance brings together
academics and practitioners interested in the ethical dimension of
administration and organization. The group's mission is to establish a
long-term network aimed at stimulating research on public sector
integrity and ethics in Europe. The Study Group was launched at the 2003
EGPA Annual Conference and had an average attendance of about 40
participants in the subsequent annual meetings. The aim of these annual
sessions is to present an overview of the cutting-edge European research
on ethics and integrity of governance with relevance for the practice of
European governance and government. The Study Group coordinates the
first Global Dialogue on Ethics and Integrity of Governance in
Amsterdam, May 28-30th 2009.
You can find more information on the study group and our events at our
website at: www.fsw.vu.nl/egpa-ethics <http://www.fsw.vu.nl/egpa-ethics>
With this call for papers we invite you to participate in our seventh
regular workshop session at the 2009 EGPA Annual Conference in Malta.
For the Malta meeting in September 2009, we invite papers for two tracks:
1. General track: ETHICS AND INTEGRITY OF GOVERNANCE
For this track, we will accept papers in the broad field of ethics and
integrity of governance. Possible themes could include (but are not
limited to) the following:
- What is the state of the art of our knowledge on ethics and integrity,
nationally as well as internationally?
- What really works in ethics management (training, codes,
communication, strong enforcement,...): what helps organizations to
improve the ethics and integrity of their staff and their organization
as such? And which institutions have proven to be effective in curbing
corruption and other integrity violations, while also
positively increasing integrity?
- What are the big questions for (future) research as well as policy
developments on administrative ethics in Europe and is a common agenda
thinkable for the 'western' and the 'transitional' European countries?
- What are the central values of governance in today's society, what
differences do exist between the values of governance in the public and
private sector (including civil society) and what changes in ethics and
integrity (including values) have resulted from developments like e.g.
New Public Management and Corporate Social Responsibility?
- What is ethical leadership and what role does or can it play in
specific circumstances (like, for example, times of natural and man-made
disasters)?
- How to achieve desirable levels and types of accountability and
responsibility in the public sector?
As usual, we like to emphasize that the study group particularly
welcomes *comparative *research (comparing respectively countries and
organizations) and single case studies can only be considered on the
condition that they go beyond mere description and are embedded in a
*theoretical framework*.
2. Themed session on ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND ETHICS
This session could address both general questions on ethics of academic
research and specific questions on the ethics of research in ethics and
integrity of governance:
- How ethical are academics in research and teaching, what types of
integrity violations do occur, what instruments and institutions are
used to protect academic integrity and what works?
- What are the standards that apply to empirical research on
organisational ethics and what are the dilemmas we face when applying
those standards during our research?
This track will be coordinated by Diana Schmidt-Pfister
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track, for this track we invite both short, reflective papers as well as
full academic papers. The main aim of these papers is to support
in-depth discussion of the themes. Papers presenting empirical insights
into the values and ethical practices (and the governance thereof) among
researchers (nationally, internationally, at an organisational or
disciplinary level) are particularly welcome.
Paper proposals (both for the general track and the themed session)
should be e-mailed *before May 1st, 2009* to both:
- Jeroen Maesschalck, Leuven Institute of Criminology, Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven, e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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- Leo Huberts, Department of Public Administration, VU Amsterdam,
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*(22 ) International Penal Law Conference in Istanbul in September,
2009: Reminder*
I wanted to remind all colleagues about the AIDP Congress in September.
September is wonderful in Istanbul.
www.18.congressofpenallaw.com
Warmest regards.
Prof.Dr.Fusun SOKULLU-AKINCI
Director, Research Centre of Criminal Law and Criminology
Istanbul University, Law School
*(23) Position Open: Professorship in Frankfurt am Main, Germany*
The Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute for the Analysis of Society
and Policy at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany, invites
applications for the following position:
*Full Professorship (W3) for Sociology with the main focus on Social
Inequality *
The future holder of the position is expected to be highly qualified in
internationally comparative social inequality research. He or she will
have outstanding expertise in one or more of the following substantive
fields: changes in the structures of social inequality and conflict;
social exclusion and inclusion; social control and deviance. Candidates
are also expected to participate in the faculty's research network on
social policy. Participation in the development of an interdisciplinary
network on "Perspectives of Critical Theory" is welcome.
The person chosen for this position is expected to cooperate closely in
the institute's and the faculty's research projects, to attract outside
research funding and to teach in the different study programmes of the
faculty. The candidate should be able to hold all courses either in
English or in German. The successful candidate will also be involved in
teacher-training. Novel ideas and experience regarding this topic would
be welcome.
The designated salary for the position is based on "W3" on the German
university scale or equivalent. Goethe University is an equal
opportunity employer which implies that applications from women are
specifically encouraged. For further information regarding the general
conditions for professorship appointments, please see:
http://www.uni-frankfurt.de/aktuelles/ausschreibung/professuren/index.html .
Qualified academics are invited to submit their applications by mail,
either in English or in German, with the usual documents by March 27,
2009 to the *Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe University,
Prof. Dr. Uta Ruppert, Robert-Mayer-Straße 5, 60054 Frankfurt am Main,
Germany.
*
*(24) Position Open: Lecturer in Global Criminology, Victoria University
at the University of Melbourne, Australia
*
The School of Social and Political Science, Faculty of Arts, University
of Melbourne, intends to establish its Master of Criminology as the
foremost taught postgraduate program in Global Criminology in the
Asia-Pacific region. It now seeks a Lecturer in Global Criminology to
enhance this development.
The Lecturer in Global Criminology will have responsibility for teaching
at the undergraduate and postgraduate level and for making a significant
contribution to the Master of Criminology. In addition, the Lecturer in
Global Criminology will be expected to supervise theses in the Honours,
postgraduate diploma, coursework masters, and research higher degree
programs.
The successful applicant will have a demonstrable interest in the
conceptual and applied challenges facing criminology in its global and
regional contexts. Areas in which such interest might be demonstrated
include human and justice rights, gender, terrorism, corruption,
transnational crime, shadow economies and human security.
Position Number: 0021043
Employment type: Full-time Continuing
Salary: $72,414 - $85,990 p.a. plus employer superannuation
contributions of 17%
Closing Date: 5 April 2009
For application details and downloadable position description and
selection criteria, see: _
__http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=531542_
*See details also in the attached PDF-File
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