Criminology-Related Conferences

A list of conferences and seminars of direct interest to staff and students of criminology is provided below.

7 April 2008: Seminar
Promoting Human Rights: A Reflection on my Work with NGOs, Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures
The National Association of Community Legal Centres, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Kingsford Legal Centre and the Australian Human Rights Centre
Gay McDougall: UN Independent Expert on Minority Rights and Chair of the Coordinating Committee of UN Human Rights Special Procedures.  She has previously been a member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the UN Sub-Commission on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, and the UN Special Rapporteur on Systemic Rape and Sexual Slavery. From 1994 to 2006, Ms McDougall worked as the Executive Director of a major international human rights organization, Global Rights.
Location & Time: 5:45pm to 8pm, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Level 61, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney
Please RSVP by 31 March 2008, to Ka Ki Ng on (02) 8898 6500 or kaki@piac.asn.au

Thursday April 10 – Film followed by a panel discussion hosted by
The Oasis Australia's Homeless Youth A FILM ABOUT AUSTRALIA’S HOMELESS YOUTH
Tony Jones at 9.50pm
Two-years-in-the-making raw observational documentary about the daily chaos and drama of a group of homeless kids at Oasis youth refuge, followed by a panel discussion hosted by Lateline's Tony Jones about this complex issue. Screening during National Youth Week 2008, the documentary and panel discussion turn the spotlight on disadvantaged teenagers. "Australia isn't the lucky country for every kid," says Salvation Army Captain Paul Moulds. "There are heaps of them out there, living on the streets, in squats, under bridges. That's the reality. The challenge is, what are we going to do about it?"
The forum hosted by Tony Jones will look at what commitment is required from all levels of Government, private enterprise, philanthropy and the community to tackle this issue, and will discuss examples of integrated responses that might work.
Time & Location: Film at 8.30pm with Tony Jones at 9.50pm, ABC TV1
Further information: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/netw/200804/programs/FA0702H001D10042008T203000.htm

Wednesday, 16 April - The launch of a study
Healthy or harmful? Mental health and the operational regime of the new ACT prison
Speaker: Professor Ian Webster AO Introduced by Mr Brendan Smyth, MLA, Deputy Leader of the Opposition & Shadow Minister for Mental Health
Eighty per cent of those in the new ACT prison will have a mental disorder. Ninety per cent of women will. It is a prodigal waste of resources as well as being inhumane if the prison precipitates mental health crises, yet this is what the traditional prison environment does. The study puts forward ways by which people would have a chance of emerging from the ACT prison in better rather than worse mental health.
Professor Webster is Emeritus Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, the University of NSW. He chairs the National Advisory Council on Suicide Prevention and has chaired a number of Commonwealth and State Government inquiries and reviews in disability, health, mental health and alcohol and other drug problems. He is visiting physician to the Matthew Talbot Hostel for the homeless in Sydney.
To encourage discussion, questions will follow the address.
Time & Location: 12.30 – 1:30 pm, ACT Legislative Assembly, Reception Room, Civic Square, London Circuit, Canberra City
Contact: Bill Bush (02) 6257 1786. Website: http://correctionscoalitionact.org.au/
This is the third in a series of Corrections Coalition forums focused on the new corrections facilities in the ACT

22 April 2008
Predictors of youth violence in Australia: implications for prevention and early intervention
Youth violence is a significant public health and social issue around the world. Longitudinal
studies are crucial to understand the factors that influence the development of youth
violence, and to identify potential targets for prevention and intervention. This longitudinal
study of adolescent development in almost 6,000 students in Victoria, Australia and
Washington state, US (the International Youth Development Study) provides a unique
opportunity to examine multiple influences on youth violence, including characteristics of the young person, peers, family, school and community, as well as societal consequences for
problem behaviour. Cross-state comparisons show many similarities and also important
differences. These findings have important implications for the use of North American
evidence-based approaches to youth violence in Australia. The effects of societal
consequences on subsequent violence and the implications of this for policy will be
discussed.
Dr Sheryl Hemphill: Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute & Deakin University.  Sheryl Hemphill, PhD, is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne’s Department of Paediatrics and the Royal Children's Hospital, and a Senior Research Fellow at the School of Psychology, Deakin University. She has extensive experience in longitudinal studies of child and adolescent development. Her research interests are in the development of adolescent violence, crime and substance use, as well as positive youth development. Sheryl is also interested in the ways in which schools and communities respond to problem behaviour and the impact of these responses on youth behaviour. She is the convenor of the violence and crime research group at the Centre for Adolescent Health.
Time & Location: 11 am – 12 pm, Australian Institute of Criminology, 74 Leichhardt Street, Griffith  ACT
RSVP:       21 April 2008 aic.events@aic.gov.au

April 29
2ser's Jailbreak is a show for prisoners and their families, and we are doing a 2 part special on the role of religion in prisons. At 6pm on Tuesday April 22 we talk about the services on offer for those inside facilities, and at 6pm on April 29 we discuss religion in the post release phase. Tune in to 107.3 FM on the dial, or www.2ser.com over the net.

These programs will also feature some audio from the recent Institute of Criminology seminar “Faith Based Interventions – The role of religion in corrections”
Leeanne Torpey
Producer
Jailbreak www.2ser.com 107.3 FM

22-23 May 2008
Family Violence, Specialist Courts and the Idea of Integration
Jointly Hosted by: the National Judicial College of Australia, and ACT agencies:- Director of Public Prosecutions, Courts & Tribunals,
Victims of Crime Coordinator, Domestic Violence Crisis Service, ACT Policing, ACT Corrective Services, Office of Children Youth &
Families, and the Department of Justice & Community Safety.
The Conference Organisers gratefully acknowledge financial contributions from the Australian Domestic & Family Violence Clearinghouse and justice agencies in the ACT .
Registration brochure for a national specialist courts conference is now available from http://www.victimsupport.act.gov.au/
Location: A National Conference Rydges Lakeside, Canberra, Australia

26-28 May 2008

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN - Early Bird registration is open until 28 April

Nexus Policing: Binding Research to Practice
This conference brings police practitioners, police leaders and key stakeholders together with academic researchers. The aim is to explore how the future of policing policies and practices, both in Australia and internationally is increasingly being informed by research-generated knowledge. Through keynote speakers and panel presenters, a range of cutting edge research projects from Australia, South Africa, North America and the United Kingdom will be examined. The following key themes will be addressed throughout the conference:

• Police Governance – internal and external
• Community engagement and the delivery of policing services
• Professional police education and capability development

Each of the three days of the conference will feature keynote speakers, plenary sessions and parallel workshops. The keynote speakers will include:

• Professor Martin Innes - Director of the Universities Police Science Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom .
• Distinguished Professor David Bayley – School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany, State University of New York, USA
• Professor Clifford Shearing - Director of the Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town, South Africa
• Professor Lorraine Mazzerole – Director ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS), Griffith University
• Christine Nixon - Chief Commissioner, Victoria Police

Parallel workshops speakers will include:

• Assoc. Professor Jennifer Wood - Temple University, USA
• Dr. Monique Marks - University of Kwazula-Natal, South Africa
• Ms. Julie Berg - University of Cape Town, Centre of Criminology, South Africa.

For more information please visit: www.nexuspolicing08.com.au

Thursday 29th May 2008 - Seminar
Law, Morality and Sexuality
Dr Paul Johnson, University of Surrey
Presented by the Institute of Criminology and the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney
The Sexual Offences Act 2003 was seen as a fundamental milestone in English law with regard to homosexuality. It was significant for repealing all specific male homosexual offences. Yet the Act also introduced a new statutory offence of 'sexual activity in a public lavatory' which was formulated and enacted on the basis of concerns about male homosexual public sexual activity. This seminar will examine the justifications for, and implications of, this legislation as a way of considering a range of broader questions around the continuing legal regulation of male homosexuality. It will consider the main arguments made in support of the offence and situate these within established moral, legal, and social debates about homosexuality. The seminar will address the relationship between conceptions of public and private morality in relation to the legal regulation of homosexual sex and explore the complex nature of regulating public sex in relation to sexual practices which often maintain high degrees of privacy. The seminar will also address the legislation in contradiction with the realities of police work and contemporary law enforcement.
Time & Location: 12.30pm -2.00pm, Minter Ellison Room, Level 13, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, 173-175 Phillip Street, Sydney
This seminar is free to the public but places are limited.
RSVP: Rachel on 9351-0239 or R.Miller@usyd.edu.au to register

2 and 3 June, 2008 – Forum
2nd Annual International Forum (AIF) within the German Congress on Crime Prevention &
13th GERMAN CONGRESS ON CRIME PREVENTION (themed "Dedicated Citizens - Safer Communities").
The AIF-Prevention will present on both congress days 5 lectures of international prevention experts (in English language). International, non-German speaking participants, have - next to the AIF-Prevention - the possibility to join the GCOCP: Hear the opening and closing plenum (English simultaneous translation), have a guided walkabout over the exhibition (with over 150 institutions from the field of prevention displaying their work), and take part in the evening reception. International guests can also present a poster with no additional costs to the two day congress price of 95 Euro. Since the GCOCP is one of the biggest congresses in crime prevention with over 2.500 participants every year since 1995 in different German cities, this is your chance to network and discover new approaches in crime prevention.
Connected to this years congress is the European Workshop "Probation meets Prevention" (June 1 - 3 2008) which is organized by the GCOCP and CEP - Conference Permanente Europeenne de la Probation. This event focuses on practitioners in the field of probation from all european countries. The language of this event will be English. For more information please visit: www.cep-probation.org.
On our homepage you'll find all information needed: http://www.gcocp.org
Erich Marks and Dr. Marc Coester
Time & Location: Leipzig in line with the 13th GCOCP

8th-14th of June 2008: Annual Symposium
Critical Research in Youth Justice: Power, Knowledge, Ethics, Rights
Social Work with Juvenile Offenders
Inter University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia http://www.iuc.hr/index.php
Organising Director: Dr Joe Yates, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, England
This is the 11th annual symposium on social work with juvenile offenders held at the Inter University Centre, Croatia. The symposium brings together academics in the field of youth justice and post- graduate practitioners working in youth justice systems from the international community. This year's symposium explores the important role critical research plays in understanding the development and management of youth justice systems. Contributors are encouraged to critically explore the processes by which criminological research and knowledge is constructed and the extent to which it is meaningfully employed to inform practice in youth justice. Participants and contributors are encouraged to pay particular attention to issues of power, ethics and children's rights.
The international nature of the symposium offers an excellent opportunity for colleagues from the international academic and practice communities to exchange ideas.
Proposals for papers should be directed to Dr Joe Yates:
J.Yates1@ljmu.ac.uk

19-20 June 2008: Criminology Conference
ANZ Critical Criminology Conference, Sydney
Abstracts Due: Monday, 31 March 2008

The CJR Network and the Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Network invite activists, academics, researchers and students to attend and participate in the Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference, to be held at The University of New South Wales, Sydney, on 19 and 20 June 2008.
The conference follows on from the success of the first critical criminology conference held in 2007: the Australasian Teaching Critical Criminology Conference, which was hosted by the Institute of Criminology, University of Sydney, and the Crime and Justice Research Network, University of New South Wales. The success of this inaugural conference led to the formation of the Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Network and generated the interest in organising a similar conference this year.
There is no registration fee for this conference. However, registration is still required because there will be a limit of 100 people who can attend the conference. To register for this conference, please email your name and contact details to Ivana Codarini (i.codarini@unsw.edu.au).                                                                                                                                            
Call for Abstracts: People wishing to participate are invited to submit a title and short abstract (100 words) of the paper they wish to present at the conference. Please email abstracts to Ivana Codarini (i.codarini@unsw.edu.au). Postgraduate research students are encouraged to submit an abstract for this conference.
Further details: http://www.cjrn.unsw.edu.au/news_&_events/anz_critical_criminology_conference_2008.asp
                                                                                                                                                                           

 7-18 July 2008 - Conference
INTERNATIONAL CRIME SCIENCE CONFERENCE 2008
British Library, London http://www.crimescience.org
Major themes are the prevention, disruption and detection of:

• terrorism
• organised crime
• crime
• anti-social behaviour

The focus is on 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 include: Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith; Paul Evans (Director of Intervention, Serious Organised Crime Agency), Lynn Homer (Head, Border and Immigration Agency); Dave Delpy, Ian Diamond and Philip Esler (Heads of EPSRC, ESRC and AHRC) and Sir David Phillips (former Chairman, ACPO Crime Committee). 
Supported by the Home Office, the US Department of Homeland Security, the Foreign Commonwealth Office, the MET Police, ACPO, Office of Naval Research Global, UrbanBuzz, and KPMG.
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 £285/- (Special rate for single day, students, probationary police officers: £199.50)
INQUIRIES TO/REGISTER at:   http://www.crimescience.org

3-7 August 2008 – International Conference
“Partnership strategies to prevent, detect and investigate vehicle theft”
EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATIONS CLOSE 9th May 2008
The International Association of Auto Theft Investigators (IAATI) in association with the NSW Police Force and National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council is hosting an international conference with a range of international and local speakers to discuss current vehicle theft issues and trends, prevention initiatives, the latest technological and policy solutions, and practical training in vehicle theft detection and investigation.
For only the second time in IAATI’s 56th year history the International conference will be held in the southern hemisphere and as such presents a rare opportunity for anybody with a legitimate interest in the issue of motor vehicle theft. Specifically the conference will be of interest to law enforcement, vehicle manufacturers, insurers, transport and registration authorities, customs, private investigators, motor trades, forensic locksmiths, crime prevention practitioners, academics and researchers, manufacturers of vehicle security products. The program will be divided into three concurrent streams targeting law enforcement, insurance and strategy. The topics that will be discussed include:
To view or download the full program and registration form visit the seminar website at www.iaatiaus.org
For any further information contact : Paul Thomas, Director, National CARS Project (Thomas.paul@saugov.sa.gov.au)
Or contact the conference secretariat at: IAATI 2008 Training Seminar Secretariat, C/ - ICMS Australasia, GPO Box 3270, Sydney NSW 2001, Phone: +61 2 9254 5000, Fax: +61 2 9251 3552, Email: info@iaatiaus.org
IAATI is a non-profit volunteer based organisation formed to provide training, education and support to professionals involved in the detection, investigation and reduction of vehicle theft.
Time & Location: Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre

5th-7th September 2008 - Conference
Critical Legal Conference 2008
Call for Papers: The deadline for abstracts is 31st May 2008. Send titles and abstracts to the organising committee at clc@lbss.gla.ac.uk

We welcome papers on any topic related to critical legal strategies. We are particularly interested in submissions relating to the following streams: international law and neo-colonialism: what scope for new decolonisation? the class problematic in legal studies; the choice agenda: patient or consumer? il/legal practices; labour and the law.

More information and registration on the web at: web: www.criticallegalconference.com
email: clc@lbss.gla.ac.uk. There are a number of places available for students at a reduced rate.

In addition, there will be a number of plenary sessions and roundtable discussions. These will include: a plenary session on labour and the law, a roundtable discussion on security,
a workshop on transitional justice. See website for more details.

23 & 24 September 2008 - Conference
New Ways Forward: Pathways to Change
National Victims of Crime Conference 2008, Adelaide, South Australia
Victim Support Service (SA) is delighted to announce that we will be hosting
the 2008 National Victims of Crime conference in Adelaide. This conference aims to excite and inspire participants by providing a range ofdiverse papers, presentations and workshops that explore ‘New WaysForward’. The key themes for the Conference include:

• Reform, Participation & Accountability, Response

The Conference Organising Committee hopes that a wide range of people with diverse interests in working with people who have experienced crime, victimology, law reform and trauma will come together to explore New Ways Forward and potential Pathways to Change. Papers and workshops are invited within the following broad themes or any other that you believe may be of interest:
Reform e.g.

• Victims’ rights
• Law reform
• Changes to legal processes

Participation & Accountability e.g.

• Restorative justice initiatives
• Mediation and adult conferencing
• Crime prevention
• Community safety
• Specialist courts
• Diversity

Responding to Victims of Crime e.g.

• Therapeutic responses
• New and emerging crimes
• Access and equity issues
• Rural and remote services
• Police and legal responses
• Role of volunteers
• Group-work

1st Call for Abstracts Closing Date 31 March 2008 to: conference@victimsa.org. Receipt of your abstract will be acknowledged. Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their submission by 30 April 2008.
Mmaximum of 300 words should be sent as an email attachment in the following format:

• Title of Presentation / Workshop
• Author/s
• Brief Biography of Author/s (Please note: if the abstract is accepted then this
• biography will be printed in the conference program.)
• Contact person
• Postal address
• Telephone number
• Email address
• Type of presentation
• Oral presentation & paper
• Workshop
• Poster
• Other
• Abstract (overview of presentation content)
• Audiovisual requirements

Full papers must be submitted by 31 July 2008.
For further information please contact either David Kerr or Jodie Sloan at Victim Support Service on (08) 8231 5626 or Toll Free 1800 182 368.

25 – 28 November 2008 - Conference
Criminology: Linking theory, policy and practice
The 21st Annual Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSOC) conference.
The ANZSOC conference is a key crime and criminal justice research forum in Australia. It aims to highlight the contribution of crime and justice research to policy and practice; deepen the understanding and knowledge of academics and practitioners in the field and facilitate information exchange and professional networking. The 2008 conference program will include keynote plenary sessions, moderated panel sessions and a number of concurrent sessions in which abstract papers will be presented.

Call for abstracts
Abstracts are now invited for papers exploring the broad spectrum of current, emerging or future trends in crime and justice research as seen through the theoretical, policy or practical perspectives. This spectrum could include, but is not limited to, research involving Indigenous issues, women and the criminal justice system (including questions of human rights and trafficking), financial and technology-enabled crime (particularly focussing on global developments in crime control and regulation), and victimology.
The call for abstracts brochure and abstract submission form can be found online at http://www.anzsoc.org/conferences/2008/
Abstracts must be submitted by 5pm 20 June 2008 via email to anzsoc@con-sol.com
For more information contact: Conference Solutions, 02 6285 3000, anzsoc@con-sol.com

Expression of Interest
If you do not wish to submit an abstract but would like to receive additional registration information please send your contacts details to anzsoc@con-sol.com
Location: Canberra                                                                                                                                                  

18th and 19th of February 2009: 40th Anniversary Symposium
NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Researc
Call for Papers
The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) will be holding a two-day symposium at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney designed to highlight the contribution that research can make to criminal justice administration and/or law and order policy.
Contributions are invited from any Australian researcher currently conducting research into the causes of crime; crime prevention and control; the impact of the criminal justice system on crime; the operation of the criminal justice system, the cost (human or financial) of measures to prevent and control crime, the intended or unintended consequences of criminal justice/law and order policies, illicit drug use and crime, mental health and crime or any other relevant topic. Because the opportunities for presentation are limited, preference will be given to papers presenting empirical evidence (qualitative or quantitative) that has not yet been published or has only been published in the past 12 months.
Researchers interested in presenting their work at the symposium should email the title of their paper, the name(s) of the presenters, a contact phone number and an abstract of no more than 200 words to BOCSAR no later than June 30th, 2008. The email address to which this material should be sent is BOCSAR_symposium@agd.nsw.gov.au
Further enquiries: Don Weatherburn or Craig Jones on 9231-9190 www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au