About the Conference

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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This conference will be sponsored. Our sponsors will be announced soon.

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