Conference programme

September 24, 2008 - Day 1
Opening of the conference 12.00  
Plennary 1 - Social Control - Contemporary Trends 12.30 - 13.30 Room 3
Chair: Gorazd Meško
Kauko Aromaa, HEUNI, Finland
CRIME, CONTROL AND CRIMINOLOGY IN EUROPE
Adrian Beck, University of Leicester, UK
SURVEILLANCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL CONTROL: TOWARDS A CHIPPED SOCIETY?
Helmut Kury, University of Freiburg, Germany
MORE SEVERE PUNISHMENT - LESS CRIME? A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NEW PUNITIVITY
Plennary 2 - Issues in Social Control 13.45 - 14.45 Room 3
Chair: Bojan Dobovšek
Charles B. Fields, Eastern Kentucky University, USA
THE CULTURE OF CONTROL: EXAMINING GARLAND FROM A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Goran Klemenčič, University of Maribor, Slovenia; Matej kovačič, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
ORWEL'S GHOSTS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE - RETENTION AND USE OF TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC DATA
Nina Peršak, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Slovenia
CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN SOCIAL CONTROL: CRIMINALISING THROUGH THE BACK DOOR
Plennary 3 - Policing – New Developments 15.15 - 16.15 Room 3
Chair: Darko Maver
Tom Cockcroft, Christ Church College, UK
SHIFTING CULTURES: MANAGERIALISM AND THE RISE OF ‘PERFORMANCE’
Andrej Sotlar, University of Maribor, Slovenia
POST-CONFLICT PRIVATE POLICING – SOME EXPERIENCES FROM EX-YUGOSLAV COUNTRIES
Jon Spencer, University of Manchester, UK
INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION IN POLICING – A REFLECTION ON THE PAST DECADE
Plennary 4 - Organised Crime and Policing 16.30 - 17.30 Room 3
Chair: Andrej Sotlar
William P. Bloss, The Citadel, USA
HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN EUROPE: EXAMINING OBSTACLES TO EFFECTIVE POLICING
Bojan Dobovšek, University of Maribor, Slovenia
DILEMMAS OF INVESTIGATING TRANSNATIONAL ORGANISED CRIME IN EMERGING DEMOCRACIES
Kenneth Michael Reynolds, Olga B. Semukhina, Nicolai N. Demidov, University of Central Florida, USA
AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SCOPE, SOURCE, AND ATTITUDES OF CITIZENS RELATED TO CORRUPTION AND PUBLIC TRUST OF THE POLICE IN RUSSIA
PRESENTATION OF A SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND SECURITY ON "CRIMINOLOGY IN THE SELECTED BALKAN COUNTRIES" (Presenter – Zoran Kanduč) 17.45 Room 3
EXHIBITION – 35 YEARS OF THE STUDY IN THE FIELD OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND SECURITY FOLLOWED BY A RECEPTION AT THE FACULTY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND SECURITY 18.15 Gallery at the FCJS

conference programme

important notice for authors

dates to remember

  • may 15, 2008
  • proposal submission deadline
  • june 15, 2008
  • decision regarding acceptance
  • before july 1, 2008
  • advanced registration period
  • september 24-26, 2008
  • conference

conference partners

European Group of Research into Norms

Eastern Kentucky University | The College of Justice & Safety

University of Leicester, Department of Criminology