Policing in Central And Eastern Europe

Social Control of Unconventional Deviance

About the 2010 Conference

The Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor, Slovenia, the European Group of Research into Norms, Guyancourt, France, the Department of Criminology, Leicester University, the United Kingdom, the College of Justice and Safety, Eastern Kentucky University, USA, and School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, USA, are pleased to announce the Eighth Biennial International Conference “Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: Social Control of Unconventional Deviance” to be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, September 22-24, 2010.

The primary aim of The Eighth Biennial Conference is to exchange views, concepts, and research findings among scientists, researchers, and practitioners from the East and the West in the broad area of criminal justice studies, as they pertain to policing, the work of prosecutor’s offices, courts, corrections and other forms of formal and informal social control. Broad coverage of the many topics and disciplines by CJ scholars, criminologists, and other scholars from around the world will create an opportunity for scholars from Central and Eastern Europe to present their views and research to their colleagues from other parts of the world, and to share their views and research with their Central and Eastern European colleagues. The conference will highlight new ideas, theories, methods, and findings in a wide range of research and applied areas relating to the social control of unconventional deviance.

Previous Conferences

The first “Policing in Central and Eastern Europe” conference, subtitled “Comparing Firsthand Knowledge with Experience from the West,” took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in November 1996. It gathered eighty-two authors from twenty-three countries from five continents. Sixty-four papers were published in a book Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: Comparing Firsthand Knowledge with Experience from the West. The conference proceedings were fully published on the NCJSR web page.

The second “Policing in Central and Eastern Europe” conference, subtitled “Organizational, Managerial, and Human Resource Aspects,” took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in November 1998. Eighty authors from seventeen countries presented their papers at the conference. Fifty-three papers were published in a book Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: Organizational, Managerial, and Human Resource Aspects.

The third “Policing in Central and Eastern Europe” conference, subtitled “Ethics, Integrity, and Human Rights,” took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in September 2000. Eighty-two authors from twenty countries presented fifty papers, which were published a book Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: Ethics, Integrity, and Human Rights.

The fourth “Policing in Central and Eastern Europe” conference, subtitled “Deviance, Violence and Victimization,” took place in Ljubljana in September 2002. Eighty authors from sixteen countries presented sixty papers, which were published in a book Policing in Central and Eastern Europe – Deviance, Violence and Victimization. All four conference proceedings were edited by Dr. Milan Pagon.

The fifth “Policing in Central and Eastern Europe” conference, subtitled »Dilemmas of Contemporary Criminal Justice« took place in Ljubljana in September 2004. Ninety-three authors presented over a hundred papers. A book entitled Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: Dilemmas of Contemporary Criminal Justice edited by Dr. Meško, dr. Dobovšek and dr. Pagon and was fully published at the NCJSR web page.

The sixth “Policing in Central and Eastern Europe” conference, subtitled “Past, Present and Futures” took place in Ljubljana in September 2006. Around hundred papers were presented at the conference. A selection of the best papers was published in the Journal of Criminal Justice and Security as well as in an edited book “Policing in Emerging Democracies – Critical Reflections (Meško and Dobovšek, eds., 2007).

The seventh “Policing in Central and Eastern Europe” conference, subtitled “Social Control in Contemporary Society – Practice and Research” was held in Ljubljana in September 2008. Around seventy participants presented around hundred papers. Graduate session was introduced to the conference for the first time. A selection of the best papers was published in the Policing – An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, issue 3, 2009 (guest co-editors Meško and Fields) and in the Journal of Criminal Justice and Security (Varstvoslovje, special edition editors: Meško, Cockcroft and Fields).

Abstracting, indexing and international publications based on previous conferences Policing in Central and Eastern Europe

Dates to Remember

  • May 30, 2010abstract submission deadline
  • June 15, 2010decision regarding acceptance
  • before July 1, 2010advanced registration period
  • September 22, 2010final paper submission
  • September 22 - 24, 2010conference