Call for papers

The primary aim of the 15^th biennial Conference is to share the latest views, concepts, and research findings from criminal justice studies on rural safety, security and criminology among scientists, researchers, and practitioners from around the world. The conference will highlight new ideas, theories, methods, and findings in a wide range of research and applied areas of contemporary policing, criminal justice and security.

Plenary sessions follow a structured approach, moving from general discussions on contemporary social changes to specific topics related to security, safety, criminal justice, and criminology. Panels cover a wide range of subjects, including theoretical and empirical research, policymaking, applied research, practical insights from law enforcement and criminal justice professionals, and various criminological and security themes. We also have planned round tables to address current criminological, criminal justice, and security challenges, as well as author-meets-critics sessions to showcase recent publications by conference participants. Please see the possible topics of conference papers below.

• Policing
• Criminal investigation
• Criminal justice
• Prosecution
• Criminal courts
• Prisons and punishment
• Criminological theory
• Everyday crimes
• Green criminology
• Cybercrime and cybersecurity
• Rural criminology
• Comparative criminology and criminal justice
• Crime and criminality (international, cross border, urban, rural)
• Criminal statistics
• Crime prevention
• Victimology
• Protection of victims
• Safety
• Security
• Local security
• National security
• International security
• The UN SDGs
• Research
• Policymaking
• Crime, security and the media
• Rural and urban perspectives of social control
• Criminal policy
• Penal policy