Upcoming Events

July 

Criminology, Governance and Regulation
6-9 July 2004
Portsmouth, England
Hosted by: British Society of criminology

Victimization of Children and Youth: An International Research Conference
11-14 July 2004
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
Hosted by : Family Research Laboratory and Crimes Against Children Research Center

National Institute of Justice Annual Conference on Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation
19-21 July 2004
Washington, DC, United stated
Hosted by: National Institute of Justice

10th National Refugee Crime Prevention Seminar: Developing Strategies for Community Strengthening
July 23-24, 2004
Sheraton Buckhead Hotel Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Hosted By: Outreach to New Americans (ONA), National Crime Prevention Council.

August

Call for papers for the Fourteenth World Congress
of Criminology
6-12 August 2004
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Hosted by: International Society of Criminology

Keeping Justice Systems Just and Accountable:
A Principled Approach in Challenging times
8-12 August 2004
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Hosted by: International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law

Improving Policing for Women in the Asia Pacific Region
21-24 August 2004
Darwin, NT

This conference will focus on how policing can be improved for women in the Asia Pacific Region. Within a feminist framework, delegates from Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and Asia will explore how policing can better protect women's human rights, develop strategies to improve the number of women in key decision making positions within policing, and create a network of women that can work to improve policing for women in the Asia Pacific region. The main themes of the conference are: improving the police services provided to women in the Asia Pacific region; women in decision making in policing; and networking.

2nd International Conference Towards a Safer Society - Understanding and Tackling Violence
31 August - 3 September 2004
Edinburgh, Scotland

This conference is designed to promote a dialogue amongst professionals with a concern about violent offenders. It will be of interest to mental health care professionals, social workers, lawyers, prison service professionals, policy makers and researchers. Major themes of the conference include: origins of violent behaviour; assessment of violence risk; management of violent offenders in the community; family violence and stalking; legal and ethical issues; youth violence; alcohol and crime; and spousal violence.

September

Cities: Crossroads of cultures, inclusiveness and integration?
World Urban Forum, UN-HABITAT
September 13-17 2004
Barcelona, Spain

Held every two years, the forum is a key event on the international calendar, a new ground-breaking global initiative to address and keep abreast of the main challenge of the new Millennium – our planet's transition to an urban world.

The Spanish Mediterranean port city of Barcelona is preparing to receive some 2,000 to 3,000 delegates representing governments, local authorities, non-governmental organisations and other experts on urban issues from around the world at this event.

4th International Entertainment Education Conference: Bringing together Stakeholders
September 26th to 30th 2004
Capetown, South Africa

From September 26th to 30th 2004 delegates from around the world - social scientists, researchers, health communication experts, educators, marketing professionals, artists, advertising/entertainment media producers/distributors and representatives from government and international funding organisations will come together in Cape Town, South Africa for this event.  Discussions will focus on recent developments in entertainment-education programmes around the world, sharing experiences in Entertainment-Education (EE), opportunities and challenges, and developing a consensus towards further enhancing the EE methodology and field practice. The conference aims to explore varied forms of communication including story telling, songs and drama, mass communication approaches, and related theories and research. 

The conference is led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center for Communication Programs (JHU/CCP), along with South African partners, Soul City,  and the Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADR).