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British Society of Criminology Conference: Transforming Criminology: Rethinking Crime in a Changing World
The 2018 British Society of Criminology annual conference will be held in Birmingham, UK. Hosted by Birmingham City University the conference will take place on 3-6 July 2018. This year, the theme of the conference is "Transforming Criminology: Rethinking Crime in a Changing World". Save the date!
Jackie Hodgson & Solange Mouthaan teaching at Monash Summer School in Prato
CJC colleagues Professor Jackie Hodgson & Solange Mouthaan are this week collaborating with Monash University, teaching on their summer school programme in Prato, Italy. Jackie is leading sessions on European criminal justice and human rights, focusing on the development of procedural protections for criminal suspects. Solange is leading sessions on International criminal justice, focusing on gender and victims. Dr. Asher Flynn (Monash), who has worked with Jackie and other CJC colleagues on a number of projects, is coordinating the 'human rights in the criminal justice sphere' programme, which runs over several weeks.
Natalie Kyneswood Awarded Midland Graduate School ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership Scholarship
CJC Researcher, Natalie Kyneswood has been awarded a prestigious ESRC doctoral scholarship from the newly formed Midland Graduate School to examine the implementation of special measures in collaboration with the legal profession. Focusing on multi-defendant sex cases, Natalie's Ph.D. will investigate the impact of pre-recorded evidence on the quality and credibility of evidence, trial procedure, substantive rights and trial philosophy and whether the recent introduction of pre-recorded cross-examination under s. 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 delivers a fair trial for witnesses as well as defendants. Her methodology involves a 12-month secondment to JUSTICE, working as a co-researcher on JUSTICE's 'What is a Trial?' Working Party, co-producing data on the efficacy of legal reforms, including special measures, and the relevance of adversarial, professional culture from a user perspective to provide recommendations for policymakers and inform her Ph.D. For more information about the 'What is a Trial' Working Party, please visit JUSTICE's website.
Professor Scott Decker to kick off Mannheim Centre Seminar Series 2017-2018
Professor Scott Decker will be speaking about "The Promise of Ethnography: Gangs, Active Offenders and Policy" on 11 October 2017. For further details please see: