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JustResearch Edition no. 11
Upcoming Conferences
- Second American Symposium on Victimology: Research and Practice in Victim Services -June 2-4, 2004. Topeka, Kansas, USA.
Theme: Symposium will focus on research and practice related to victimology and victim services.
http://www.american-society-victimology.us/events/asv_2004/ - National District Attorneys Association Summer Conference -July 18-21, 2004. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Theme: Gangs and violent crime; identify thefts and credit card fraud; telemarketing fraud; high profile cases; child pornography and Internet crimes against children; drug prosecution, prevention and treatment; ethical issues; performance measures for the justice system; budgets and grants; and, litigation of employment matters.
http://www.ndaa.org/events/conferences/summer_conference_2004.html - Keeping Justice Systems Just and Accountable: A Principled Approach in Challenging Times -August 8-12, 2004. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Theme: Current challenges to national criminal justice systems; developing international criminal justice system; principles of sentencing and application to attain justice for the state, victims and offenders; application of corrections and conditional release programs and mechanism to address miscarriages of justice; children and youth who are offenders, victims of crime or witnesses in criminal proceedings; restorative justice programs and special programs for aboriginal and indigenous offenders.
http://www.isrcl.org/ - Second International Conference Towards a Safer Society: Understanding and Tackling Violence -August 31-September 3, 2004. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Theme: The origins of violent behaviour; systematic approaches to the assessment of violence risk; the management of violent offenders in the community; family violence and stalking; legal and ethical issues; youth violence; alcohol & crime; spousal violence.
http://safersociety.gcal.ac.uk/
