European Group for the study of deviance and social control

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Comment by Dr David Gordon Scott on April 16, 2013 at 8:03

The European Working Group on Prisons, Detention and Punishment
aims to provide a network to support academic work across the globe and also use the working group as means of providing international support to local campaigns.  We currently have more than 100 members and you can join us by sending emai entitled 'subscribe' to prisonworkinggroup@gmail.com

 

Comment by Dr David Gordon Scott on March 28, 2013 at 14:10

The European Working Group on Prisons, Detention and Punishment
The new working group was launched on the 22nd March 2013. We already have 65 members and if you would like to join us please email prisonworkinggroup@gmail.com

Comment by Dr David Gordon Scott on March 3, 2013 at 13:32

European Working Groups

Please note that the ‘Working Group on Prisons, Detention and Punishment’ will be launched at the Sites of Confinement conference (see immediately below). 

The European working group on prisons, detention and punishment has recently been re-established. This working group was originally formed in the early 1970s and was sustained for a number of years. In the last couple of years a number of members have felt that there is a need to develop further links with those who have a special interest in this specific area of the study of deviancy and social control.         

The aim of the European working group on prisons, detention and punishment is to provide a network and database for teachers, researchers, students and activists across Europe (and beyond) who have an interest in studying prisons and punishment. In the short term, the working group aims to establish a new network for European Group members and to provide an opportunity to share our knowledge of prisons, detention and punishment. In the longer term, we hope that this working group will help establish new links with academics and activists worldwide who are not members of the European Group but who critically engage with the current form and nature of prisons and punishment. 

The working group will work in cooperation with existing anti-prison campaigns and critical academic networks in both Europe and elsewhere. As well as promoting the study of prisons, detention and punishment at forthcoming European Group conferences, the group will also aim to foster greater understanding of contemporary penality; offer possibilities for collaborative research; and work towards emacipatory change and the development of non-repressive means of handling social problems and conflicts. It will critically examine all forms of detention, including mental health detention and immigration detention.

We welcome interest from all those who would like to be involved in the organisation of this working group and/or who wish to join the initial mailing list. Please e-mail David Scott (dscott@uclan.ac.uk) with emails headed ‘European Working Group on Prisons and Punishment’.

Comment by Dr David Gordon Scott on March 3, 2013 at 13:31

Sites of Confinement conference hosted by Liverpool John Moores University and the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control

22nd March 2013 

Liverpool John Moores University 

68 Hope Street, Liverpool 

This one-day conference offers an opportunity to critically discuss increases in the uses of confinement and incarceration in relation to neoliberalism, globally as well as in the UK. With activists, researchers and academics working in prisons, detention centres and camps, it will consider the roles of social structures, power, and lived experience in relation to confinement. Importantly, this conference will consider increases in incarceration as a method of social control in areas of extreme deprivation, as well as with marginalised groups. 

This conference is free to attend, but limited to 80 participants. Please register here: http://confinement.eventbrite.com/. Booking closes on 8th March 2013.

As this is a free event, lunch will not be provided. However, refreshments will be available throughout the day. For more details regarding the event and list of speakers see: http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/HSS/HSS_Docs/CCSE_Sites_of_Confinement_FINAL.pdf

 

Comment by Dr David Gordon Scott on March 3, 2013 at 13:30

Stan Cohen Assisted Place

Please note that there will be at least one assisted place available for the conference. Following Stan’s death, we have decided to name this place in his honour. Depending on the nature of applications, we would like to bestow the assisted place on one person who meets some / all of the below criteria:

* Does not have a tenured position in academia or has no means of providing alternative means of support through employment schemes.

* An MA / PhD student / part time member of staff who is ineligible for university department/school/faculty funding to attend conferences.

* Is confronted with other significant difficulties which would merit special support to attend the conference.

* Is currently undertaking research or activism in an area that reflects the themes and values of the European Group

* Is planning to deliver a paper at the conference on a theme that reflects the work of Stan Cohen. It may, for example, reflect on the concept of moral panic, social control, the psychological impact of atrocities and imprisonment… 

The deadline for applications has been extended to 31st March. Those wishing to apply should write a 150-300 word statement in support of their application. A copy of the conference paper abstract should also be included in the submission.  The conference place is free and the European Group will help support travel and accommodation up to £250 for the assisted place.  If you would like further information please contact: europeangroupcoordinator@gmail.com

Comment by Dr David Gordon Scott on March 3, 2013 at 13:29

41st annual conference of the european group

Critical Criminology in a Changing World: Tradition and Innovation

University of Oslo, Norway

29th August to 1st September 2013

http://www.europeangroup.org/conferences/2013/Index.htm/ 

http://www.jus.uio.no/ikrs/english/research/news-and-events/events/...

Comment by Dr David Gordon Scott on March 3, 2013 at 13:27

the european group now has its own chanell on you tube.  please see the below link:

http://www.youtube.com/europeangroup

 

 

Comment by Mathew Nwokwu on August 6, 2012 at 10:19

Please send me more information and support the Movement of the Development of Criminology in Africa Group in Crime Space. (MDCA).

Thank You.

Mathew Nwokwu

+234 703 903 4002

mat4twins@yahoo.com

Comment by Suzanne Young on July 20, 2012 at 10:59

Check out the Road to Crime Film

What can we learn from those former prisoners who have successfully “desisted” from criminal behaviour or “gone straight?”
This film has been produced as part of a project to share knowledge and improve understanding about why people desist from offending.

The Road to Crime is now available to watch online http://www.iriss.org.uk/resources/the-road-from-crime

Comment by Sacha Darke on June 13, 2012 at 17:45

Dear all

Does anyone have any suggestions on European-wide newsletters that I could use this space to post (besides Statewatch)? Also, as I suggested before, one thing we could use Crimspace for is the discussion forum. Before I start to do so, it would be good to know who would be likely to get involved.

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