International criminology conference

International Criminology Virtual Conference
Friday October 11, 2024
US Eastern Time

Links:
Registration
Call for Proposals 2024
Preliminary List of Proposals 2024
View the Program and Videos from 2023


AIMS AND SCOPE:

The International Criminology Conference aims to promote interdisciplinary dialogue about topics related to criminology in its broadest context, including causes, consequences both on a micro and macro level, control, and prevention. The event brings together social leaders, policymakers, NGOs, business and academics from a variety of backgrounds. 

THE BROAD SCOPE OF CRIMINOLOGY:

The Policy Studies Organization and Westphalia Press are committed to a very broad view of criminology and to supporting the subject not only in the classroom and in academic research, but in its practice by the bar, law enforcement, and judicial professionals. We also welcome those who offer analysis and insight through fiction, art, and folklore. Our umbrella is a big one, and we invite participation by both social leaders and scholars. We want to promote a dialogue between countries and people interested in different aspects of criminology. We’re also looking to publish your paper in both our journal and books, and to make the presentations available as online videos for their use in teaching and training!

TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL:

Please email a written proposal (1-2 pages) or a topic you would like to discuss to the PSO Executive Director Daniel Gutierrez at dgutierrezs@ipsonet.org. Short videos are also accepted in lieu of a written proposal.

The early deadline for submissions will be July 15 2024. Early submissions will be given priority.

Participants presenting on cybersecurity topics are invited to submit their research to the Security and Intelligence Studies journal for consideration in a special issue on Cybersecurity in 2023. More information will be provided as the conference gets closer. To learn more about this peer-reviewed journal please visit: https://gsis.scholasticahq.com/

Papers, roundtables, panels, are invited. We seek proposals based on the multidisciplinary study of the criminal phenomenon, making use of the humanities and social sciences to understand the crime, the criminal, the victim, criminality, and society’s reaction to crime. Proposals should aim to take rigorous and critical approaches to criminality, and incorporate risk prevention and risk management strategies that take into account the dynamics of crime and the ethical and political stakes surrounding it. Papers and panels are invited as well on gun control, including the role of the NRA and issues on a state and municipal level.

Other topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Cybersecurity
  • Immigration
  • Impeachment
  • Class and Crime
  • Community Policing
  • Crime and Terrorism
  • Crime Prevention
  • Criminal Behavior
  • Criminal Justice Systems, Reform & Practices
  • Criminology Theory
  • BLM Movement
  • Ethical Issues
  • Forensic Science
  • Gender Issues
  • Gun Control
  • Issues of Recidivism
  • Juvenile Delinquency and Crime
  • Mass Incarceration
  • Penology
  • Police Education and Training Reforms
  • Pro-active Policing
  • Racial Issues
  • Solitary Confinement
  • Use of Parole and Probation
  • Using GIS and GPS
  • White-Collar Crime

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS:

Alain Bauer is a Professor of Criminology at the French National Conservatory for Arts and Crafts (Paris), and Senior Research Fellow at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice (New York) and the University of Law and Political Science of China (Beijing). Alain is also the Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Criminology.

Dr. Paul J. Rich is the president of the Policy Studies Organization.

Dr. Nicole Cain is Assistant Professor in the School of Security & Global Studies at American Public University System

PAST VIDEOS AND PROGRAMS:
2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016

PARTNERS AND CO-SPONSORS:

The event is co-sponsored by the Policy Studies Organization, the International Journal on Criminology, the Global Security and Intelligence Studies journal, the American Public University System, and the APUS Center for Cyber Defense (CCD).

The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security have designated American Public University System as a Center of Academic Excellence – Cybersecurity (CAE-C).

The APUS Center for Cyber Defense (CCD), organized under the School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, is a university-wide resource designed to foster cybersecurity awareness across the various disciplines. The mission of the CCD is to provide program guidance and oversight, cyber defense information, collaboration, research, and outreach opportunities for students, faculty, and other organizations.