'Critical Criminology in a Changing World - Tradition and Innovation', Oslo, Norway
16 October 2013 - 16 October 2013
Norway
An event entitled 'Critical Criminology in a Changing World - Tradition and Innovation' will be held from 29 August to 1 September 2013 in Oslo, Norway.
Over the last two decades, important changes have occurred in modern society due to rapid economic globalisation, migration and the development and use of communication technology. Whilst these changes have had many positive effects, they also generated many human casualties and wreaked havoc in the natural world.
These recent developments have also engendered changes in the ways in which crimes are perceived and what role the concepts of harm should play in such analysis. Criminology acknowledges that not only humans, but also nature and other species which inhabit the earth are victims of these trends. For example, the fact that more people die from air pollution than those who are victims of traditional street crime, has given birth to green criminology. Other disciplines like cultural criminology, post-colonial criminology, queer criminology, gothic criminology and feminist criminology have also emerged, alongside other important developments in related disciplines such as urban studies, anthropology and geography.
The conference will be an opportunity for attendees to discuss the ways in which those studying deviance and social control have traditionally responded to challenges in society and how 'criminology' is challenged today.For further information, please visit:
http://www.jus.uio.no/ikrs/english/research/research/cciacw.html(opens in new window)
Over the last two decades, important changes have occurred in modern society due to rapid economic globalisation, migration and the development and use of communication technology. Whilst these changes have had many positive effects, they also generated many human casualties and wreaked havoc in the natural world.
These recent developments have also engendered changes in the ways in which crimes are perceived and what role the concepts of harm should play in such analysis. Criminology acknowledges that not only humans, but also nature and other species which inhabit the earth are victims of these trends. For example, the fact that more people die from air pollution than those who are victims of traditional street crime, has given birth to green criminology. Other disciplines like cultural criminology, post-colonial criminology, queer criminology, gothic criminology and feminist criminology have also emerged, alongside other important developments in related disciplines such as urban studies, anthropology and geography.
The conference will be an opportunity for attendees to discuss the ways in which those studying deviance and social control have traditionally responded to challenges in society and how 'criminology' is challenged today.For further information, please visit:
http://www.jus.uio.no/ikrs/english/research/research/cciacw.html(opens in new window)