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The Main Theme of the Conference is:

THE FUTURE OF CRIME AND VICTIMIZATION: ISSUES OF GOVERNANCE AND POLICY

The present criminal justice system across the globe is increasingly becoming incapable of solving the larger social problem that creates crime and victims. Crime and its nature is being in a continuous process of change, due to the transformation of the society, its ‘social norms’, "as what people in some group believe to be normal in the group, that is believed to be a typical action, an appropriate action, or both" (Paluck & Ball 2010), use of new technologies etc.
Criminal Justice Governance is about the “mechanisms, process and institutions (in the context of criminal justice, they are, the police, the judiciary, the prosecution and correctional services) through which citizens and groups articulate their interests, exercise their legal rights, meet their obligations and mediate their differences” (UNDP). Thus, the citizens shall be the focus around whom the criminal justice governance shall operate, to effectively deliver the services (in terms of Justice). This becomes more relevant, especially in the context of changing nature of crime and victimization.
The conceptualization of Criminal Justice Institutions (such as the legislative, the law-making process, police, judiciary, correctional services, victims and other stakeholders), its functions and design with its futuristic needs, policy making according to the change in nature of crime and victimization are some of the concerns that this conference would be looking forward. It further looks at the concept of Governance, the role of state, reforming the state, state and market and state and civil society in the whole criminal justice system and its Institutions. As Justice is to be central to any Institutions and its governance, this conference tries to deliberate on the access to justice of all its stakeholders, specifically focusing the most marginalized sections of the society. It also tries to the linkages between Criminal Justice Institutions, Governance and Justice and the questions/perspectives that arise in understanding them.
One of the major purposes of this conference is to critically look at Criminal Justice Institutions, through various approaches, specifically the citizens’ perspective, the issues of gender, representations, breaking down barriers to citizen self-governance and understand how the governance work effectively towards better service delivery? It sees through the relationship between state market (demands) and civil society. The conference shall look at the research on the existing criminal justice institutions designs and analyses the gaps, keeping in mind the futuristic crime and victimization, a better criminal justice institutional arrangement for better service delivery for its stakeholders.
The 4th International Conference on the "Future of Crime and Victimization: Issues of Governance and Policy" invites papers from academicians, researcher scholars, practitioners and other stakeholders including NGOs on the following sub themes:
 

The major sub themes are
1. Legislative and law-making processes - Institutions, Governance, Justice and its stakeholders
In the context of legislative and Law-making processes, with respect to Criminal Justice and future of crime and victimization, what are the issues that need to be looked at, for effective delivery of services towards its citizens? What are the broader issues on Governance and Policies of Legislative and Law-making process of criminal justice system to introspect?

Sub focal themes - Administration of Criminal Justice System, Futuristic law-making process with respect to changing nature of crime, Criminalization, Decriminalization and Over Criminalization, Criminal Justice and Human Rights, Law and Access to Justice, Rethinking Law towards better Jurisprudence, Law and Gender, Policies for LGBTQI, Legislations related to Children and Juvenile justice, Legislations related to Marginalized groups, Criminal Justice Social Work, Policy and Law-making, Panchayati Raj, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Restorative Justice, Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Positive Criminology, Laws and Green Criminology, Laws related to emerging forms of crimes - Cyber Crimes, Policies on Natural and Man-Made Disasters. 

 

2. Policing - Institutions, Governance, Justice and its stakeholders

In the context of Policing, with relation to the changing nature of crime and victimization, what are the Governance and Policy issues that need to be looked? How can we re-look at the Institutional changes and approaches of Police towards better adaptation to the future of crime and victimization?

Sub focal themes - Evidence Based Policing, New Public Management and Policing, Police Accountability, Police Social Work, Police Governance and Policy, Police Reforms, Policing sub-culture, Community Policing, Reforms in Investigation, Technology and Policing, Cyber Criminology, Security, Forensics and Policing, Novel Forensic aid in Policing, Policies on Crime Prevention, Role of Crime Analysis and Crime Analysts in Policing, Translational Criminology, Experimental Criminology and Policing, Modern Police Training, Police-Academia Partnership, The Future of Police Universities, Management of Natural and Man-Made Disasters.
  

3. Judiciary - Institutions, Governance, Justice and its stakeholders

In the context of Judiciary, with relation to the future of crime and victimization, what are the changes and approaches of the Judiciary that needs to be adapted? What are the present issues and concerns at Judiciary as an Institution in delivering justice?

Sub focal themes - Judicial Review, Constitutional Law and Criminal Justice, Courts practices and Managements at all levels, Jurisprudence, Judiciary and Access to Justice, Public Interest Litigations and Judiciary, e-court and e-governance of Judiciary, Pendency of Cases, Right to Information and Access to Justice, Policies towards better delivery of Justice, Judicial Psychology, Problems of Judiciary in rendering Justice.
 

4. Corrections - Institutions, Governance, Justice and its stakeholders

In the context of Correctional Institutions, with relation to the future of crime and victimization, what are the concerns and re-thinking that needs to be considered for effective Governance and Policies of the correctional institutions? What are the effective Governance and Policies of correctional institutions that could better re-integrate the offender back to the community?

Sub focal themes - Prison Reforms, Social Work at Correctional Settings, Juvenile Justice, Observation and Special Homes, Laws of Prison Management and Administration, Innovation at Prisons, Governance of Correctional Settings, Gender and Prison, Under-trials and their concerns, Treatment of Prisoners, Futuristic Correctional Settings, Modern Punishment Methods and its effects, Community Services as a form of punishment, Issues of Reformation, Rehabilitation and Resocialization, Therapeutic Interventions, Positive Criminology and Corrections, Treatment and Corrections, Neuro-Criminology and Offender Rehabilitation, After Care Institutions, Correctional Policies.

 

5. Victimology - Institutions, Governance, Justice and its stakeholders

In the context of victimology, with relation to the future of crime and victimisation, can we think about a reform of the criminal justice system with a ‘victim focus approach’ that would bring about Governance and Policies of criminal justice system in favour of a broad based approach incorporating the social problems as well as in tackling the social norms of the society, thereby delivering justice especially to the most vulnerable sections of the society?

Sub focal themes - Victims of Crime, Victims of Criminal Justice System, Organizations as Victims, Secondary Victimization, Secondary Trauma of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Responders, Violence against Women, Violence against Children, LGBTQI as Victims, Victims of Human Trafficking, Theoretical framework and Victimology, Poly Victimization, Cyber Victimization, Victims Rights and Criminal Justice, Role of NGOs and Victim Assistance, Policies towards prevention of Victimization, Victim-Offender Mediation, Victim Participation in Justice Processes, Victim oriented Justice, Victims of Society, Victimization of Prisoners inside Prisons, Narrative Victimology, Visual Victimology, Victimization in Cults, Victims of Natural and Man-Made Disasters. 

 

6. International Jurisprudence and Global Governance:  Institutions, Governance, Justice and Stakeholders

In the current context of inadequacy of a proper international justice system, can efforts to ensure ‘human security’ vis-à-vis traditional’ security be made through reforms, creation, reorientation of present legal regimes and institutions in favor of human beings suffering all around the globe?

Sub focal themes -  International Law regimes and Global Governance, International Humanitarian Law, Human Rights Regimes and their efficacy, Role of International courts, Transnational dispute settlement bodies, and international arbitration tribunals in managing Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes, Global Justice System, Refugees, Victims and possible amelioration of sufferings, drug trafficking, smuggling, human trafficking, money laundering, trans-border criminal activities, reforms of international institutions, formulation of policies towards ensuring human security, role of NGOs and related issues.  

 

Abstract Submission  (CLOSED)

There are 4 slots of abstract submission.

  • 1. Abstracts submitted on or before 15th November 2019 will receive the review results of selection  or rejection on or before 1st December 2019.

  • 2. Abstracts submitted on or before 30th November 2019 / 1st December 2019 (inclusive) will receive the review results of selection  or rejection on or before 15th December 2019.

  • 3. Abstracts submitted on or before 10th December 2019 / 11th December 2019 (inclusive) will receive the review results of selection or rejection on or before 18th December 2019.

  • 4. Abstracts submitted on or before 20th December 2019 / 21st December 2019 (inclusive) will receive the review results of selection or rejection on or before 25th December 2019. (THIS IS THE LAST EXTENSION).

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Other Rules of Abstract submission

  • All the submitted abstracts in the Easy chair system will be sent to two international experts for review. The Programme Committee will receive the reviews and will take a final decision of selection or rejection in consultation with the General Chair and the General Chair will announce the Results via email to the authors.

  • Easy chair will automatically close by midnight GMT of 20th December 2019.  Easy chair will be made operational until 11.59 PM 21st December 2019 Indian Time for facilitating both Indian and International presenters. Abstracts sent via email to us will not be accepted.

  • The South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology (SASCV) is committed to the academic community and the lay world in ensuring ethics. Plagiarism is strictly condemned and abstracts found to be plagiarized will be removed or will not be taken for review. All abstracts will undergo plagiarism check via plagiarism software. The Free Dictionary by Farlex defines Plagiarism as "The act of appropriating the literary composition of another author, or excerpts, ideas, or passages there from, and passing the material off as one's own creation". Any sort of cut and paste work from the Internet will not be accepted. Please try to paraphrase or write on your own. While giving exact quotes put the lines in " ". Please avoid submitting papers of descriptive/overview nature.

  • Registration fees does not have any connection or role in the selection or rejection of abstracts. Registration fees is only for making you an eligible participant, Conference Kit and Food.

  • Two or more authors (maximum three) can jointly submit a single abstract or a maximum of three abstracts. If the abstract(s) is selected for presentation, all the authors have to register for the conference to receive the certificate of presentation. If an author does not register he/she will not receive the certificate of presentation.

  • An extended abstract (click here to know more about extended abstracts) of 1000-1500 words, along with power point presentation (PPT) of the paper has to be sent to the General Chair by email (deadline will be in email) and full written paper will not be required for presentation at the conference. Each author will be given 20 minutes for presentation including 5 minutes for questions. PPTs should have only 30 or less slides.

  • If an author's abstract is selected, and if he she fails to register and to pay registration fee the paper will not be included in the final programme.

  • All the authors are expected to attend the Conference to present their papers in person. NO CERTIFICATES WILL BE ISSUED 'IN ABSENTIA'. Certificates of Presenters who do not turn up to the conference, will be shredded on the last day of the Conference.

  • Sending in an abstract implies a commitment to actually participate to the conference. Those unable to come, are urged to make this known to the Conference Organizers as soon as possible. Not showing up without any notice will harm the quality of the panel session.

  • Publication of Conference Proceedings with ISBN:  Only Extended abstracts as papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings with an ISBN and and also the PPTs will be published on DVD-ROM / Pen-drive.

  • For publication of revised papers: After the Conference, an expert committee will select quality papers based on the extended abstracts and presentation of the authors at the conference and revised papers (not exceeding 8000 words) will be invited from the selected authors, (Sufficient time would be provided to write) and will be published in a special conference edition of the International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences (official journal of SASCV)  and/or an edited book volume to be published by Taylor and Francis Group. The SASCV 2013 Conference Volume (top 20 selected papers) is published by CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group as "Interpersonal Criminology: Revisiting Interpersonal Crimes and Victimization". The SASCV 2011 Conference Volume (top 20 selected papers) is published by CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group as "Global Criminology: Crime and Victimization in the Globalized Era". The SASCV 2011 special conference edition of the International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences (official journal of SASCV) is available here.