Nyhetsbrev frå n Nordiskå polisforsknings- nå
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Nyhetsbrev frå n Nordiskå polisforsknings- nå
Nyhetsbrev från Nordiskå polisforskningsnåtverket: April 2015 Innehåll Allmänt ......................................................................................................... 2 Svenska Polismyndigheten utan Utvärderingsfunktion ........................... 2 Uppmärksammat svenskt polisingripande i New York ............................ 2 52 iranske forskare utkastade av norska säkerhetspolisen ..................... 2 Snacka om brott Poddsändningar från Brå ............................................. 2 Böcker, rapporter, uppsatser ........................................................................ 3 Svensk avhandling: Strategisk kommunikation - Räddningstjänsten ...... 3 Finska PHS i EU-studie om organiserad brottslighet .............................. 4 Påtaleansvarliges rolle og betydning i etterforskning .............................. 5 Vesentlige mangler ved norsk politis datasystemer ................................ 5 Seksuelle overgrep - evaulering av politets arbeid ................................. 6 Norsk master om utbildning i kriminalitetsforebyggende arbeid .............. 6 Språkanalys av förhörsutsagor................................................................ 7 Artiklar, tidskrifter.......................................................................................... 7 Police and ethnic minorities in Sweden ................................................... 7 Journal of Criminological Research call for papers ................................. 8 Konferenser, kurser m.m. ............................................................................. 8 Forskning om polisen i den akuta situationen Växjö 25.5 ....................... 8 Stockholm Criminology Symposium June 8-10 ....................................... 8 Policing and Democracy in the 21th Century - Liverpool 17.10 .............. 9 Cepol: Evidence Based Policing Lisbon 5-8.10 Call for abstracts ........... 9 Australian & New Zealand Society of Criminology conference 25-27.11 Call for abstracts ....................................................................................10 Tjänster internationellt .................................................................................10 Nordiska polisforskningsnätverkets nyhetsbrev ..........................................11 Allmänt Svenska Polismyndigheten utan Utvärderingsfunktion I samband med omorganisationen av svensk polis har Rikspolisstyrelsens Utvärderingsfunktion lagts ned och de forskare som ingått flyttats till Enheten Verksamhetsstyrning och analys som ingår i Rikspolischefens kansli. Utvärderingsfunktionen tillkom som ett regeringsuppdrag 2009 till följd av att Ekonomistyrningsverket i en analys pekat på bristen på och behovet av utvärderingar inom polisen. I utvärderingsfunktionen ingick ett antal disputerade forskare. Därtill lades utvärderingsuppdrag ut på universitetsinstitutioner. Sammanlagt publicerades under perioden 2011-2014 16 rapporter (källa Libris) som ofta innehöll en kritisk granskning av polisiära verksamheter. Reds kommentar: Det är inte lätt att veta vad som görs i den nya organisationen. Men för oss som vill se Polismyndigheten som en lärande organisation öppen för kritisk granskning är nedläggningen av utvärderingsfunktionen oroväckande. Kommer forskarna från utvärderingsfunktionen att kunna fortsätta med oberoende utvärderingar eller kommer man att reduceras till en lydig enhet som har att underordna sig organisationspolitiska styrningar? Uppmärksammat svenskt polisingripande i New York Svensk polis har blivit aktuella i debatten om polisbrutalitet i USA. Fyra svenska poliser på semester ingriper mot slagsmål mellan två personer på tunnelbanan. Det minimala våldet och goda bemötandet under ingripandet rosas såväl i internationell press som i sociala medier. Svenska inrikesministern Ygeman bjöd på finlunch vid hemkomsten och Nyhetsbrevets redaktion sällar sig till hyllningskören https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izdfnHBMwSs&feature=youtu.be http://nypost.com/2015/04/22/swedish-cops-on-vacation-break-up-subway-fight/ 52 iranska forskare utkastade av norska säkerhetspolisen Inför risken att 52 iranska forskare skulle bidra till utvecklingen av massförstörelsevapen avvisas de från Norge av norska PST http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/52-iranske-forskere-kastet-ut-av-PST-7976469.html Snacka om brott Poddsändningar från Brå Hur många brott är möjliga att klara upp? Tillsammans med City-polisen i Stockholm har Brå genomfört ett försöksprojekt för att undersöka möjligheten att klara upp fler mängdbrott. Medverkande: Anna Eksten, utredare på Brå. Jakob Svensk, polisinspektör på Norrmalmsenheten i Stockholm. Programledare: Johannes Rosenberg http://s37.podbean.com/pb/8e2f67232142a2c7c09136291dc1849d/553e645f/data2/blogs60/73 8453/uploads/snacka_om_brott_avsn_2_slutlig.mp3 Tid för brott När sker olika brott? Och vad kan Polisen och rättsväsendet ha för nytta av att veta det? Medverkande: Johanna Olseryd, utredare på Brå. Josef Wiklund, enhetschef vid den brottsförebyggande ungdomsenheten i Sundsvalls närpolisområde. Programledare: Johannes Rosenberg http://s51.podbean.com/pb/49e64b852472db247e595c730cd25910/553e6552/data1/blogs60/7 38453/uploads/snacka_om_brott_slutlig_150206.mp3 Böcker, rapporter, uppsatser Svensk avhandling: Strategisk kommunikation - Räddningstjänsten Magnusson, S. (2014). Att säkerställa att vi är välkomna: om organisationers strategiska kommunikation och förtroendeskapande arbete i det mångkulturella samhället. Diss. Lund : Lunds universitet, 2015. Lund. Den 16.1 disputerade Susanna Magnusson med sin avhandling "Att säkerställa att vi är välkomna". En del i avhandlingen är en fallstudie med Räddningstjänsten Syd som syftar till att beskriva och analysera organisationens förtroendeskapande kommunikation. I synnerhet brand- och säkerhetsvärdarnas arbete och vad som krävs för att kunna hantera de möten som sker vid hembesök och på informationsträffar. I analysen lyfter Susanna fram både positiva aspekter av arbetet samtidigt som hon tar upp olika dilemman och svårigheter. Summary In a society increasingly characterized by cultural heterogeneity and where trust issues are becoming ever more important, new demands and dilemmas arise related to organizations’ strategic communication. This study investigates the struggles of contemporary organizations to achieve credibility and strengthen their social legitimacy as actors in Sweden’s multicultural society. The empirical case concerns the rescue services – Räddningstjänsten Syd – in southern Sweden, and the trust-building efforts the organization carries out in residential areas that tend to be described as “multicultural”. The efforts were a response to several years of social unrest, hostile treatment and communicative clashes between firefighters and local residents. The organization made a strategic shift towards a more proactive and community-engaged approach. A key group in the preventative and relationship building activities were the so called fire-hosts, who were given the role of link-workers. Through their “multicultural competence”, perceived cultural barriers would be overcome. By focusing on the rhetorical and communicative aspects of the trust-building efforts, this study targets the special challenges created by the multicultural condition. It also tries to determine those rhetorical/communicative processes which seem to lead to increased trust and improved relations between the organization and multicultural communities. The study has a discursive approach to the concept of culture, highlighting the social consequences caused by the framing of problems and of the solutions to problems in cultural terms. The empirical material includes 33 qualitative interviews, about 30 hours of observation of the rhetorical practices of the fire-hosts, as well as approximately 25 hours of film material. Theoretically, mainly rhetorical terminology is applied to analyze the trust-building communication. The concept of ethos (appeals based on credibility) is central. Other rhetorical concepts such as phronesis (practical wisdom), eunoia (goodwill), copia (stock of possible choices, both content and form), actio (non-verbal language) and identification (according to Kenneth Burke’s ideas) are employed. Sociologically coloured concepts, such as tokenism and strategic essentialism, are also present in the analysis. The first analytical chapter examines how the organization has changed its communicative strategies on a more general level in order to increase social legitimacy. It shows how the strategies and relationship-building activities correspond in many respects to a normative ideal within the field of strategic communication. At the same time it highlights the tensions created during the process. The role of the fire-hosts as living organizational brands is problematized, as is the reduced internal identification of firefighters caused by the organizational shift towards preventive work. The second analytical chapter examines the firehosts' so-called multicultural competence. It shows that multicultural competence is construed in two contrasting ways: the culture perspective and the attitude perspective. These perspectives not only manifest different ideas of the origins of the persuasive power of ethos, but also create different rhetorical subjects. From the culture perspective multicultural competence largely concerns knowledge of what is described as specific cultures and/or religions. This knowledge is mainly ascribed to persons on the basis of national origin and background, and also stresses the significance of a “non-Swedish” appearance. In this perspective, ethos becomes something ascribed mainly to people who appear to have the authenticity of being an immigrant. The attitude perspective, on the other hand, appears as a displayed attitude based on eunoia. Analytically, the attitude perspective is interpreted as a form of phronesis, and different rhetorical concepts are employed to describe and demystify these communicative skills. Three themes in the copia of the fire-hosts are presented: first, the ability to listen actively, second, their repertoire of language skills and body language skills, third, having a broad conception of their duties and role in society. According to this view, one does not have to be categorised as an immigrant by appearance or descent in order to demonstrate multicultural competence. In this perspective, ethos becomes something acquired in the situation rather than attributed to static properties. The third analytical chapter examines the concept of culture as a discursive tool. The concept has a constraining potential as well as a liberating one in the trust-building efforts and the chapter shows examples of both. The thesis ends with three conclusions regarding organizations' trust-building efforts in a multicultural society. The first conclusion is that those organizations must create a balance between emphasizing differences and emphasizing similarities between different groups and “cultures”. The second is that organizations should deal with the concept of culture with caution and avoid describing competencies in cultural terms. The final conclusion is that other organizations struggling with the same issues could learn from studying the processes and actions of the case organisation. För nedladdning i fulltext: http://lup.lub.lu.se/luur/download?func=downloadFile&recordOId=4864821&fileOId=48648 27 Finska PHS i EU-studie om organiserad brottslighet EU financed project on organized crime carried out by an international consortium coordinated by Transcrime – Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore (Milan, Italy) and constituted by 7 other partners: Aim of Project OCP is to carry out an exploratory study of the economics of organised crime in Europe, and in particular to address three research questions, which are covered by the three sections of the final report: − Where organised crime proceeds are generated, from which illicit markets (Part 1 of the Report); − Where these proceeds are then invested in the legitimate economy, in which regions, assets and business sectors (Part 2); − The extent to which these proceeds are confiscated by European authorities (Part 3). The project focuses on seven EU member states (Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom), represented by OCP partners, and for which provides an in-depth analysis. However, the report also presents a broader examination of the situation in Europe as a whole. For downloading the Full Report, the Executive Summary and the Methodological Annex http://www.ocportfolio.eu/Materials-Reports.php Ytterligare information: specialforskare Jarmo Houtsonen, tel 0295 483 814 [email protected] Påtaleansvarliges rolle og betydning i etterforskning Myhrer, T.-G. (2015). Kvalitet i etterforskningen: Særlig om påtaleansvarliges rolle og betydning: Delrapport i «Etterforskningsprosjektet». (PHS Forskning 2014: 3). Oslo: Politihøgskolen. Sammendrag: This report is one of three from the research program «Quality of investigations» carried out at the Norwegian Police University College. The report discusses the role of the police prosecutors and responsibilities during criminal investigations. First, «quality» is defined as «an activity, which is conducted according to certain agreed standards». It is argued that the most relevant standards during investigations are: Do the police investigate the right cases? Does the investigation contain all relevant elements within the procedural term «proving the question of guilt» and thus clear up the case? Is relevant information for imposing a correct sentence obtained? Is the investigation conducted according to procedural law and standards and carried out objectively? Has the investigation been done as quickly as possible and have the aggrieved persons and the public been satisfactory informed? The last standard is listed as whether the document file is satisfactory and that seized objects are secured and stored properly. The standards have different weight in the overall assessment of investigation quality. The report argues that the most important standard is how the question of guilt is investigated, and that it is done objectively and according to procedural law. The main part of the report contains a more detailed discussion of the different standards, focusing on the role of the police prosecutors in the investigation (chapter 2). Chapter 3 outlines the legal basis for the police prosecutors’ responsibilities and leading role in the investigation. Chapter 4 discusses what we actually know about the importance of the police prosecutors’ role for the quality of the investigation. It is concluded that it is more based on common sense than scientifically proved data. The preconditions for the police prosecutors leading role in the investigation is discussed in chapter 5. The importance of having sufficient time to lead and direct, being located close to the investigators, having relevant legal knowledge and legitimacy with the investigators is discussed. Finally, results from a survey among police prosecutors on how they carry out their job are presented. The main findings are that the police prosecutors on a regular basis do take a leading, advisory and controlling role in the investigations. Their focus is on whether the investigation reveals all relevant information for deciding on the question of guilt (clear-up of the case) and for imposing a correct sentence, and also whether the investigation is conducted as speedily as possible. They have little focus on whether the investigations are done procedurally correct and objectively, even though they see this as important when asked. Rapporten kan leses i fulltekst i PIA: http://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/handle/11250/282259 Myhrers rapport er den andre som utgis i tilknytning til prosjektet «Kvalitet i etterforskningen». Den første rapporten Måling av effektivitet i etterforskning: Delrapport i «Etterforskningsprosjektet», skrevet av Johannes Knutsson, ble utgitt i 2013. Også Knutssons rapport kan leses i fulltekst i PIA: http://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/handle/11250/175108 Vesentlige mangler ved norsk politis datasystemer Ifjor ble det nye svenske datasystemet Pust erklært en fiasko. Nå har norsk politi tilsvarende problem. Før den første delen av programmet som skal redde politiets datasystemer kan settes i gang, må det gjennomføres flere «risikoreduserende tiltak», ifølge ny rapport. Artikkel: http://www.nrk.no/norge/rapport_-vesentlige-mangler-ved-politiets-milliardprogram1.12326154 Rapporten https://www.regjeringen.no/contentassets/9e0c5f6f978b45f491fa3ece86a6bc33/sluttrapport_ merverdiprogrammet_prosjekt-1.pdf Seksuelle overgrep - evaulering av politets arbeid Politidirektoratet (2015). Evaluering av politiets arbeid med seksuelle overgrep – Januar 2015. Oslo: Politidirektoratet Ur sammendrag: ”Hovedformålet med evalueringen er å få bedre kunnskap om kvaliteten og effektiviteten i politiets etterforskning av seksuelle overgrep for å kunne etablere en bedre praksis for etterforskningen av denne type saker. …” ”Totalt finner vi at 61 % av sakene er etterforsket med meget høy eller høy kvalitet og effektivitet. Dette er saker som skiller seg ut med god kvalitet på alle eller de fleste kvalitetsog effektivitetskriterier. Etterforskningen i 25 % av sakene får derimot totalvurderingen «Etterforskning med lav kvalitet og effektivitet». Disse sakene vurderes som akseptabelt etterforsket, men har noen vesentlige mangler. I 14 % av sakene har etterforskningen «meget lav kvalitet og effektivitet». Her er etterforskningen preget av store mangler. De vanligst forekommende kvalitetsmanglene er lang liggetid, ikke utførte etterforskningsskritt og lav kvalitet på skriftlig materiale. Etterforskningen i saker som prioriteres og oppklares, er jevnt over meget god. Over 70 % av de oppklarte sakene er etterforsket med meget høy eller høy kvalitet og effektivitet, mot 49 % av de uoppklarte sakene.” För nedladdning: https://www.politi.no/vedlegg/lokale_vedlegg/politidirektoratet/Vedlegg_2957.pdf Politioverbetjent og phd PhD Asbjørn Rachlew kommenterer i denne artikkelen http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/Politigransking-Darlig-etterforskning-i-fire-av-tiovergrepssaker-7990634.html Norsk master om utbildning i kriminalitetsforebyggende arbeid Simensen, Trond Kyrre (2015) Politiets kriminalitetsforebyggende arbeid: En studie av forventninger og praksis. Oslo: Politihøgskolen Abstract Hvordan kan Politihøgskolen bedre bidra til at politiet oppfyller myndighetenes forventninger om kriminalitetsforebygging? Spørsmålet besvares gjennom dokumentanalyse og kvalitative intervjuer med politistudenter i sitt praksisår. Undersøkelsen peker på 3 dimensjoner i forbindelse med politiets kriminalitetsforebyggende politiarbeid. (1) Den politiske dimensjonen - lover, stortingsmeldinger, handlingsplaner, strategiplaner og instrukser. En studie av disse viser at myndighetene ønsker at politiet skal prioritere kriminalitetsforebygging, at de legger tydelige føringer for hvordan politiet skal drive forebygging, og at dette er en oppgave for alle politifolk. Forebygging er videre en generalistoppgave som skal utøves gjennom problemorientert politiarbeid i nært samarbeid med andre etater og virksomheter i samfunnet (nærpoliti/lokalorientert politiarbeid). I tillegg skal politiet bruke personorientert og situasjonell forebygging. Myndighetene mener dessuten at det å etterforske og få pådømt straffesaker er viktig og god forebygging – noe de begrunner ut i fra straffens allmennpreventive og individualpreventive funksjon. (2) I den vitenskapelige dimensjonen settes myndighetens valg av strategier under lupen. Hva er det vitenskapelige grunnlaget for strategiene? Hvordan er det tenkt at politiet skal jobbe innenfor de forskjellige strategiene? Her viser det seg at strategiene innbyrdes er ganske forskjellige i både forståelse av årsaker til kriminalitet og derved også hvordan forebygge kriminalitet. (3) Den praktiske dimensjonen undersøkes gjennom kvalitative intervjuer med 10 politihøgskolestudenter i siste del av deres praksisår. Det viser seg at studentene har lav bevissthet rundt kriminalitetsforebyggende politiarbeid. De har en forståelse for, og bruker, det rettshåndhevende politiarbeidet via etterforskning – noe de ser på som forebyggende politiarbeid. Samtidig er de positive til forebygging, og synes det er interessant de gangene de har vært med på noe de oppfatter som forebygging. Intervjuene indikerer også at det som defineres som forebygging (altså ikke etterforskning) ofte gjøres av noen spesielt interesserte ildsjeler. I motsetning til myndighetenes ønske om at kriminalitetsforebygging skal drives av alle politifolk, viser det seg altså at forebygging mange steder er en spesialistoppgave. Fordi Politihøgskolen (PHS) har monopol på politiutdanningen i Norge undersøker også forfatteren hvordan PHS ivaretar utdanningen i kriminalitetsforebyggende politiarbeid. Forebygging kom inn i undervisningen ved opprettelsen av høgskolen i 1992 og har fram til 2014 vært et fag som har blitt introdusert i praksisåret, og undervist i utdanningens tredje studieår. Undersøkelsen viser at faget «kriminalitetsforebyggende politiarbeid» befinner seg i spennet mellom politikk, vitenskap og praksis. För nedladdning: http://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/handle/11250/282492 Språkanalys av förhörsutsagor Striwing, H. (2014). Ord som fängslar. Stockholm: Vulkan. Förlagets beskrivning: Kan sanna utsagor om en händelse skiljas från utsagor om förvanskade eller uppdiktade händelseförlopp? Finns några kännetecken som utmärker den ena kategorin och samtidigt avgränsar den från den andra? Frågorna upphör aldrig att fascinera. För rättsväsendet är de centrala. Författaren nalkas frågan från språklig utgångspunkt, men låter de båda perspektiven, det språkliga och det innehållsmässiga, löpa parallellt. Först analyseras vad som händer i texten, men kopplingen till vad texten handlar om, gör den språkliga analysen lätt att förstå. Skyldigas och oskyldigas utsagor och påståenden, återgivna i förhörsprotokoll analyseras. Vår mänskliga hjärna vet sanningen och "läcker" information, som den insiktsfulle kan upptäcka och använda. Läckaget kan ses i vår talproduktion, både när vi är uppriktiga och när vi vill undanhålla sanningen och betror oss om att kunna göra det. Ett sådant budskap kan förväntas ha stor attraktionskraft, inte minst inom olika sektorer av rättsväsendet. I USA och flera andra länder är olika former av språklig analys av förhörsutsagor väletablerade som utredningsmetoder. Några grundläggande begrepp introduceras och används på dialogerna. Dessutom visar författaren, att vårt språk har sina egna kriterier med vars hjälp i bästa fall, den som behöver, kan upptäcka undanhållanden, avslöja lögner och känna igen sanningen Artiklar, tidskrifter Police and ethnic minorities in Sweden Uhnoo, Sara (2015) Within ‘the Tin Bubble’: the police and ethnic minorities in Sweden. Policing and Society: An International Journal of Research and Policy. Volume 25, Issue 2, 2015, pages 129-149 Abstract How can discriminatory treatment along perceived ethnic lines become reproduced within a discursive climate that claims to support ethnic diversity and condemn racism? Through an analysis of interviews with 21 current and former employees of the Swedish Police who identified their background as ‘foreign’, this article investigates how certain language use and specific talk can be reproduced in spite of the internal and external criticism directed at them. Six different, institutionally available accounts resorted to by the interviewees to make sense of and legitimise the derogatory language and joking they encountered at work are examined, shedding light on how the use of derogatory language, slurs, and degrading humour about ethnic minorities can remain commonplace within the police force without becoming considered as especially problematic. In addition, the analysis shows that which takes place within the police's own ‘Tin Bubble’, or in the police car, canteen, and lunchroom, to potentially have a carryover effect from one context to the other, colouring police interactions with the public and adversely affecting the workplace satisfaction of police employees coming from minority backgrounds. For full download (open access): http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10439463.2013.817995# Journal of Criminological Research call for papers Journal of Criminological Research Forthcoming issue: Vulnerability and the criminal justice system Coverage is planned to include the following: • Vulnerability and the Criminal Justice System: an introduction • Embedding Vulnerability in Policing Policy and Practice • The Vulnerabilities of Police as Carers for the Vulnerable • Psychological Vulnerability • Vulnerability as Systemic Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System: The case of offenders with a borderline intellectual disability • Embodying Youthful Vulnerabilities and Policing Public Spaces • Policing the Vulnerable Community of Macquarie Fields • Love at First Type: Examining the vulnerability and victimisation of those seeking romance online • Women Offenders subjected to Sexual Violence: Ongoing vulnerability and possible responses • Ameliorating Offender Vulnerability in Appearances before Courts: Overview of the Australian Landscape • Supporting Desistance and Recovery in Probation: Questions, Lenses and Opportunities • A Federation of Clutter: The bourgeoning language of vulnerability in Australian policing policies • Criminalised and Pathologised: Transgender people in prisons • Vulnerability as Paternalism: Disablist hate crime and critical barriers to reporting victimisation • Marginalising the undesirable: Procedural vulnerabilities and the displacement of individual rights through police-imposed punishment in Victoria's night-time economy Deadline for submissions: 1 August 2015 For futher information: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/news_story.htm?id=5740 Konferenser, kurser m.m. Forskning om polisen i den akuta situationen Växjö 25.5 Öppen föreläsning 25.5 Johan Bertilsson och Peter Fredriksson: Polisen i den akuta situationen – begränsningar och möjligheter Johan Bertilsson är polisinspektör i Region Syd och doktorand vid Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper Lunds universitet, Peter Fredriksson är vapenlärare vid Polisutbildningen Linnéuniversitetet. De forskar om hur motorik och kognition påverkas av stress. Linnéuniversitetet, Växjö lokal: Weber, tid: 13.15-14.30, alla välkomna, ingen kostnad Stockholm Criminology Symposium June 8-10 4 May last day for registration General information http://www.criminologysymposium.com Registration: http://www.criminologysymposium.com/symposium/participants/registration.html Program and abstracts http://www.criminologysymposium.com/download/18.779f51ff14b839896442162/14289116 52157/Preliminary+Program+2015.pdf Policing and Democracy in the 21th Century - Liverpool 17.10 The International Criminological Research Unit (ICRU) invites you to join us for a one day conference at the School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool. The purpose of the conference is to showcase a range of research-based perspectives on the ambiguous and contested notion of `democratic policing?. Embracing both mainstream and critical approaches to this topic the conference will provide a space for dialogue between scholars with wide-ranging interests and theoretical affiliations. Confirmed speakers include: Robert Reiner (Emeritus Professor of Criminology, LSE, Author of The Politics of the Police (2010)) Mark Neocleous (Professor of the Critique of Political Economy, Brunel University, Author of War Power, Police Power (2014)) Jon Jackson (Professor in Research Methodology, LSE, Co-Author of Just Authority: Trust in the Police in England and Wales (2012)) Ben Bradford (Lecturer in Criminology, University of Oxford, Co-Author of Just Authority: Trust in the Police in England and Wales (2012)) Anne Alvesalo (Professor in Sociology of Law, University of Turku, Finland, CoAuthor of `Eyes Wide Shut: The Police Investigation of Safety Crimes? (2007)) David Whyte (Professor of Socio-legal Studies, University of Liverpool, co-author of The Corporate Criminal (2015) and editor of How Corrupt is Britain? (2015)) Dave Smith (Blacklisted construction worker, Secretary of the Blacklist Support Group, Co-author of Blacklisted: The Secret War between Big Business and Union Activists (2015)) The programme for the day will include sessions on governance and accountability, police violence, policing workers and political movements, police legitimacy and police-community relations. http://www.liv.ac.uk/events/event.php?event_id=72120&event_day_id=75757 Cepol: Evidence Based Policing Lisbon 5-8.10 Call for abstracts CEPOL Annual European Police Research and Science Conference: Evidence Based Policing: new perspectives of cooperation between practice, education and police science. Lisbon, Portugal, 5-8 October 2015 Evidence-based policing strategies and tactics are growing in importance in most European countries and police training is supporting and encompassing this trend. National police colleges or universities, for example, are increasingly encouraging and supporting empirical research as the backbone of Police Science Master and PhD thesis. The CEPOL 2015 European Police Research and Science Conference aims at being a forum where police research, training and evidence-based practice can be discussed as to their impacts on European police cooperation. Plenary presentations, panel sessions, parallel sessions and workshops are being planned to be open forums for the presentation and discussion of recent experiences on evidence-based policing, as well of future research road-maps. Police researchers, scientists, trainers and officers, and university professors, researchers and teachers are being invited to attend the conference. Police science Master or PhD students will also be welcomed to present and discuss their findings. The presentations of research findings will take place in parallel sessions and will be given a maximum of 15 minutes (for each presentation). Posters will be digitally displayed at the Conference venue’s main atrium. Applicants must send the title and an extended abstract of the paper or poster to: [email protected] until the 29th May 2015. Travelling and accommodation will be on the expense of applicants. Reduced fare hotel rooms, located close to the Conference venue, may be arranged, providing such is requested, in advance, to the Conference organization. Australian & New Zealand Society of Criminology conference 2527.11 Call for abstracts The 28th Annual Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology conference will be held in Adelaide, South Australia from 25 - 27 November 2015 hosted by Flinders University Law School and the Centre for Crime Policy and Research. The theme of the 2015 Conference is Security and Rule of Law: The changing face of criminal justice. The program will include a wide range of plenary sessions, interactive workshops, round-table sessions, presentations and seminars, shaped to enhance and inform around this theme. Abstracts can be submitted online via http://www.flinders.edu.au/ehl/ccpr/anzsoc/abstractsubmissions.cfm For more information or to register visit: http://www.flinders.edu.au/ehl/ccpr/anzsoc/anzsoc_home.cfm Tjänster internationellt Reader/Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice Keele University - Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences. Closes 5th May http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AKW566/reader-professor-of-criminology-and-criminal-justice-1post/ Lectureship in Criminology, Aberystwyth University - Department of Law and Criminology. Closes 14th May. http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AKX878/lectureship-in-criminology/ Lecturer in Criminology University of Essex - Department of Sociology. Closes 14th June 2015 http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AKZ108/lecturer-in-criminology/ Nordiska polisforskningsnätverkets nyhetsbrev Nordiska polisforskningsnätverket utgår från polisutbildningarna i Norden. Nätverkets syfte är att stimulera polisforskning i Norden. Utöver nyhetsbrevet anordnas vartannat år nordiska polisforskningskonferenser. Nordiska polisforskningsnätverkets nyhetsbrev har funnits sedan 2008 och erbjuder en översikt över vad som händer inom polisforskning i Norden. I uppläggningen eftersträvas att ge snabblästa, kortfattade och överskådliga presentationer med kompletterande webbadresser alt. bilagor för ytterligare information. Bl.a. presenteras nyheter, publicerade texter och evenemang med anknytning till polisforskning. Bidrag till nyhetsbrevet mottages tacksamt. Redaktör: Rolf Granér, [email protected] Tatanya Valland, [email protected] Redaktion/ kontaktpersoner: Danmark: Anne-Stina Sørensen [email protected]. Lars Nørr Mikkelsen [email protected] Finland: Vesa Huotari, [email protected] Jarmo Houtsonen, [email protected] Norge: Mette Berg, [email protected] Sverige: Patrik Thunholm, http://polisforskning.se Jonas Hansson: [email protected] Oscar Rantatalo: [email protected] Alla intresserade kan anmäla sig till nyhetsbrevet. Anmälan kan göras här: http://mlist.lnu.se/mailman/listinfo/polisforskningsnatverket Tidigare nyhetsbrev kan ses här: http://lnu.se/institutioner/polisutbildningen/forskning/nyhetsbrev Vid problem med att anmäla sig till nyhetsbrevet kan detta ske direkt till [email protected]