European Society of Criminology
News
1) Good news about the European Journal of Criminology
The
2010 Thomson ISI rankings have just been released,
and the European Journal of Criminology has
received its first impact factor of 1.159. This means
that, for its first year in the rankings, the journal
is ranked 16 out of 43 in the Criminology & Penology
JCR.
2)
New Working Group on "Gender, Crime and Criminal
Justice
At the Ninth European Society of Criminology conference
held in Ljubljana in September 2009, it was decided
to launch a new Working Group on 'Gender, Crime and
Criminal Justice'.
Interested members should contact Loraine Gelsthorpe
lrg10@cam.ac.uk
at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge
UK.In the first instance the plan is to identify,
collate and circulate information on what people's
interests are - with the hope that in time we can
develop some cross-cultural comparative work and some
streamed sessions in subsequent conferences or arrange
other network meetings.
Call for papers
1) Announcing a New Book Series: Solving
Social Problems
www.ashgate.com/sociology
Series Editor: Bonnie
Berry, Director of the Social Problems Research
Group, USA
Solving Social Problems provides a forum for the description
and measurement of social problems, with a keen focus
on the concrete remedies proposed for their solution.
The series takes an international perspective, exploring
social problems in various parts of the world, with
the central concern being always their possible remedy.
Work is welcomed on subjects as diverse as environmental
damage, terrorism, economic disparities and economic
devastation, poverty, inequalities, domestic assaults
and sexual abuse, health care, natural disasters,
labour inequality, animal abuse, crime, and mental
illness and its treatment. In addition to recommending
solutions to social problems, the books in this series
are theoretically sophisticated, exploring previous
discussions of the issues in question, examining other
attempts to resolve them, and adopting and discussing
methodologies that are commonly used to measure social
problems. Proposed solutions may be framed as changes
in policy or practice, or more broadly as social change
and social movement. Solutions may be reflective of
ideology, but are always pragmatic and detailed, explaining
the means by which the suggested solutions might be
achieved.
If you would like to submit a proposal
for this series, please email: the Series Editor,
Bonnie Berry: solving@socialproblems.org
or the Commissioning Editor, Neil Jordan: njordan@ashgatepublishing.com
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