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Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 452

Mathew Lyneham and Alana Hewitt-Rau
ISSN 1836-2206
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, June 2013 

Issue 49 | May 31, 2013

A quick and easy update of the latest UNODC and international drugs and crime news.

UNODC News

• Law enforcement and comprehensive policies key to fight Asia migrant smuggling
• Human trafficking is a dark stain on all our societies, says UNODC Executive Director in Minsk speech
• Executive-Director visits Turkmenistan, welcomes strong commitment of government to counter illicit drugs and crime
• Peacekeepers adapt to new challenges
• Helping countries keep track of the money
• UNODC launches two studies on countering corruption in the private sector in India
• New report looks at use of cocaine paste in Peru
• Azeri President visits Vienna, discusses international affairs with the Director General of UN Office in Vienna
• Brazil joins Blue Heart Campaign against Human Trafficking
• Greater Mekong countries pledge to strengthen cooperation to fight illicit drugs threat in Southeast Asia
• UNODC and Brazilian government launch Liaison and Partnership Office in Brazil
• UNODC Chief highlights importance of social inclusion in crime prevention during visit to Police Pacification Unit in Rio de Janeiro
• 'Safe to Speak' against organized crime and corruption - World Press Freedom Day
• UN Volunteers make a difference to UNODC's work in the field

Due to the high level of interest in applications for EUROCRIM 2013 Conference, the abstract submissionof oral/poster/panel presentations deadline is extended until 8 June, 2013 

http://www.eurocrim2013.com/call-for-abstract.php

A selection of information from the annual compilation of information on crime in Australia, published each year by the Australian Institute of Criminology, is now available as an interactive online information resource.

The published Facts & Figures presents statistics on the numbers and types of recorded crime, their place of occurrence, victim details, responses of criminal justice agencies and government resources for dealing with crime and corrections, to help enhance understanding of the trends and patterns influencing crime and criminal justice in Australia. The published version of Australian Crime: Facts & Figures is available here

You can use this interactive tool to search and undertake basic analysis on areas such as:

• the rate of violent crime and property crime in Australia;
• the age, sex and locations of victims of selected crime types; and
•  the frequency and types of weapons used in violent crimes.

13th Annual Conference of European Society of Criminology, held between 4-7 September, 2013 in Budapest, Hungary 

Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 453

Rick Brown
ISSN 1836-2206
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, June 2013 

Dr Anne Aly 74 Leichhardt Street, Griffith ACT-

11:00am-12:00pm 26 June

 The Opening Ceremony and Opening Discussion (June 10 at 09.00-10.30), The Prize Winner Lecture (June 11 at 13.30-14.30) and The Jerry Lee Lecture (June 12 at 11.00-12.00).  

http://www.criminologysymposium.com/symposium/archive/news/2013-05-28-webcasts-from-the-stockholm-criminology-symposium-2013.html

The Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) Vienna Liaison, FIAN and the CoMiDe-project kindly invite to the following Vienna+20 panel discussion:

27. June, 1.30 – 3.30 pm at

Presseclub Concordia (Bankgasse 8, 1010 Vienna)

Key Note Speaker:

François Crépeau, UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants

Chair:

Corinna Milborn, Author and Journalist

Further information and registration (by 24. June) please send an e-mail at: acuns.vienna@gmail.com

UCL Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science, London

The new 1-day course addresses the key concepts involved in establishing and implementing a solid culture of cybersecurity. Over the course of a day delegates will gain a greater awareness of cyber threats, vulnerabilities and the strategies required to swiftly respond to and mitigate against the threats and risks.

Course programme includes the following modules:

1. Security Culture
2. Hacker Tools and Techniques
3. Mobile Malware Threats
4. Advanced Persistent Threats
5. Resilience Exercise

Course Cost:£490

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/jdi/short-courses/cyber-masterclass

Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 455

Jessica Anderson and Kiptoo Terer
ISSN 1836-2206
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, May 2013 

http://aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/tandi/441-460/tandi455.html

Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center

Date: Thursday, June 27, 2013
Time: 2:00 p.m. ET

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Technical and background paper series no.56

Penny Jorna, Alice Hutchings
ISBN 978 1 922009 43 2ISSN 1836-2052
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, June 2013 

http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/tbp/41-60/tbp056.html

July 31st 2013 is the deadline for applying to University College London's MSc in Countering Organised Crime and Terrorism (COCT), MSc in Crime Science and the new MSc in Crime and Forensics.

The UCL Department of Security and Crime Science (SCS) is the first university department in the world devoted specifically to reducing crime. In the last Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2008) 75% of the department's research activity was judged to be internationally excellent or world leading, placing the department joint 2nd in the UK in the relevant unit of assessment. UCL is consistently ranked one of the world’s top universities.

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/scs/pg-taught
 

AIC: The Australian Crime & Violence Prevention Awards recognise programs that reduce crime and violence in Australia.

Last year 34 projects from around Australia received awards of up to $20,000 to support their efforts.

Programs of all sizes that help to reduce crime and violence are encouraged to nominate. These may include programs which prevent violence against children, women, men, Indigenous people or ethnic communities, programs which prevent human trafficking, or which use design to change an environment to make it less vulnerable to crime.

This year the Board is particularly interested in considering crime prevention projects that focus on youth crime or domestic violence. 

http://aic.gov.au/crime_community/acvpa/2013.html

The conference programme of the World Conference aims to balance two things, a range of interesting presentations and activities and the opportunity to meet informally on the conference floor. For this reason there are plenary sessions and workshops, as well as a study visit, generous breaks and the marketplace. It has just been confirmed that Chris Grayling, Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice of England and Wales will welcome the guests on the first conference day. The other speakers in the programme are being determined as well.

 http://www.worldcongressonprobation.org/news/381/1000

Dr Natalie Gately
74 Leichhardt Street, Griffith ACT- FREE EVENT
10:30am-11:30am 4 July 20 13

"Burglars are opportunistic, generally choose their targets at random and know all the tricks householders try to use as deterrents.

In conjunction with the Australian Institute of Criminology, researchers from ECU’s School of Law and Justice conducted the study with 69 participants who admitted to having committed a burglary and discussed their “practices” with the researchers.

In this seminar Dr Natalie Gately will outline the research and its findings, and implications for law enforcement."

http://www.aic.gov.au/events/seminars/2013/gately.html

North American drug prevention programmes: are they feasible in European cultures and contexts? 

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), Lisbon, June 2013

Some commentators argue that programmes developed in North America (Canada and the US) are unlikely to work in European countries, due to differing cultural contexts and because most of the evidence for their effectiveness comes from North America. This Thematic paper presents experiences of adapting and implementing four innovative and proven North American drug prevention programmes in Europe, showing the clear potential of transferring such programmes and avoiding the cliché of culture as a barrier to implementation. 

Established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1987, this day serves as a reminder of the goals agreed to by Member States of creating an international society free of drug abuse.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) selects themes for the International Day and launches campaigns to raise awareness about the global drug problem. Health is the ongoing theme of the world drug campaign. 

http://www.unodc.org/drugs/en/june-26/index.html

"A new study by the Center for Court Innovation finds that 80 percent of participants in the Adolescent Diversion Program complied with their mandates. Participants in the program were less likely than comparison cases to be re-arrested on felony charges. Consistent with other research, high-risk young people fared better in the Adolescent Diversion Program than low-risk youth.

The new research is a snapshot of the ongoing initiative, offering a glimpse of the early results of a reform in progress".

http://www.courtinnovation.org/sites/default/files/documents/ADP_FS_PDF.pdf