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Conference Programme

All sessions and workshops will take place at Murrayfield Stadium unless otherwise stated.

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As at 1 September

All abstracts, unless otherwise requested, have now been linked to the programme above.

Below is a summary of the programme, select the link below to download the pdf file of the complete programme.

Tuesday 2 September

15.00 - 18.00

European Society of Criminology registrations

17.00 - 18.00

Drinks reception and welcome

18.00 - 19.00

Scottish Institute for Policing Research, annual lecture:
Jurgen Storbeck, former Director of Europol, and currently Director General for Homeland Security in the Ministry of Interior of the State of Brandenburg

Mr Storbeck will speak on the challenges of crime and terrorism against the backdrop of globalised changes in border controls and the impact of the internet. He will also consider national and international responses to these challenges.

 
Wednesday 3 September
09.00 - 12.00

Registrations, refreshments and publishers’ stands
Pre-conference activities (Murrayfield)

12.00 - 12.30 Introduction and welcome
12.30 - 13.30

Plenary I: Legitimacy and criminal justice’
Tom Tyler,
New York University 
Sophie Body-Gendrot
(University of Paris IV-Sorbonne)
David J. Smith
(University of Edinburgh/LSE)

13.35 - 15.05 Workshops I
15.05 - 15.35 Coffee
15.40 - 17.10 Workshops II
17.15 - 18.30 Workshops III
19.15 - 20.30

Wine reception in the City of Edinburgh
(Playfair Library, Old College, University of Edinburgh, sponsored by Edinburgh Law School in association with Willan Publishing). 
Free buses leave Murrayfield 18.30

 
Thursday 4 September
08.45 - 10.15 Workshop IV
10.20 - 11.50 Workshops V
12.00 - 13.00

Plenary II:  Crime and justice in Scotland
Lesley McAra,
University of Edinburgh
‘Global politics and local culture: crime control and penal practice in a small nation’
Mr Kenny McAskill MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Scottish Government
Chaired by Baroness Vivien Stern

13.00 - 14.30

Lunch
Poster displays

14.30 - 16.00 General Assembly meeting of the European Society of Criminology
16.05 - 17.35 Workshops VI
17.40 - 18.00 Coffee
18.00 - 19.00

Plenary III:
Loïc Wacquant,
University of California-Berkeley and Centre de Sociologie Européenne Paris: ‘The penalization of poverty as production of reality’
Sonja Snacken,
Free University Brussels    

19.00 - 20.00

SAGE wine reception celebrating key books and journals, including 10
years of Punishment and Society
Numbers are limited for this event. Free tickets will be available at registration on a first come first served basis.

 
Friday 5 September
08.45 - 10.15 Workshops VII
10.20 - 11.50 Workshops VIII
12.00 - 13.00

Plenary IV: Politics of security
Neil Walker,
University of Edinburgh
‘The necessary “floor” of liberty’
Katja Franko Aas, University of Oslo
Rene van Swaaningen,
Erasmus University Rotterdam

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.30 Workshops IX
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee
16.00 - 17.30 Workshops X
17.30 - 18.30 European Society of Criminology Awards 2008
18.30 - 19.45 Closing ceremony and drinks reception (sponsored by The Famous Grouse whisky company)
19.45 - 01.00 Gala Dinner and Ceilidh
 

Correct at 28 August 2008


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