The US Office for Victims of Crime is hosting an online discussion on 9 January at 2pm (Eastern Time):
… in recognition of National Stalking Awareness Month, the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), in coordination with the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), will present a Web Forum discussion with Michelle Garcia on best practices [...]
An APA summit on violence and abuse in relationships will be held February 28 – 29, 2008 in Bethesda, MD. According to the announcement:
Topics include Intimate Partner Violence, Child Maltreatment, Children Exposed to Violence and Abuse, Elder Abuse, Gender-Based Issues, Ethnic Minority, Cultural Issues, Substance Abuse, and related themes. The focus will be on [...]
From the Leonard Lopate Show:
Are Sex Offender Laws Working? (20 December): “US sex offender laws may do harm than good, according to a recent report from Human Rights Watch. Strict notification laws and residency requirements don’t reflect the reality of the risks children face, may not protect victims, and violate the basic human rights [...]
The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies at Kings College London has published a set of essays based on contributions and papers from a two day conference held by the Centre earlier this year.
This collection of essays from more than 20 researchers and academics highlights how the government has failed to tackle deep-rooted social injustice. [...]
A sad story in the Observer (11 Nov) reports that healthcare providers are ‘failing to spot child abuse’:
Doctors and social workers are failing children who end up in hospital after abuse or neglect by their parents, a government-funded inquiry has found. Some are discharged from casualty departments and allowed to go home, despite suspicious [...]
Journal of Criminal Justice 35(4), July-August 2007 and Journal of Criminal Justice 35(5), September-October 2007 are now online. Follow the link to the publisher’s website for abstracts and access to full text articles.
Contents:
Journal of Criminal Justice 35(4):
Predicting crime story salience: A replication – Steven Chermak and Nicole M. Chapman
Duration of the time to reconviction: Evidence [...]
The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice 46(4), September 2007 is now online. Follow the link to the publisher’s website for abstracts and access to full text articles.
Contents include:
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Professionally-Facilitated Volunteerism in the Community-Based Management of High-Risk Sexual Offenders: Part Two – A Comparison of Recidivism Rates – ROBIN J. WILSON, JANICE E. [...]
The November 2007 issue of Journal of Interpersonal Violence 22(11) is now online. Follow the link to the publisher’s website for abstracts and access to full text articles.
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Contents include:
Assessing the Factors Associated With Sexual Harassment Among Young Female Migrant Workers in Nepal – Mahesh Puri and John Cleland
Parricide: [...]
Some articles of forensic interest in the July 2007 issue of the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 77(3) . Follow the link for access to abstracts and full text articles.
Posttraumatic Distress and Growth Among Wives of Prisoners of War: The Contribution of Husbands’ Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Wives’ Own Attachment – Rachel Dekel
Tomorrow’s Players Under [...]
The University of Central Lancashire is hosting a conference on Family Aggression: Causes & Consequences, organised by the International Family Aggression Society. The conference will take place on 18 and 19 March next year, in Preston (Lancs, UK).
The aim of this conference is to bring together academics, researchers, policy makers and service providers who are [...]
