Call for abstracts for the Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference 2012 ends May 11 (Australia time which is essentially May 10 for those of us in the U.S. and Canada)

http://www.events.utas.edu.au/2012/july/the-australian-and-new-zealand-c...

Don't miss this opportunity to attend a fabulous conference in Tasmania during the summer while you are not teaching! Rob White has been hard at work on the critical criminology circuit this past year planning an excellent conference.

Summary

Changing the Way We Think about Change: Shifting Boundaries, Changing Lives
Start Date
12th Jul 2012 8:30am

End Date
13th Jul 2012 5:00pm

Venue

Faculty of Arts, Sandy Bay campus

RSVP / Contact Information

Conference Convenor: Professor Rob White, School of Sociology & Social Work - Email: R.D.White@utas.edu.au; Telephone: +61 3 6226 2877
Changing the Way We Think about Change: Shifting Boundaries, Changing Lives

A two day conference for academics, practitioners, activists and students. The 2012 theme of ‘Changing the Way We Think about Change: Shifting Boundaries, Changing Lives’ encourages critical analysis of changing contexts, dynamic relations, innovative approaches, and emerging challenges in criminology and beyond.
The 2012 conference themes are as follows:

Contradictions, paradoxes and controversies
Global inequalities: people, places, politics
Green criminology in a climate of change
Institutions and culture: police, courts, probation, prisons
Ending offending: desistance and the process of change
Gaps, silences and forgotten minorities
What matters? What’s important – and according to whom?
Advocacy, activism and resisting apathy
Over the horizon issues and emerging challenges
Thinking differently, innovation and research frontiers

The Call for Abstracts is open until C.O.B Friday 11 May 2012. Prospective delegates are encouraged to contact the conference convenor, Professor Rob White, if further information is required.