Events

International Colloquium, University of Leeds 26-28th June 2008

International and Comparative Criminal Justice & Urban Governance: Policy Convergence, Divergence and New Justice Paradigms

The aims of the colloquium are:

• To draw together leading international scholars and critical practitioners working at the interface of questions regarding international and comparative criminal justice;
  
• To take stock of the implications of internationalisation and policy transfer across three specific areas of interest; (i) international criminal trials and alternative justice resolution; (ii) comparative penology; and (iii) comparative urban governance and international policing.
  
• To draw thematic comparisons between developments within and between the three areas of interest.
  
• To explore the extent to which the institution-building and normative developments that have begun to emerge within the international criminal justice arena have been informed by an enforcement driven and punitive ‘culture of control’ or more inclusive policies.
  
• To speculate on the possible future developments in international criminal justice and policy convergence in the context of globalisation where risk and security concerns predominate.
• To discuss developments in theory and methodology to better advance the critical analysis of international and comparative criminal justice.

Participants include:

• Katja Franko Aas, University of Oslo
  
• Sarah Blandy, University of Leeds
  
• Sophie Body-Gendrot, Sorbonne
  
• Hans Boutellier, Verwey-Jonker Institute
  
• Chrisje Brants, University of Utrecht
  
• James Cockayne, International Peace Academy
  
• Mick Cavadino, University of Central Lancashire
  
• Adam Crawford, University of Leeds
  
• Jim Dignan, University of Leeds
  
• Anthony Doob, University of Toronto
  
• Louise Ellison, University of Leeds
  
• Mark Findlay, University of Sydney
  
• Bernard Harcourt, University of Chicago
  
• Ralph Henham, Nottingham Trent University
  
• Alice Hills, University of Leeds
  
• Anthea Hucklesby, University of Leeds
  
• Nicola Lacey, London School of Economics
  
• Sam Lewis, University of Leeds
  
• Stuart Lister, University of Leeds
  
• Lesley McAra, Edinburgh University
  
• Carole McCartney, University of Leeds
  
• Tim Newburn, London School of Economics
  
• Pat O’Malley, University of Sydney
  
• Stephan Parmentier, Catholic University of Leuven
  
• John Pratt, Victoria University of Wellington
  
• Jason Ralph, University of Leeds
  
• Jacqueline Ross, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  
• Teela Sanders, University of Leeds
  
• Paul Seils, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court
  
• Joanna Shapland, University of Sheffield
  
• Jonathan Simon, University of California, Berkeley
  
• Jane Sprott, Ryerson University
  
• Gill Valentine, Leeds Social Science Institute
  
• Mariana Valverde, University of Toronto
  
• Clive Walker, University of Leeds
  
• David Wall, University of Leeds
  
• Cheryl Webster, University of Ottawa
  
• Emma Wincup, University of Leeds
  
• Dirk van Zyl Smit, Nottingham University
  
• Miao Zhang, Nanjing University