Researching Violence is a seminar sponsored by the Violence Research Programme. Its aim is to explore the impact of the research process on the personal and professional lives for those who study violence. Seminar participants include Dr Alison Liebling and Professor Betsy Stanko, who will be editing a special volume of the British Journal of Criminology on the personal impact of researching crime and violence. We especially encourage post-graduate students who are in the final stages of their PhDs to attend. Researchers conducting fieldwork for the VRP will also be attending.
Numbers are limited.
There will be no charge for the seminar. There appears to be a new commitment to making public policy choices with full regard to available evidence. The conference is intended to explore how much this is new rhetoric, how much new reality. Professor Gerry Stoker, University of Strathclyde will be the keynote speaker and David Walker, Associate Editor of The Guardian will conclude the conference. Received news of a panel running at the American Society of Criminology meeting, 11-14 November 1998, Washington DC from James Sheptycki .