- We are pleased to confirm that the WCCSJ Annual Conference will be held on Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th April 2012. Please click for a registration form and basic programme. A full, detailed programme, including papers will be available nearer the time. We look forward to seeing you there.
- The Management Team would like to welcome Cardiff Metropolitan as one of the Eight Welsh Universities to participate in the Centre. This adds institutional and intellectual breadth as the team from Cardiff Metropolitan are forensic psychologists. Their representative is Dr. Andy Watt.
- Conference announcement: The Newport Centre for Criminal and Community Justice will be holding a one-day seminar on Friday 27th April 2012. The title is 'From Victim Policy to Victim Oriented Policies: theory and practice for different victim groups'. If you would like further information, please go to Newport Conference.
- Seminar: Developing Criminology Students' Critical Evaluation Skills using Peermark. This seminar is being held at Glamorgan University on Tuesday 13th March 2012 and presents the work of staff delivering the MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice. For more information and to book, go to http://celt.glam.ac.uk/node/175
- Request for quote: The Welsh Assembly Government is requesting for quotes for an evaluation of the Access to Justice Pilot. Further details can be found at http://www.sell2wales.co.uk/notice/view.aspx?RequirementId=28929
- Conference announcement and call for papers: The Newport Centre for Criminal and Community Justice is holding its eithth one day conference on 27 April 2012. Title "From Victim Policy to Victim Oriented Policies: theory and practice for different victim groups". Details can be found at Newport Victim Conference.
- SRA Cymru are holding a free Mixed Research Methods session on 19 January 2012. Click on SRA Cymru Mixed Research Methods for more information.
- The Bangor WISERD Seminar Series has a number of criminological presentations this year. Please click on Bangor WISERD Seminars poster for more information.
- Request for Quote - Evaluation of the Services provided by NACRO Cymru to the Welsh Government: The Welsh Assembly Government wish to let a contract for an evaluation of the research and policy development work that the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (NACRO) Cymru has been providing for the Welsh Government for over 10 years. Value of tender £24,900. Closing date 11 January 2012. For further information, please contact Robert Williams at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Full details can be found at: https://www.sell2wales.co.uk/notices/display.html?NoticeId=28573
- Managing the Night Time Economy in Wales: The Welsh Government and the Association of Chief Police Officers in Wales (ACPO Cymru) are hosting two events in 2012, one in South Wales and one in North Wales. Applications to register are now being accpeted for the South Wales event which will be held on Monday 30th January 2012 at the Swalec Stadium, Cardiff. Guest speakers include: Professor Jonathan Shepherd, Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Director of the Violence Research Group; and Professor Mark Bellis, Director of the Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University. There will also be a variety of workshops. Spaces are limited - you can apply by e-mailing Inspector Lisa Gore, All Wales Police Forces Substance Misuse Coordinator, on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
- On 12th December 2011, the Centre jointly hosted with YJB Wales a high-level 'trialogue' (ie. a one-day seminar bringing together academics, policy-makers and practitioners) on improving resettlement outcomes for young people leaving youth custody. The speakers were Frances Done (Chair of YJB), Sarah Cooper (Head of Youth Justice, Welsh Government), Professor Paul Senior (Sheffield Hallam University), Helen Mercer (Resettlement Programme Manager, YJB), Dr Neal Hazel (Salford University), Serena Jones (Gwalia), Rob Bevan (HPP/YOI Parc), and Chris Bowes (Wrexham YOS). Copies of the powerpoints and recordings of the talks will be available on this website shortly.
- EuroVista is a Europe-wide journal dealing with issues around probation and community justice. It has strong links to CEP, the European Organisation for Probation. The journal is looking for book reviewers, so if you would like to produce a review of 1000 words and keep the book in return, please contact the Book Review Editor: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
- The second Wales Criminology Conference was a great success with presentations from academics, practitioners and policy makers and delegates from these constituencies throughout Wales as well as some international contributions. Audio recordings and Power point slides from the plenary papers are now available here. Recordings of some of the other presentations will be available soon.
- A Highly successful international symposium was organised by the violence network (Dr Fiona Brookman, WCCSJ violence network and Professor Martin Innes, UPSI) on Monday 6th June at Cardiff University. Speakers included academics and practitioners from Wales, England, Australia, the USA and The Netherlands. Several papers will be published in a special issue of Policing and Society and it is hoped that the links will lead to an international network in this field. (the Power points to one of the presentations is available here)
The University of New England is looking for a Criminology lecturer http://www.une.edu.au/recruit/ UNE is based in Armidale which is in the north of NSW. Closing date 26th September.
