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Criminal Justice and Security in Central and Eastern Europe: Perspectives of Rural Safety, Security and Rural Criminology

This year the Biennial International Conference Criminal Justice and Security in Central and Eastern Europe is being held virtually (i.e., online) from 13-15 September 2021. The conference addresses contemporary challenges in the field of criminal justice and security by encouraging the exchange of the latest views, concepts, and research findings from criminal justice and security …

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A Would-Be Trans And Queer Haven In Rural Colorado Just Wants To Be Left Alone

This NPR article discusses harassment that the Tenacious Unicorn Ranch in Custer County, Colorado has experienced. Regional and national news outlets have detailed allegations of the ranchers facing severe online threats, multiple instances of local harassment, and even armed trespassing on the property itself. This is an area of rural criminology in terms of scholarship …

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Funding initiatives from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance

Below is information for two rural-related funding initiatives from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance to assist small law enforcement agencies in rural locations address the unique challenges these departments face in combating violent crime. FY 2021 Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative for Law Enforcement Agencies Application Deadline: July 20, 2021, 11:59 p.m. ET The …

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Abolition on Indigenous land: alternative futures and criminology’s role

Date: March 18, 2021 Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (Austraiian Eastern Summer Time) Location: Online via Zoom About the John Barry Memorial Lecture The Honourable Sir John Vincent William Barry, Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria from 1947, and Foundation Chairman of The Board of Studies in Criminology at the University of Melbourne …

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UNE Regional, Rural and Remote (RRR) Law and Policy

Zoominar Presentation on 17 March 2021 at 5pm (Sydney time) The theme is ‘Legal Development Paths for Food, New Food and Food Innovations: Challenges and Proposals for Food Security from a Regional, Rural and Remote Law and Policy Perspective’. The Zoominar session is organised by the committee members of International Journal of RRR Law and …

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Post-doc in Rural Criminal Justice

Southern Methodist University has opened a post-doc position in rural criminal justice! In the position, the post-doctoral fellow will perform research into criminal justice systems in small, tribal, and rural (STAR) communities. As described in the job announcement, the fellow will lead the implementation of a mixed-methods research project titled “Country Justice.” Launching in the …

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BSC Green Criminology Research Network Conference

The BSC Green Criminology Research Network will be holding on Twitter in January 2021. The deadline for abstracts is Monday the 21st of December. If you are interested in taking part please email your abstract to Dr. James Heydon (james.heydon@nottingham.ac.uk). For those unfamiliar, a Twitter conference entails you communicating your paper in 6 Tweets over 15 …

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