IRR: 'Crime' and 'Deviance' after Ten Years of New Labour Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 15:16:54 +0100 Message-Id: WEBWATCH The Scottish Refugee Council has published research carried out by the Glasgow Centre for the Child and Society: 'This is a good place to live and think about the future...The needs and experiences of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Scotland'. Download the executive summary at: http://www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/pub/UASC_Exec_Summary (pdf file, 216kb) The House of Lords and House of Commons Joint Committee on Human Rights has published: 'The Treatment of Asylum Seekers: Tenth Report of Session 2006-07 Volume I - Report and formal minutes'. Download at: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200607/jtselect/jtrights/81/81i.pdf (pdf file, 752kb) The House of Lords and House of Commons Joint Committee on Human Rights has published: 'The Treatment of Asylum Seekers: Tenth Report of Session 2006-07 Volume II - Oral and written evidence'. Download at: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200607/jtselect/jtrights/81/81ii.pdf (pdf file, 3.4mb) The House of Lords and House of Commons Joint Committee on Human Rights has published: 'Legislative Scrutiny: Fourth Progress Report Eleventh Report of Session 2006-07'. Download at: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200607/jtselect/jtrights/83/83.pdf (pdf file, 560kb) The Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) has published research conducted by the Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute: 'Race relations 2006: a research study'. Download at: http://www.cre.gov.uk/downloads/racerelations2006final.pdf (pdf file, 456kb) The Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) has published research conducted by the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr): 'The reception and integration of new migrant communities'. Download at: http://www.cre.gov.uk/downloads/newmigrantcommunitiesresearch.pdf (pdf file, 737kb) The Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) has published its second factfile: 'Ethnic Minorities In Great Britain'. Download at: http://www.cre.gov.uk/downloads/factfile02_ethnic_minorities.pdf (pdf file, 152kb) Freedom of Information Act 2000 disclosures Under the Freedom of Information Act the Home Office has released information on: 'A month-by-month breakdown of the numbers of prisoner-on-prisoner assaults recorded at HMP and YOI Reading during the past 12 months'. View the information at: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/freedom-of-information/released-information/foi-archive-offender-management/5826-prisoner-assaults-hmp-yoi?view=Standard&pubID=456047 e v e n t u n i t e d k i n g d o m - - > >> 'Crime' and 'Deviance' after Ten Years of New Labour 11 April 2007 The British-Irish Section of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control is holding a conference: 'Things Can Only Get Better: "Crime" and "Deviance" after Ten Years of New Labour'. * Wednesday - Friday 11-13 April 2007 * The Institute of Historical Research, University of London Programme includes: * Una Convery - Still In Our Care: Protecting Children's Rights in Custody in Northern Ireland * Carlie Goldsmith - The Kids of Hillside: Crime Prevention, Space and Safety in Contemporary Britain * Jo Phoenix - Risk and Responsibility, Punishment and Welfare: Dominant Discourses in the Youth Court * Joe Yates - Hegemony and Dissent: New Labour, Youth Crime and Professional Discourses * Denise Marshall (Eaves Housing for Women) - The POPPY Project: Experiences from the Front Line * Barbara Bryan - Human Trafficking: Britain's Modern Slavery * Antonio Muñoz Aunión - Human Trafficking: a Modern Form of Slavery * Deborah Coles - Inquest * Arun Kundnani - Institute of Race Relations * Mick Holder - London Hazards * Peter Tatchell - OutRage! * Jenny Hudson - and Jo Wood - Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre for Women on Merseyside * Tony Bunyan - Statewatch * Lindsey German - Stop the War Coalition * Charlie Cooper - Rehumanising Social Policy * Susan Cullen - Citizenship: A Governmentalised Rhetoric * Paddy Hillyard - The Social Harm Perspective or Zemiology Revisited * Gary Fooks - Corporate Crime Control and the Cult of the Crime Fighter * Andy Higginbottom - International Impunity: Blair and Accountability of Extractive Corporations in Colombia * Christina Pantazis and Simon Pemberton - New Labour's Taking Liberties: Human Rights and the War on Terror * Craig Paterson - Electronic Monitoring and Commercial Criminal Justice in England and Wales ---- FOOTNOTE For further details see the British-Irish Section of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control website (http://www.jmahousing.com/London_Deviancy_2007.html) Events listing is provided for information only. 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