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Crime, Law and the Disciplines: A Graduate Student Conference
November 6-7, 2008, University of Toronto
CALL FOR PAPERS

The Centre of Criminology Graduate Student Association invites all graduate students working on criminological, sociological, socio-legal and/or other research to participate in an upcoming conference entitled ‘Crime, Law and Disciplines’. We welcome papers that explore this theme from a variety of disciplinary, methodological and conceptual perspectives in contemporary and historical contexts. Proposals may address a wide range of topics exploring the causes, effects, and constructions of crime, criminality, law, and legal processes.

The intent of the graduate conference is to provide an opportunity for students working on topics related to crime, law and/or regulation to share their work and to learn from each other as we conduct original research from within our various disciplines and fields of inquiry. Our general theme for the conference this year is on methodology. We hope to encourage discussion about the research process, particularly the relationships between method and object, research site and research question.

In keeping with this theme, the conference will also provide graduate students with the opportunity to consult with Centre of Criminology faculty experts in a variety of fields, including violence, youth justice, policing and socio-legal studies. Faculty members will lead a series of workshops on theory and quantitative and qualitative methods, during which they will describe their own experiences doing research and how they brought their ideas to fruition. Students are encouraged to participate and to discuss their own work during these sessions.

Submissions are due by July 31, 2008. Please include the title of your paper, your name, the name of your department and institution, the name of your program, degree, year of study, your email address and telephone number. Submissions must also include a 250-word abstract outlining what your paper is about, the conceptual framework and methodology if applicable. Please send, fax or e-mail submissions to:

Crime, Law and Regulation
Centre of Criminology
University of Toronto
14 Queen’s Park Crescent West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3K91

E-mail: cgsa@utoronto.ca
fax: 416.978.4195

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