Conference Logo The Fifth Biennial International Criminal Justice Conference
Policing in Central and Eastern Europe
Dilemmas of Contemporary Criminal Justice
Ljubljana, Slovenia, September 23-25, 2004
  Faculty of Criminal Justice, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Department of Criminology, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
The European Group of Research into Norms, Guyancourt, France
  Thursday, September 23, 2004 |  Friday, September 24, 2004 | Saturday, September 25, 2004
 
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  Thursday, September 23, 2004

08.30 - 9.45 Registration of conference participants
Reception desk
 
10.00

Opening of the Conference
Chair: Gorazd Meško
Conference room 1
 

10.15 - 11.30 Plenary Session 1
Chair: Bojan Dobovšek
Conference room 1
 

Some Dillemas of Contemporary Criminal Justice
Gorazd Meško, Milan Pagon and Bojan Dobovšek

Understanding the Criticality of Context in Developing Community Policing: A Post Soviet Case Study
Adrian Beck

Crime Prevention, Partnership Policing and the Growth of Private Security: The South African Experience
Anthony Minnaar
 

11.30 - 11.45 Break
 
11.45 - 13.15 Panel Session 1 - Professional Culture and Policing
Chair: David T. Skelton
Conference room 1
  
The Origins and Development of the Policia Civil of El Salvador
DeVere D. Woods Jr., David T. Skelton and Carlos E. Ponce

Towards Gender Equality in South African Policing
Cherita J. Morrison 

Justice - Lessons from Northern Ireland?
Noel McGuirk
 
11.45 - 13.15 Panel Session 2 - Criminal Investigation
Chair: Darko Maver
Conference room 2
 
Some Criminal Investigation Strategy Dilemmas of Combating Economic Crime in Slovenia
Anton Dvoršek

Criminalistics - Scientia Sui Generis – Arguments Pro et Contra
Haris Halilović and Nebojsa Bojanić

Integration of Investigative and Intelligence Activities
Leonids Makans

Historical Overview: The Ethnic Wars Phenomena towards the End of the Second Millennium and Some Problems of Investigation of War Crimes
Darko Maver 
 
11.45 - 13.15 Panel Session 3 - Criminological Issues I. - Violence
Chair: Andrej Sotlar
Conference room 3
 
Hate Crime or Gang Conflict? Violence between Youth Groups in a Norwegian City
Tore Bjorgo, Yngve Carlson, Thomas Haaland

Reflection upon Some Dimensions of Violence in SE Europe
Gorazd Meško and Aleš Bučar-Ručman

Some Problems with a Definition and Perception of Extremism within a Society
Andrej Sotlar 

An Overview of Criminological Research on Violence in Slovenia
Gorazd Meško and Aleš Bučar-Ručman 
 
13.15 - 14.45 Lunch break
 
14.45 - 15.30 Plenary Session II
Chair: Bojan Dobovšek
Conference room 1
 
Crime Initiatives and the `Asteroid Theory` of Direct Democracy in Oregon
Stefan J. Kapsch and Misha Isaak 

Data Quality as a Challenge to Modern  Policing and Criminal Justice
Miran Mitar
15.30 - 15.45 Break
 
15.45 - 17.15 Panel Session 4 - Safety/Security Efforts and Crime Prevention
Chair: Jan Terpstra
Conference room 2 
 
Rethinking security
Mladen Bajagić and Želimir Kešetović

Security Analysis and Mapping Risks
Zoran Keković and Vesna Nikolić

Privatisation of the Security Sector as a Part of Crime Prevention Strategy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Elmedin Muratbegović 
 
Local Safety Councils in Slovenia – A Story on Attempts to Make Local Communities Responsible for Solving Crime and Safety Problems
Gorazd Meško 
 
15.45 - 17.15 Panel Session 5 - Criminological Issues II.
Chair: Igor Areh
Conference room 3
 
Understanding Criminal Behaviour: Identifying Psychological Differences between Domestically Violent Offenders and Non-offenders
Maria Argyrides, Terry Bartholomew and Tatiana Carvalho

Sex Crimes' Features Regarding the Victims' Age: Croatian Perspective
Irma Kovčo Vukadin, Renata Bilokapić and Tajana Ljubin

Testing Social-Demographic and Social-Psychological Models of Fear of Crime in Slovenia
Gorazd Meško, Igor Areh and Helmut Kury

Women Victims of Stalking and Helping Professions: Recognition and Intervention in the Italian Context
Laura De Fazio and Gian Maria Galeazzi 

Organised Crime in Serbia - Media  Construction and Social Reaction
Vesna Nikolić Ristanović
 
15.45 - 17.15 Panel Session 6 - Police in Peace Operations (The Case of Missions in South-Eastern Europe and the Case of Slovenian Peacekeepers)
Chairs: Ljubica Jelušič and Boris Kankaraš
Common Room, 2nd floor
 
Police in Peace Operations (The Case of Missions in South-Eastern Europe and the Case of Slovenian Peacekeepers)
Maja Garb, Borut Eržen and Ljubica Jelušič
 
17.30 Concert of the Police Orchestra followed by Buffet Dinner