Dr. Gorazd Meško, Associate Professor
of Criminology
Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security
Introduction
Dr. Meško teaches
criminology, victimology and theory of social control
at the FCJS,
Dr. Meško's present research
interests include studies of fear of crime; victims of crime; drugs, violence
and school; local safety efforts; and crime prevention.
He was a visiting scholar at the University of
Cambridge, Institute of Criminology (1995) and at the University of Oxford,
Centre for Criminological Research (1996, September; 1999, January-February),
England. He did a post doc research in 2001-
Dr. Meško has written
extensively on criminal careers, fear of crime, police officers, crime
prevention, corruption, violence and contemporary criminological thought.
Major Publications
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A monograph on Criminal Careers
and Criminal Lifestyle ( |
A textbook on criminology ( |
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A book on corruption in Central
and |
A textbook on crime prevention ( |
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A booklet on research at the |
A book on ethics human rights and
integrity in policing (co-editor, together with M. Pagon
and B. Lobnikar, |
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A booklet on local crime
prevention (translator, Council of Europe, 2003) |
Guest editor, special issue on
local crime prevention (Varstvoslovje, |
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A book on Slovenian criminology –
Visions of Slovenian Criminology (editor, |
A book on Youth and violence
(co-editor, together with A. Anzic and J. Plazar, |
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A book on crime prevention
Slovenian style (editor, |
A textbook on criminology
(together with B. Petrovic, |
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A book on Policing in Central and
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A Booklet on Research at the FCJS
(Editor, |
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Chapters in books |
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Teen Violence by R.W. Summers, A.
M. Hoffman (eds.) (2001) |
Domestic Violence by R.W.
Summers, A. M. Hoffman (eds.) (2002) |
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Urban Safety- Problems,
Governance and Strategies by Kees van der Vijver and Jan Terpstra
(eds.) (2004) |
Quality in Crime Prevention by Marks, E., Meyer, A., Linssen, R. (eds.) (2005) |
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Korupcija in politika
by Bojan Dobovšek (ed.) (2005) |
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Other Publications
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A Guide for Judo Referees (translator,
Judo federation of |
Judo – Sport and a Way of Life
(translator, Judo Federation of Slovenia, 2001). |
50 Years of Judo in |
Recent International Professional Activities
National correspondent in a COST A
018 project on the dynamics of violence in
National correspondent to the Council of Europe in a
project Responses to Everyday Violence in a Democratic Society (2002-2004)
(see: http://www.coe.int/t/e/Integrated_Projects/violence/).
Member of the network of pilot projects on prevention
of everyday violence, Council of Europe (2002-2004).
A member of a drafting
(expert) group for the project on Responses to everyday violence in a
democratic society, Council of Europe (2003-2004).
Membership in Professional Societies
Slovenian Society of
Criminal Law and Criminology, president, since 2002.
European Society
of Criminology, member, since 1999, board member since 2005 (see: http://www.esc-eurocrim.org/)
GERN, Directing
Committee Member, 2006-2009
International
Consortium of Criminology Associations, member, since 2004 (see: http://www.asc41.com/icca.html).
British Society of Criminology, member, since 1997
(see: http://www.britsoccrim.org/).
European Association for Psychology and Law, member,
since 1995 (see: http://www.law.kuleuven.ac.be/eapl/) .
Other Interests
President of a local judo club Zmajcki in
A coach and referee for the disabled judo players (see: http://www.judo-for-the-disabled.freeservers.com
).
Contact information
Gorazd Meško, PhD
Associate
Professor
Faculty of
Criminal Justice and Security
Address:
Kotnikova 8, 1000,
E-mail: Gorazd.mesko@fpvv.uni-mb.si
Tel. +386 1 300
83 39
Fax. +386 1 2302 687