PROGRAM TOPICS AND SUB-TOPICS

POLICING, PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY

  • Policing, public safety and the role of civil society
  • Increasing safety feelings among the citizens
  • Using the citizens assessments as performance indicators for the Police
  • NGO involvement in fighting transnational crime (eg human trafficking, drugs, stolen artifacts, wild life, etc)
  • How can police and NGOs work together to improve public safety (local, state, national, transnational)
  • Drawing a thin Line between Community Policing and Traditional Policing
  • Innovations in Policing to handle Diverse Crimes


SUSTAINABLE SECURITY IN DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING NATIONS

  • The role of civilian police in peacekeeping and post-conflict
  • Police - NGO cooperation in peacekeeping or in rule of law reform in post-conflict nations or transitioning nations
  • Integrated Security Systems for Urban/ Populated areas
  • The Role of Police in Nations with Emerging Economies
  • Issues of development and role of criminal justice agencies in ensuring justice
  • Sustainable security
  • United Nations Civilian Police and peacekeeping


POLICE AND NGOs: A PRACTICE RESEARCH RELATIONSHIP

  • Police - University Cooperation
  • Police - NGO research partnerships


SOCIAL CONDITIONS AND CRIME

  • The Financial Crisis and its affect on Financial Crime
  • How can NGO's assist Policing or in community safety (local, state, national, transnational)
  • Using law enforcement to help eradication of poverty
  • Education as a crime prevention policy
  • Social programs and crime prevention
  • Providing equal protection of the law for those in the lower socio-economic groups
  • Preventing  Financial and Other White Collar Crimes
  • Engaging the Citizenry in  the Prevention and Control of Corruption and other Crimes


ADDRESSING GENDER AND YOUTH VIOLENCE IN SOCIETY

  • 'Responding to SCR 1325: Addressing the problems of women and children in conflict and post conflict societies', or
  • 'Responding to SCR 1325: Women peace-builders in conflict and post-conflict society'.
  • Innovations in policing violence against women and children
  • Armed violence and development
  • Restorative Justice
  • Women, economic development and violence in developing countries
  • Major initiatives in reducing youth violence and youth as victims