Asian Criminological Society

This year it will be held 3-5 December (that’s right, the beginning of Summer in the Southern Hemisphere) in Australia’s Sunshine State (Queensland) at the inner-city Brisbane campus of the Queensland University of Technology.

While the conference invites papers on all themes associated with crime and social control, a core theme of the conference is breaking down barriers, with a particular focus on translational and transnational crime. Translational crime emphasises the importance of translating research into policy and practice, breaking down barriers between basic and applied research through effective communication strategies. Transnational criminology breaks down another barrier, these being national borders and examines how criminal activities (think, for example, cybercrime, illicit markets, trafficking) cross jurisdictions and borders.

The conference is face-to-face and is largely English language, but we also invite submission for non-English speaking panels. The conference program includes a conference dinner, local activities and visits to criminal justice sites, plenary sessions, parallel sessions, roundtable, and a poster session.

The conference will directly follow-on from the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology conference, with a joint drinks function held on the evening of 3 December. This will provide an opportunity for all attendees to remain after the conference (for the weekend or longer) and take in the sights of Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast. Brisbane is also known as the gateway to the Tropical North of Australia, including the Great Barrier Reef, so be sure to add that to your list of places to visit also!