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PHD STUDENTSHIPS IN THE PETERBOROUGH ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT DEVELOPMENT STUDY RESEARCH CENTRE
INSTITUTUE OF CRIMINOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

Applications are invited for two PhD Studentships based in the Peterborough Adolescent and Young Adult Development Study Research Centre (PADS+) within the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge. The studentships commence no later than 1st October 2008.

PADS+ is a five-year longitudinal study building on the Peterborough Adolescent Development Study (PADS), which gathered annual data on over 700 randomly selected adolescents in the city of Peterborough from the age of 11 to the age of 16 (2003-2007). PADS+ will interview the same participants at ages 17, 19 and 21. The study’s main objective is to advance knowledge about the primary causes of crime by testing the Situational Action Theory (Wikström, 2003, 2006) which posits that individual and environmental factors interact to influence how individuals perceive
their alternatives and choose their actions. PADS+ aims to explore key individual and environmental factors which lead individuals to perceive crime as a viable alternative and choose to offend (further information can be found at www.scopic.ac.uk).

Candidates are expected to show interest in longitudinal research and quantitative data and analysis. Candidate will work closely with the PADS+ research team
but will also be expected to carry out independent data collection. Several topics of particular interest to the project include:
(1) the link between educational factors and crime causation; (2) the link between major life events and crime causation; (3) geographical and spatial elements of offending; and (4) the application or development of advanced methodologies for the analysis of developmental data.

For further information, please visit:
http://www.crim.cam.ac.uk/about/vacancies/vacancy.html?recordID=138

Deadline for submission is 14th March 2008, 17.00 hrs.

MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW
Open Call for Doctoral Positions

The Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law offers several doctoral research positions within the areas of Criminal Law, Criminology or Sociology. Candidates interested in the discipline of international law are invited to apply according to the parallel call of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Heidelberg). These doctoral positions are offered in the context of the interdisciplinary program of the new 'Max Planck Research School on Retaliation, Mediation, Punishment (IMPRS-REMEP)' as of May 1st, 2008 (or later).

The research agenda of the Research School has its focus on fundamental questions as to how social order and social control is negotiated, constructed, maintained and re-gained. These issues are of particular significance in the context of conflict and post-conflict societies, where traditional approaches to mediation and reconciliation are being adopted in the search for modern strategies of conflict resolution, amending or – partially – replacing, well-established systems of punishment mainly based on concepts of retaliation.

Deadline for submission is March 31, 2008.

For further information please visit:
http://www.mpicc.de/ww/en/pub/research_schools/imprs_remep/open_calls.htm
http://www.mpicc.de/ww/de/pub/research_schools/imprs_remep/ausschreibung.htm

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

OUTSTANDING PAPER AND BOOK AWARDS

WHITE COLLAR CRIME RESEARCH CONSORTIUM

The White Collar Crime Research Consortium (WCCRC) is pleased to announce new awards designed to promote and highlight scholarly efforts in the broad area of white collar crime, economic crime, corporate crime, organizational crime and corruption.  Two annual awards are anticipated: student paper award and outstanding publication award (book or journal article).

Deadline for receipt of materials is May 30, 2008

1.  Student Paper Award
The award recognizes scholarly work of students in the area of white-collar crime.  Any student currently enrolled in an academic program at either the undergraduate or graduate level is eligible for the competition.  Paper submissions may be empirical or theoretical or both and must be directly related to white-collar crime.  Papers must be primarily the work of an individual student and may not be co-authored with a faculty member.  Submitted papers must be unpublished prior to submission and can not be submitted at the same time to another paper competition.  Papers must be typed, double-space and not exceed 40 pages in length.  Five copies should be submitted along with a letter indicating the author’s enrollment status in an academic program that is co-signed by an appropriate academic administrator (department chair, dean, or program director). 

2. Outstanding Publication Award
This award recognizes outstanding scholarship in the broadly defined area of white-collar crime.  Journal articles or books published in the preceding three years from the date of the award are eligible.  Publications from 2005-forward are eligible this year.

Submission Procedures:

1.  A letter of nomination.
2.  Copy of the paper or book to be considered (electronic versions preferred).
3.  Nominations will be reviewed by a committee, and winners must agree to make a short presentation at the meeting where the awards are given.  The award will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology or the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

Please forward submissions to:
Jay S. Albanese, Awards Committee Chair
Virginia Commonwealth University
Wilder School of Government & Public Affairs
923 West Franklin Street / P.O. Box 842028
Richmond, VA  23284-2028
jsalbane@vcu.edu

UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO, ITALY
SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

The University of Trento (currently ranked number 411 in the THES World University Ranking) is now inviting applications from qualified candidates for its three-year PhD Programme in International Studies.

This highly structured multidisciplinary programme is composed of a minimum of 200 hours of coursework. Students follow a common curriculum in International studies, methodology, research design and history, and attend advanced seminars in their major and minor subjects, chosen from amongst the disciplines of Economics, Law, and Politics & Society. The coursework is concentrated in the first year, with the third semester being devoted to the completion of the research proposal. At least one semester must be spent abroad for research.

The school invites applications across the whole range of disciplines comprising international studies but particularly encourages students who intend to carry out research in the following areas: European and International Politics; European, Comparative and International Law; Open Economy Macroeconomics, International Trade and International Financial History. One scholarship will be reserved for applicants with a research project in the area of Trans-national Crime. An additional scholarship is reserved for candidates with a research project in the area of the Politics of European and Regional Integration.

The programme is conducted entirely in English and will be taught by members of the university’s multi-national faculty. No tuition fees are charged and a number of fully funded three-year scholarships will be awarded to the top-ranked applicants. Scholarships will be augmented by 50% for authorised research periods spent abroad. At least 50% of the admitted candidates will be offered scholarships.

Application Deadline: March 17, 2008

For the application forms and further details concerning the PhD programme, please consult our website  http://portale.unitn.it/drsis/, or write to: PhD Programme in International Studies, University of Trento, via Verdi 8/10, I-38100 Trento, Italy, Email: phd@sis.unitn.it

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Ted Chiricos, William Julius Wilson Professor of Criminology in the Florida State University College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, has been named the next editor of Social Problems. Chiricos brings to the editorship a strong sociological background and associated theoretical and research interests and expertise.

The College also holds the editorship for Criminology and Public Policy and the Journal of Drug Issues.

Chiricos will assume the editorship of Social Problems in June 2008, and he welcomes submissions from ASC members.

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The Florida State University College of Criminology and Criminal Justice is proud to announce the newest addition to its faculty. Eric Baumer will join the faculty in Fall 2008 as the Allen E. Liska Professor of Criminology. Baumer’s research focuses on how social structural and cultural features of communities affect individual behavior.

Baumer is the 13th hire for the College in the past five years.