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'Governance of (Anti-) Social Behaviour'

Speaker: Professor Adam Crawford
, Criminology and Criminal Justice,
Director, Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, University of Leeds, UK
'The Contractual Governance of (Anti-) Social Behaviour'

Commentator: Professor David Dixon,
Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales

Chair: Dr Stephen Tomsen, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney

This seminar will cover the central arguments on the use of (micro-social) contracts in regulating behaviour (notably among young people). It will consider the rise of contract like behavioural agreements in the fields of housing, education and youth justice in the UK.

Adam Crawford is a Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the Director of the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Leeds, UK. Professor Crawford's research interests include Crime Prevention and Community Safety; Criminal Justice Policy, Victims of Crime; Restorative Justice; Comparative Criminology and the Sociology of Law.

Date: Thursday 22 September 2005, 5.30pm - 7.00 pm
Venue: Minter Ellison Conference Room, level 13, Sydney University Law School, 173-175 Phillip Street, Sydney
Registration: There is no registration fee for this seminar.
 
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