2015 - International Inter-Disciplinary Conference on Crime Scene: Offender, Victim and Bystander

International Inter-Disciplinary Conference on Crime Scene: Offender, Victim and Bystander will be held at the Ariel University, Israel on March, 11-12, 2015.
Contemporary victimology and criminology recognize that an understanding of the factors that facilitate and contribute to occurrence of crimes requires a comprehensive approach that includes the victim, the offender, and the bystander. Therefore in addition to addressing issues concerning offenders and victims, this conference aims to shed some light on the role of bystander in facilitation and prevention of crimes, acts of violence, harassment and bullying. The conference also aims to explore the issue of bystander blaming. This conference seeks for papers pursuing empirical, normative, comparative and theoretical approaches. We welcome contributions from law and social science, including criminology, victimology, psychology, anthropology, philosophy, sociology and history.
The scope of the conference includes, but is not restricted to the following topics:
The risk factors for different types of offenders and offences
Theories on crime and criminality
Offender therapy and rehabilitation
Attitudes toward offenders
Criminality through the prisms of age and gender
Victim rehabilitation and empowering
Crime prevention vs. Victimization prevention
Different roles in the crime scene: the victim, the offender and the bystander.
Impersonal vs. personal relationship between the offender, the victim and the bystander
Bystanders action and inaction
Bystander as a good Samaritan
The role of bystander in school violence, cyber crime and cyber bullying
Bystander in sexual offences and domestic violence (e.g. parents of victims)
The role of bystanders in wars and crimes of state
Attitudes toward bystanders and bystander blaming
Bystander and victim blaming
The members of society as bystanders
Legal issues related to bystanders' actions and inaction
Interventions and policies related to bystanders' behavior
Although these are the suggested topics, we are open to accept new and additional topics. In a case of doubt please send us a short description.