Deviancy 2011 - The York Deviancy Conference

The conference theme is broadly conceived and we are keen to encourage papers from a variety of critical perspectives. We are particularly eager to encourage papers that are speculative, theoretically informed, future oriented, as well as those straying outside the usual parameters of mainstream criminological thought.
Key themes:

All aspects of crime and deviance
Social disorder and conduct
Social harms in their diverse forms
Clearly the remit of these areas is immensely, and intentionally, broad. We seek both empirical and theoretical papers that draw on diverse topic areas providing variously constructive, polemical, considered and critical discussions of key elements of socially harmful and criminal behaviours. We are also particularly keen to hear from those working around economic harms; globalised and networked forms of criminality and harm; environmental criminology; ‘invisible’ problems of criminality and hurt; psycho-social assessments of, among other things, violence and abuse, and treatments that bring in spatial (urban, neighbourhood and related research settings) considerations.
Information for abstract submissions

All abstracts will be thoroughly peer reviewed and must be in keeping with the conference themes;
Abstracts must be no more than 300 words in length;
If you would like to propose a panel (four papers) built around a particular topic, please contact the organisers to discuss your proposal. Again, we are keen to encourage such proposals, but all streams and papers must fit the conference themes;
At least one journal special issue and a book are planned outputs from the meeting, please indicate your willingness to be considered for these on your abstract;
The closing date for submission of abstracts is January 31st 2011.
We will provide you with a decision as quickly as possible;
Please submit your abstract using the Individual proposal form below. If you are interested in submitting a panel including 3 papers please use the panel proposal form for your submission. All proposals must be sent to Josine Opmeer (josine.opmeer-AT-york.ac.uk).
Tentative Submission Deadline : 31 January 2011
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