The European Society of Criminology is a
learned society
A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and science. Membership m ...
dedicated to
criminology in
Europe
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. It was established in 2000, with its original goals including the creation of
working group
A working group, or working party, is a group of experts working together to achieve specified goals. The groups are domain-specific and focus on discussion or activity around a specific subject area. The term can sometimes refer to an interdis ...
s on specific topics, one of the first being
juvenile justice
A juvenile court, also known as young offender's court or children's court, is a tribunal having special authority to pass judgements for crimes that are committed by children who have not attained the age of majority. In most modern legal s ...
. Since 2004, it has published the ''
European Journal of Criminology
The ''European Journal of Criminology'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of criminology. The editor-in-chief is Paul Knepper (Sheffield University). It was established in 2004 and is published by SAGE Publications on behalf of ...
'' along with
SAGE Publications. Since 2001, the society has held annual conferences, the first of which was held in
Lausanne
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.
References
External links
Official website{{Authority control
Criminology organizations
Organizations established in 2000