Call for papers

Students, researchers and experts.

Individuals interested are requested to submit their papers to be evaluated by the Scientific Committee only and exclusively by means of this web page, using the link "Paper submission" at the bottom of this page.

Preference will be given to papers on any of the following topics:

1. Use of crime, victimization and justice statistics for policy-making
2. Institutional coordination for the production and dissemination of crime, victimization and justice statistics
3. Integrated statistical systems of data on crime, victimization and justice
4. Compilation of statistics on crime and justice of populations at risk
5. Classifications of crime statistics: National and international experiences
6. Methodologies for measuring transnational crime: Organized crime, cybercrime, human trafficking, migrant smuggling, illicit firearms trafficking, environmental crimes, money laundering, corruption and illicit financial flows
7. New tools and instruments for measuring crime, violence and justice in low and middle-income areas (Perception surveys, assessments of social networks, Big Data and others).
8. Innovation in victimization studies
9. Methodologies for measuring crime prevention at national and local levels
10. Current debates about drugs
11. Conceptualizing and measuring governance

• Completeness
• Quality and originality
• Methodological soundness
• Contribution to the development of statistics about crime and related topics
• Relevance for the formulation of public policies

• Deadline for paper registration: 7 April 2016
• Notification of accepted papers: 15 April 2016

The Scientific Committee is a group of national and international scholars and academics with a professional background in statistics about crime, criminal justice and related topics. The Scientific Committee participates in the elaboration of the conference agenda and decides on the topics, papers and the organization of workshops among other activities.