Last week, CJRC staff attended the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology in New Orleans (US).The theme for this year’s conference was ‘The Many Colors of Crime and Justice’.
CJRC staff who attended include:
- Professor Kerry Carrington
- Associate Professor Mark Lauchs
- Associate Professor Molly Dragiewicz
- Dr Jodi Death
- Dr Angela Higginson
- Dr Kelly Richards
- Dr Claire Ferguson
- Dr Cassandra Cross
- Dr Matthew Ball
- Ms Alison Imber
Also in attendance at the conference was CJRC Adjunct Professor Jianhong Liu from the University of Macau, who was awarded the prestigious Freda Adler Distinguished Scholar Award for his outstanding contributions to the field of criminology.
Prof Liu is an internationally known criminologist and has served as the leader of many international criminology associations. He is currently the president of the Scientific Commission of the International Society for Criminology, the chairman of the General Assembly of the Asian Criminological Society, and a member of the steering committee of Campbell Collaboration’s Crime and Justice Group. Prof Liu is also the editor-in-chief of the Asian Journal of Criminology (Springer Publishing) and a member of the editorial board of 13 international academic journals, including the prominent British Journal of Criminology and five top-ranked SSCI journals. Prof Liu is the author, editor-in-chief, or co-editor of more than 20 books. He has published nearly 60 journal articles (including 31 SSCI articles) and more than 30 book chapters. In addition, Prof Liu is the founder of the Asian Criminological Society and its official publication, the Asian Journal of Criminology. He has proposed the Asian Paradigm and Relationism Justice Theory, which provides important theoretical support for the development of criminology in Asia.
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