Criminal Justice and Security in Central and Eastern Europe: From Common Sense to Evidence-based Policy-making

Starting in 1996 and reconvening for its twelfth session in 2018, the Biennial International Conference Criminal Justice and Security in Central and Eastern Europe addresses contemporary challenges in the field of criminal justice and security by encouraging the exchange of the latest views, concepts, and research findings from criminal justice and security studies among scientist, researchers, and practitioners from all over the globe, mainly from Central and Eastern Europe. This year’s Conference is subtitled From Common Sense to Evidence-based Policymaking. The theme of the Conference covers a wide range of topics related to the policing strategies and criminal justice policy development. Authors contributed more than fifty papers that focus on evidence-based policy-making and evidence-based policing, criminal investigation, penology and punishment, security issues, organised crime and corruption, crime analysis, crime prevention, and legal perspectives.