Policing and Society Conference 2024
In-person
2nd Oct 2024 to 3rd Oct 2024
The Policing and Society Conference is a venue where Icelandic and international academics and professionals meet and converse about policing in a broad sense. This year’s conference theme is Community Policing. The main focus of community policing is close cooperation between the police and the local community for upholding law and order, preventing crime, and solving problems to work towards a better and safer society for all. Community policing has worked well in various places, and it is thus well worth exploring what lessons can be learned from this approach
This year’s conference spans two days and includes 64 presentations from around the world. The conference theme is Community Policing, but other topics include attitudes toward Tasers, knife carrying among youth, sexual harassment in the police, trust in the police, police education, and restorative justice. Presentations are delivered in either Icelandic or English. We look forward to seeing you up north at the Policing and Society Conference!
Practical information:
- The conference will be held October 2 and 3, 2024 in the Miðborg house of the Universit of Akureyri, specifically in rooms N101, M101, M102, and N102. The conference runs from 9:00 Wednesday October 2 to 13:00 Thursday October 3.
- The conference registration fee is €55 per person and the program, coffee and refreshments are included. Conference attendees pay for their own travel and accommodation. UNAK students attend free of charge.
- Several airlines fly to Iceland, incl. Icelandair www.icelandair.com.
- Icelandair flies from Reykjavík to Akureyri, see https://www.icelandair.com/is/.
- Policing and Society Conference Facebook Event.
Please contact me ([email protected]) or Heiðrún Ósk Ólafsdóttir, Project Manager of Police Science ([email protected]), if you have any ques