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International Conference: Crossroads of Psychology and Law

For more information about the conference please contact Armen Mazmanyan,
email: [email protected]

On November 4-5, 2011, AUA Law Department hosted an international conference, Crossroads of Law and Psychology. The conference was co-sponsored by the US State Department and the Penal Reform International and brought participants from more than ten countries, including a number of internationally acclaimed scholars in the fields of criminology, socio-legal studies and psychology. The two-day program featured several panels discussing the current issues across the disciplines, as well as poster presentations and academic writing workshops. The conference contributions will be published in a thematic volume.

Dean Samuelian during his opening address The key note address for the conference was made
by Professor Friedrich Losel, the Director of the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge (UK)
Emil Babayan, Deputy Minister of Justice and AUA Law Lecturer making an opening speech LLM student Mary Galstyan made a poster presentation on juvenile justice issues with emphasis on criminogenic factors of incarceration. You can find the poster in the Law Department library