Wednesday 16:00-16:30 Laurie Taylor discusses the latest social science research.
04 April 2007
WORK PLACE VIOLENCE Is workplace violence an escalating problem? Some statistics make grim reading especially over the last seven to eight years?
But according to the British Crime Survey, it is still quite low, just 1.7% of the working population will be a victim of workplace violence. Peter (Tank) Waddington, Professor of Social Policy, at the University of Wolverhampton has just published new research using forensic or police interviewing techniques and talks about its findings.
WAR REPORTING In a few days, Frank Webster, Department of Sociology, City University, London will present a paper entitled Campaigning in a changing Information Environment: The Anti-War and Peace Movement in Britain and New Media at the BSA 2007 Conference.
Laurie Taylor is joined by Frank Webster, who argues that there is an unprecedented battle underway over the perceptions and realities of war, and award wining foreign correspondent Christina Lamb to discuss whether a state’s attempts to control information are being defeated by a ‘new information environment’.
Additional information:
Professor Peter (Tank) Waddington, Professor of Social Policy, Policy Research Institute, University of Wolverhampton
The Violent Workplace by P. A. J. Waddington, Douglas Badger, Ray Bull Publisher: Willan Publishing ISBN-10: 1843921685 ISBN-13: 978-1843921684
Professor Frank Webster, Department of Sociology, City University, London Campaigning in a changing Information Environment: The Anti-War and Peace Movement in Britain and New Media Paper to be presented by Frank Webster Date: 13th April 2007 - time: 0900 am – 1100am BSA Annual Conference 2007 Sociology Conference Social Connections: Identities, Technologies, Relationships Thursday, 12th - Saturday, 14th April 2007 Venue: University of East London, Docklands Campus
