Reana Bezić

Doctoral Dissertation Project

Juvenile Delinquency in the Balkans: A Regional Comparative Analysis based on the ISRD3-Study Findings

Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Jörg Albrecht, Assist. Prof. Dr. Anna-Maria Getoš Kalac

Research Interests and Goals

Balkan Criminology, Youth Delinquency, Victimization Studies, Cross-National Comparison, Self-Reports, Quantitative Criminology

Scholarships

ESC Fellowship(14th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology in Prague, 2014)
Ministry of Science, Education and Sports for course participation ("Crime Prevention through Criminal Law & Security Studies “ in Dubrovnik, 2013)
Ministry of Science, Education and Sports for course participation ("Victimology, Victim Assistance and Criminal Justice“ in Dubrovnik, 2012)

Professional Membership

European Society of Criminology (member)

Publications

Getoš Kalac, A.-M.; Bezić R. (2017), "Criminology, Crime and Criminal Justice in Croatia", European Journal of Criminology, 14:2, pp. 242-266

Bezić, Reana (2017), "Croatia in the Context of the ISRD3 surveys in the Balkans", in Bartsch et al. (eds); 50 Jahre Südwestdeutsche und Schweizerische Kriminologischen KolloquienInstitute; Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 2014, pp. 233-243

Vujičić, Nikola; Bezić, Reana (2016), "Balkan Criminology; Crime and Criminology in the Balkans", Zbornik Instituta za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja, XXXV / 3, pp. 123-127.

Bezić, Reana (2015), "Reducing Criminal Motivations through Social Welfare Policy", International Scientific Symposium on "Criminal Justice System and the Social Welfare", Tirana, pp. 76-83.

Bezić, Reana (2014), “Juvenile Delinquency in the Balkans: A Regional Comparative Analysis of the ISRD3-Study Findings", in Getoš, Anna-Maria et al. (eds.); Balkan Criminology Series Volume 1: Mapping the Criminological Landscape of the Balkans; Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 2014

Bezić, Reana; Ressler, Karlo Prikaz 13. konferencije Europskog udruženja za kriminologiju s posebnim osvrtom na „Balkan Criminology“

Bezić, Reana; Antolčić, Tea; Brborović, Tamara; Šimić, Tea: XXV. Redovito savjetovanje Hrvatskog udruženja za kaznene znanosti i praksu pod nazivom "Novo hrvatsko kazneno pravo i pravosuđe pred vratima europske unije - novi izazovi i stari problemi u kontekstu dovršenih pregovora i (još uvijek) nedovršene reforme", Godišnjak Akademije pravnih znanosti Hrvatske. IV (2013), 1; 189-197

Bezić, Reana; IV. Međunarodni proljetni tečaj „Pravo i politika transnacionalne pravde: prošlost, sadašnjost i budućnost međunarodnog kaznenog prava”, Pravna misao (Sarajevo), broj 5 – 6 / 2012, str. 100 – 105

Antolčić, Tea; Bezić, Reana: < XXIV. Redovno savjetovanje Hrvatskog udruženja za kaznene znanosti i praksu pod nazivom "Zatvorena i još uvijek otvorena poglavlja reforme hrvatskog kaznenog zakonodavstva", Hrvatski ljetopis za kazneno pravo i praksu (Zagreb), vol. 19, broj 1/2012, str. 371-376.

Presentations

11.09.2014
ISRD3 Croatia
Presentation at the ESC Eurocrim 2014, 14th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, within the panel "First ISRD-3 Results from Selected European Countries"

Location: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
11.09.2014
Juvenile Delinquency in the Balkans: A Regional Comparative Analysis of the ISRD3-Study Findings
Presentation at the ESC Eurocrim 2014, 14th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, within the panel of the ESC Working Group on Balkan Criminology

Location: Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
01.09.2014
Juvenile Delinquency in the Balkans: A Regional Comparative Analysis of the ISRD3-Study Findings
Presentation at the “Balkan Criminology: One-Week International Intensive Course – Crime and Criminology in the Balkans”

Location: Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia
30.08.2014
Child and Juvenile Delinquency in Croatia
Presentation at the 1st Annual Conference of the Max Planck Partner Group for Balkan Criminology

Location: Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia
28.06.2014
Croatia in the Context of the ISRD3 surveys in the Balkans
Presentation at the "50. Kolloquiums der Südwestdeutschen und Schweizerischen Kriminologischen Institute"

Location: Caritas Tagungszentrum, Freiburg i. Br., Germany
27.05.2014
Conceptual Considerations on the Added Value of Regional Comparative Quantitative Surveys (ISRD3)
Presentation at the "5. Kriminologischer Sommerkurs"

Location: University of Pecs, Faculty of Law, Pecs, Hungary
15.05.2014
Restorative Justice at post-sentencing level: supporting and protecting victims
Presentation at the “XXXth Victimology, Victim Assistance and Criminal Justice” Course

Location: Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia
27.03.2014
ISRD3 Croatia: Fieldwork
Presentation at the ISRD3 meeting

Location: Faculty of Law, University of Tartu, Estonia
29.08.2013
Progress-Update & Future Activities of the Max Planck Partner Group for “Balkan Criminology
Prepared by Dr. Anna-Maria Getoš Kalac, LL.M., Head of the MPPG
Presentation within the framework of the panel: “New developments in Croatian criminal legislation – joint research programs of MPI and Zagreb Faculty of Law – current research projects of the Croatian research team”

Location: Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg i. Br., Germany
29.08.2013
International Self-Report Delinquency Project (ISRD3)
Presentation within the framework of the panel: “New developments in Croatian criminal legislation – joint research programs of MPI and Zagreb Faculty of Law – current research projects of the Croatian research team”

Location: Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg i. Br., Germany
05.04.2013
International Self-Report Delinquency Project in Croatia (ISRD3 Croatia)
Presentation at the ISRD3 meeting

Location: Prague, Czech Republic
28.03.2013
Representative of the Legal Person
Presentation at the 5th Crime Prevention through Criminal Law and Security Studies International Spring Course, which was held under the title: “"When Corporation Kills - Multifaceted Perspectives on Faceless Crime”

Location: Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia
10.05.2012
Victimization in Croatian prisons
Presentation at the “XXVIIIth Victimology, Victim Assistance and Criminal Justice” Course
29.08.2013
International Self-Report Delinquency Project (ISRD3)
Presentation within the framework of the panel: “New developments in Croatian criminal legislation – joint research programs of MPI and Zagreb Faculty of Law – current research projects of the Croatian research team”

Location: Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg i. Br., Germany

26.03.2012
State cooperation with the ICC
Presentation at the 4th Crime Prevention through Criminal Law and Security Studies International Spring Course, which was held under the title: “Law and Politics of Transnational Justice: The Past, Present and Future of International Criminal Justice”

Location: Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Curriculum Vitae

04/2014 - present	Member of the Max Planck Partner Group for ‘Balkan Criminology’ jointly established between the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law and the Faculty of Law – University of Zagreb, Croatia
03/2013 - 04/2014	Administrative Assistant of the Max Planck Partner Group for ‘Balkan Criminology’ jointly established between the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law and the Faculty of Law – University of Zagreb, Croatia
09/2013	Eurocrim 2013, 13th Annual Conference of the ESC in Budapest, MPPG representative
07/2013 – 09/2013	Research and administrative training at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg i. Br., Germany
05/2013	“MPI-OKRI Expert Workshop on Sexual Offender Treatment“, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg i. Br., Germany
04/2013	ISRD3 meeting in Prague
03/2013	Organisation of and participation in the 5th Crime Prevention through Criminal Law and Security Studies International Spring Course, which was held under the title: “"When Corporation Kills - Multifaceted Perspectives on Faceless Crime”
09/2012 - 09/2013	Student assistant at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Chair for Criminal Law
12/2012.	Participation at the XXV. Annual Counselling of Croatian Society for criminal Science and Practice under the title "Zatvorena i još uvijek otvorena poglavlja reforme hrvatskog kaznenog zakonodavstva"
09/2012 – 12/2012	Državna geodetska uprava RH, trainee in legal matter
06/2012	Practice in law firm Mikuličić-Lončarić-Bahun-Topić
04/2012 – 05/2012	Participation at the “XXVIIIth Victimology, Victim Assistance and Criminal Justice” Course
03/2012	Participation at the 4th Crime Prevention through Criminal Law and Security Studies International Spring Course, which was held under the title: “Law and Politics of Transnational Justice: The Past, Present and Future of International Criminal Justice”
12/2011.	Participation at the XXIV. Annual Counselling of Croatian Society for criminal Science and Practice under the title " Novo hrvatsko kazneno pravo i pravosuđe pred vratima europske unije - novi izazovi i stari problemi u kontekstu dovršenih pregovora i (još uvijek) nedovršene reforme"
03/2009	Practice at the Municipal Criminal Court in Zagreb
04/2007 – 06/2007	Trcin vrijednosnice d.o.o., financial and insurance activities
09/2005 - present	Bezico d.o.o., trainee in legal matter

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