After the introductory report on the establishment and the basic principles and directions of the Hellenic Society of Criminology (A. Yotopoulos-Maragopoulos), issues on the international framework of Criminology in 1978 and 2008 (G. Kellens), on contemporary crime and its phenomenology (K. Spinelli), on psychology of the phenomenon of violence (F. Tsalikoglou), on forms of school violence and the possibilities of dealing with it (N. Kourakis), on dealing with terrorism (E. Symeonidou-Kastanidou), on retributive and restorative justice (Ch. Zarafonitou), on the anti-crime policy and the criminalisation of the social space (Th. Papatheodorou), as well as on the crime in cyberspace (I. Farsedakis) were developed.