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Apologies for cross posting – please note low cost of
the conference
National
Conference
DOING YOUTH JUSTICE:
Difficulties
and Opportunities
Fee: Institutional £90 -
Individual £75 – Concessions £55
Keynote Speakers Include:
Rod Morgan, Chair, Youth Justice Board for
John Muncie, The Open University
Joanna Phoenix,
Spike Cadman, Senior Policy Officer, Youth and Crime Section, NACRO
Barry Goldson,
Performances by the winners of Beyond
The Tag
Conference Aims:
Nearly a
decade on from the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and the changes to youth justice
that accompanied it, ‘Doing Youth Justice’ provides a platform from
which to reflect critically upon both practice and policy. This
conference brings together speakers from a range of backgrounds who will focus
on providing a critical overview of contemporary issues, and provide a framework in which to confront some of the
problems of working in the area of youth justice. Areas covered include international
comparisons of youth justice work, overviews of contemporary policies, decision
making about risk and need, struggles for and between practitioners,
possibilities for innovation and constraints to changing policy and practice.
By bringing
together a range of practitioners, academics and policy makers this conference
will provide a forum to explore the contradictory frameworks governing young
people in trouble with the law.
The conference will end with performances from the winners of Beyond the Tag – a regional creative
writing competition for young people in youth justice.
For a registration form or more information, contact
Dr Joanna Phoenix
Senior Lecturer
Department of Social and Policy Sciences
BA2 7AY
Tel: 01225-383219