You are invited to
a one day conference at Newcastle University on Thursday 13th November
2008
This timely conference explores contemporary
ways of rethinking `confidence’ in the Criminal Justice System and will introduce a range of alternative
perspectives on how `confidence’ may be conceptualised, measured and applied to
questions of criminal justice, to a target audience of professionals and
policy-makers responsible for developing national, regional and local strategies
for improving levels of public confidence.
It will be
of interest to all stakeholders working at the coalface of
the delivery of public service agreements which centre on the enhancement of
public confidence in the effectiveness and fairness of the Criminal Justice
System.
The one-day event is based on a format of
paper presentations which showcase ground-breaking work in the area of
public understandings of and engagement with criminal justice matters. The
presentations will act as a springboard for practioner-led involvement in
workshops and roundtable discussions.
The event is funded by the Economic and
Social Research Council, and is supported by the Newcastle Institute for the
Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities.
Speakers and contributors will include:
Betsy Stanko, Rod Jarman, Martin Innes, Stephen Farrall, Dan Gilling, Martina
Feilzer, Elaine Campbell, Liz Turner
Further details, enquiries, travel and
accommodation information, and online booking can be found at:
www.ncl.ac.uk/niassh/Confidence/index.htm
With best wishes
Dr Elaine Campbell
Senior Lecturer in
Criminology
School of Geography, Politics and
Sociology
Claremont Bridge Building
University of Newcastle Upon
Tyne
United Kingdom
NE1 7RU
Tel: +44
(0)191-222-5030
Fax: +44
(0)191-222-7497
Rethinking Confidence in the Criminal Justice
System.