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Dear All **Apologies for cross-posting** Urgent announcement - there are now 40 part-funded places available for the conference below - full cost now of only £20. These places will be filled on a first come, first served basis. Please contact [log in to unmask] by Friday 17th March to ensure a place. Please forward this email to anyone you feel might be interested. This conference promises to be an extremely thought-provoking and critical conference! (And it is one of the few that I can remember which had all of the key writers in the area together....) Jo National Conference DOING YOUTH JUSTICE: Difficulties and Opportunities 6th April, 2006, The Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, Russell Square, London Fee: Institutional £90 - Individual £75 – Concessions £55 Keynote Speakers Include: Rod Morgan, Chair, Youth Justice Board for England and Wales John Muncie, The Open University John Pitts, The University of Luton Joanna Phoenix, University of Bath Spike Cadman, Senior Policy Officer, Youth and Crime Section, NACRO Barry Goldson, University of Liverpool 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 James Hardie-Bick, Conference Organiser, Tel: 01225-383623, Email@ [log in to unmask]