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Youth Crime and Justice: Does age matter?
Professor Jo Phoenix’s inaugural lecture
May 21, 2019
The Open University, Milton Keynes
As The Open University celebrates its 50th anniversary, Jo Phoenix, Professor of Criminology, will deliver her inaugural lecture on youth crime and justice.
Many countries have separate criminal justice systems for young people and adults, but is age the differentiating factor that should be considered? The separation based on age assumes that a ‘just’ response to young people demands recognition of their developmental needs, accredits them with less moral responsibility (than adults) and acts in a way towards them that protects their well-being and welfare.
In this lecture, Professor Jo Phoenix will argue that whilst understandable, this system locks the debate about youth justice into recurring circular disagreements about justice, welfare and rights. Professor Phoenix will discuss different ways in which social circumstances and cultural context might be better placed to differentiate in both adult and youthful law-breaking.
‘Confronting the ‘violence of the archive’: crime, punishment and the modern state’
Call for papers deadline: March 29, 2019
Workshop date: May 22, 2019
The workshop will confront the inherent ‘violence of the archive’ as a key site of collective ‘remembering’ and ‘forgetting’. It will consider the various ways in which the modern state has produced, and subsequently projected knowledge with regards to crime and punishment. The event will take place at Oxford Brookes University.
There is no conference fee for attendance at this event. Lunch and other refreshments will be provided.
Contacts: Please submit expressions of interest to: k.west@brookes.ac.uk and tguiney@brookes.ac.uk
London South Bank University
Dr Andrew Whittaker and Tirion Havard
Wednesday May 22, 3pm Room K-613
The Crime & Justice Research Group (CJRG) is a multi-disciplinary, cross-school, collaboration. Its main concern is to support and conduct research designed to make a difference to criminalised and/or marginalised individuals and groups, particularly those who are already vulnerable or experiencing inequality.
You can follow us on Twitter @LSBU_Crime
For further information contact Dr Chris Magill on magillc@lsbu.ac.uk
A History of Women’s Prisons: an artwork exhibition
May 24 – June 2, 2019
London
This is a collaborative project between academic Susy Menis and artists Noriko Hisazumi and Fabiana Vigna. The artwork in A History of Women’s Prisons: an artwork exhibition draws upon historical criminological research on the theme of the reform of the prisoner during nineteenth-century England. The artwork focuses on the emotional tension between the penal aim of reformation and the effects it may have had on the prisoner. The main aim of the project is to problematise imprisonment through visual representation. The artwork exhibition creates a platform for discussion concerning social justice. Set in the evocative and atmospheric Crypt Gallery, it brings to life intangible sensations- the exhibition space becomes a site for reflection.
The exhibition is free but registration is recommended.
The exhibition will be open from 24 May to 2 June 2019, 11am-5pm (Mon-Sun). Please be aware that the entrance to the Crypt is not wheelchair-friendly (Please visit http://cryptgallery.org/ for further information). Access is via the gate into the car park from Dukes Road.
The private view is open to all, and it takes place on Friday 24 May, 6-9pm (please note that photographs will be taken).
The exhibition is supported by Birkbeck School of Law Research Committee and Arts Council National Lottery Project Grant (Please visit https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/ for further information).
Just Looking? Learning from police trials of Live Facial Recognition
Wednesday May 29, Nunn Hall, UCL Institute for Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL
14:00 – 17:00, followed by a drinks reception
This event is focused on bringing informed perspectives to police use of recognition technology in public space. Drawing on the experience of the MPS trials of LFR use, and scholarship on face recognition more broadly, the event aims to bring together academic experts with those engaged in the oversight and operation of this technology. It will also see the launch of the London Policing Ethics Panel report on LFR.
Speakers:
Suzanne Shale (Chair, London Policing Ethics Panel)
Ivan Balhatchet (MPS Strategic Lead for Live Facial Recognition Technology)
Ben Bradford (UCL Institute for Global City Policing)
Peter Fussey (University of Essex
Daragh Murray (University of Essex)
Leif Wenar (KCL and London Policing Ethics Panel)
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UK Compulsory Sobriety Network: Symposium
June 4, 2019 – The Shaw Library – London School of Economics and Political Science
Bringing together policy-makers, practitioners, academics, voluntary sector representatives and technology manufacturers, the Symposium is a unique opportunity to explore the latest thinking and evidence around the practice of mandating offenders to a period of monitored sobriety.
The Symposium will include networking opportunities and presentations from experts. Confirmed speakers include:
- Judge Larry Long – Architect of the South Dakota 24/7 Sobriety Project
- Karyn McCluskey – Chief Executive, Community Justice Scotland
- Amit Sethi – EU Head of Operations, Alcohol Monitoring Systems
The event is free to attend. To register, please click on the following link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uk-compulsory-sobriety-network-symposium-tickets-59825913919?ref=estw
For further information contact Dr Laura Bainbridge at L.Bainbridge@lse.ac.uk
London South Bank University
Dr Chris Magill
Wednesday June 5, 3pm Room K-613
The Crime & Justice Research Group (CJRG) is a multi-disciplinary, cross-school, collaboration. Its main concern is to support and conduct research designed to make a difference to criminalised and/or marginalised individuals and groups, particularly those who are already vulnerable or experiencing inequality.
You can follow us on Twitter @LSBU_Crime
For further information contact Dr Chris Magill on magillc@lsbu.ac.uk
Rethinking the Death Penalty: Mitigation, Abolition and After
June 19, 2019
2019 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the permanent abolition of the death penalty for murder in Great Britain. To mark the occasion, the fourth event in the Leeds Historical Criminology Seminar Series will provide an opportunity to examine the past, present and future of the death penalty. The event will bring together academics, activists, students and others to discuss inter-related issues, including the historical realities of the death penalty in mid-twentieth century Britain, the rise of abolition in the USA, as well as the policy of the current UK government towards the use of the death penalty overseas. It will feature presentations from Dr Lizzie Seal (University of Sussex), Dr Vivien Miller (University of Nottingham) and Frances Crook OBE (Chief Executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform). The event will conclude with a roundtable that enables participants to discuss the past and present of capital punishment worldwide, as well as its future.
This is a free event and it is open to the public.
The event takes place at Leeds Beckett University on the 19th June.
CRIME, CONFLICTs AND RESTORATIVE APPROACHES IN FURTHER EDUCATION
Friday June 28, 2019 – 09:30-16:00
The Boardroom C219-20, College Building, Middlesex University London, The Burroughs, London, NW4 4BT.
This event is free but registration is required at Eventbrite
This symposium will explore crime, conflicts and other behavioural challenges faced by institutions in Further Education (FE) and how Restorative Approaches are understood, experienced and implemented in this sector. The symposium will also draw upon research from other disciplines to provide a holistic insight into Restorative Approaches. Speakers include Professor Vincenzo Ruggiero (Middlesex University), Dr David Porteous (Middlesex University) and Dr Kelly J. Stockdale (York St John University).
This event will also mark the launch of a new networking initiative ‘Restorative Approaches in Further Education’ (RAFE), which endeavours to bring FE institutions, other interested bodies and individuals together to share good practice and disseminate knowledge on dealing with crime, conflicts and other challenging behaviour in FE settings.
Website: www.RAFE.org.uk
Email: info@RAFE.org.uk
Twitter: @RAFE_UK
Prisoner Learning Alliance Conference 2019
Open University, Milton Keynes
September 3, 2019
The Annual PLA Conference and Awards is a great opportunity to hear about the latest developments, previous award winners and share good practice. The event is free but registration is required..
Recovery and the Arts
Liverpool John Moores University
September 3, 2019
The conference is organised by the Faculty of Science at Liverpool John Moores University and will take place in the Everyman Theatre.
To kick-start National Recovery Month 2019, our conference profiles the fantastic work of the UK arts-based recovery community.
The conference has several aims. It aims to provide a platform for community arts-based projects to display latest work; it hopes to enable those in recovery to share their experiences of art-based recovery; and for academics to present and discuss their research. While the conference serves as a valuable knowledge exchange opportunity, it also aims to provide an opportunity for delegates to identify ‘gaps and needs’ in the arts-based recovery community and develop a plan for action.
Edinburgh
21 – 23 October 2019
The 5th International Conference on Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH2019) will be held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre from 21-23 October, with additional pre-Conference meetings.
Howard League for Penal Reform
Two-day international conference to be held at Keble College, Oxford
Tuesday 31 March – Wednesday 1 April 2020
How social harms are understood, questioned and tackled can have a profound effect on how communities approach crime and justice. This conference comes at a time when communities across the world are experiencing change and uncertainly affecting how they understand themselves and challenges to the status quo. Coping with, responding to and supporting such uncertainty and change brings challenges for political institutions, criminal justice agencies and civic society in developing values, strategies and systems.
We will bring together academics, policy makers, practitioners and those directly affected by the criminal justice system to discuss, reflect on and suggest alternative strategies.
The Howard League’s conference will consider the intersection of issues relating to crime, justice and social harms. Building on the Howard League’s Commission on Crime and Problem Gambling and the burgeoning international concern around it, we are keen to explore the impact of problem gambling on patterns of crime and the societal harms that link crime and problem gambling.
We will be announcing speakers soon.
Call for Papers
The Howard League is looking for papers from academics, policy makers, practitioners, PhD students and researchers from within the criminological and legal disciplines, however we are also keen to include contributions from fields of study including philosophy, geography, political science and economics.
We will consider theoretical, policy, practice-based and more innovative contributions around a wide range of issues that encompass the broad theme of justice and the wider conference themes. We would particularly welcome papers on the following themes, however other topics will also be positively considered.
- political instability, austerity and social change
- addictions as a social harm including gambling, drugs and alcohol
- racism as a social harm
- cybercrime, technology and social media
- policing
- sentencing and legal change
- the role of probation, prisons and the criminal justice system in responding to social harms
- community and civil society’s responses to social harms
- relationships and responsibility of social, health and (criminal) justice
- gender, men and masculinities
- equality and social justice
- women, gender and justice
- overuse of the penal system: mass imprisonment, mass supervision and mass surveillance
- poverty and criminal justice
- domestic violence as a social harm
- young people, young adults – social justice and criminal justice
victims of crime in a social harm context
Abstract guidelines
Abstracts should be a maximum of 200 words and include a title and 4–5 key words. Your submission should be submitted in English. Papers will normally be presented in panel sessions with 3 or 4 papers presented in either slots of 20 or 15 minutes, followed by 20/30 minutes discussion. This conference is particularly interested in and will respond positively to papers that incorporate participatory and creative methods to discuss ideas and findings, lightning talks, panels, or roundtables. We will ask you indicate your preferred method of delivering your paper. Include the proposer’s name and contact details along with the job title or role. Please submit abstracts via email to: anita.dockley@howardleague.org
The deadline for submissions is Monday 2 December 2019.
Decisions will be made by Wednesday 8 January 2020.
All participants, whether presenting a paper or not, are expected to pay conference fees.
Further information and conference costs available here:
https://howardleague.org/events/crime-justice-and-social-harms/