Re-imagining Youth Justice
The King’s Fund, 11–13 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0AN
2 April 2014
11.30am–12.45pm
Panel session 1
Panel 1: Licence conditions and wiping the slate clean
Chair: Sue Wade, Chair, the Howard League for Penal Reform
Room: Maynard 1 (lower ground floor)
"Naming and Shaming: should children who offend be identified?"
Dr Di Hart and Penelope Gibbs, Standing Committee for Youth Justice
Why should criminal convictions become a life sentence?
Bob Ashford, Wipetheslateclean
Should ‘transport circumstance’ be classified as a key youth justice risk factor?
Sarah Brooks-Wilson, University of York
Panel 2: Relationships and support: Supporting young people with disabilities
Chair: Andrew Neilson, Director of Campaigns, the Howard League for Penal Reform
Room: Maynard 2 (lower ground floor)
Equality on Trial: Disabled Child Defendants and the Criminal Justice System
Professor Anna Lawson and Rebecca Parry, University of Leeds
Youth offending and Acquired Brain Injury - a practical approach
Louise Wilkinson, Child Brain Injury Trust
Considering dyslexia
Melanie Jameson, Dyslexia Consultancy Malvern
Panel 3: Relationships and support: Re-imagining youth justice models and policies
Chair: His Honour John Samuels QC, Trustee, the Howard League for Penal Reform
Room: Maynard 3 (lower ground floor)
Understanding Bad Behaviour
Professor Samuel Stein, Bedfordshire and Luton Mental Health and Social Care
Partnership NHS Trust, CAMHS Academic Unit and University of Bedfordshire
Youth Justice and Radical Moral Communitarianism
Roger Hopkins Burke, Nottingham Trent University
IJJO White Paper – Save Money, Protect Society and Realise Youth Potential: Improving
youth justice systems during a time of economic crisis
Marianne Moore, International Juvenile Justice Observatory
Panel 4: Participation: Young people’s voices
Chair: April Chidgey, Trustee, the Howard League for Penal Reform
Room: Marlborough 1 (second floor)
Should young offenders be provided with the opportunity to ‘have a say’? Investigating the
use of participatory approaches in youth justice
Sean Creaney, Stockport College
Finding the Youth Voice in Youth Justice Research
Cathryn Stephens, Australian Qualified Lawyer and Julia Spelman, New Zealand Qualified
Lawyer
The value of privacy, security and autonomy in a hyper-connected world: A case study of
Youth Justice in England
Professor Ravinder Barn, Royal Holloway University of London and Professor Balbir S.
Barn, Middlesex University
Panel 5: Prisons and participation
Chair: Lorraine Atkinson, Senior Policy Officer, the Howard League for Penal Reform
Room: Burdett (main conference room, ground floor)
Assessing the Harm Inside: Exploring the difficulties in contextualising suicide and selfharm amongst children in custody
Poppy Harrison, University of Bedfordshire
Colleges of crime: Can education transform the lives of children in prison?
Ross Little, De Montfort University
Young Offender Learning: resilience is not what we thought it was
Dr Ruth Deakin Crick and Adeela Ahmed Shafi, University of Bristol
Panel 6: Putting young people at the heart of youth justice
The Howard League U R Boss Project
Room: Marlborough 2 (second floor)
In this session Young Advisors will present the manifesto they created, and invite delegates
to consider what the main challenges are facing children and young adults in the criminal
justice system.
Re-imagining Youth Justice
The King’s Fund, 11–13 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0AN
2 April 2014
1.45–3.00pm Panel session 2
Panel 1: Early intervention, diversion and policing
Chair: Catryn Yousefi, Programmes Manager, the Howard League for Penal Reform
Room: Maynard 1 (lower ground floor)
‘Re-imagining Diversion: Re-evaluating the Youth Cautioning Scheme in England and Wales’
Dr Katherine Doolin & Dr Kate Gooch, University of Birmingham
Coalition in Criminal Justice: ‘At risk’ youth working with the police
Jeffrey Nicholas DeMarco, Royal Holloway, University of London
Diversion, but not as we know it? Localised practices, interventionist diversion and shifting
conditions for change in youth justice
Dr Vici Armitage, University of Leicester and Dr Laura Kelly, Liverpool John Moores University
Panel 2: Gender differences and communication barriers
Chair: Lorraine Atkinson, Senior Policy Officer, the Howard League for Penal Reform
Room: Maynard 2 (lower ground floor)
Young peoples’ views about the impact of alcohol on their offending behaviour – is it different
for girls?
Dr Alex Newbury, Royal Holloway University of London
The ‘fairer’ sex: Transitional journeys and inclusion of high risk young women.
Gail Wilson, Up-2-Us
Raising Your Game Project ‘Communication – How Does It Affect Me?’ Awareness Workshop
Sophie Charles, Raising Your Game
Panel 3: Relationships and support: Re-imagining service provision
Chair: Andrew Neilson, Director of Campaigns, the Howard League for Penal Reform
Room: Maynard 3 (lower ground floor)
Post-YOT Youth Justice
Ben Byrne and Kathryn Brooks, Surrey Youth Support Service
Re-imagining Mental Health Services: A Model of Tiered Service Delivery using Best Practice
Principles in Risk Assessment, Formulation, Scenario Planning and Risk Management in
Juvenile Justice.
Dr Leanne Gregory, Centre for Youth & Criminal Justice
Hearing new voices: Reviewing Youth Justice Policy through Practitioners’ Relationships with
Young People
Damon Briggs, University of Liverpool
Panel 4 – Participation: Young people’s voices in practitioner decisions
Chair: April Chidgey, Trustee, the Howard League for Penal Reform
Room: Marlborough 1 (second floor)
Peer-Courts UK: A Restorative Justice programme for young people led by young people
Mark Walsh and Jo Rowland, Hampshire Constabulary
Re-imagining ‘self-assessment’ in youth justice
Dr Roberta Evans, independent youth justice practitioner
The Law Commission’s Unfitness to Plead Project
Miranda Bevan, Law Commission
Panel 5: Relationships and support: Reducing future damage
Chair: His Honour John Samuels QC, Trustee, the Howard League for Penal Reform
Room: Burdett (main conference room, ground floor)
Youth Support in the Emergency Department: A hospital intervention to reduce youth violence
Yael Ilan-Clarke, Jeffrey de Marco, Amanda Bunn & Professor Antonia Bifulco, Middlesex
University
Relationships and Support: Responding to Child to Parent Violence
Dr Paula Wilcox, University of Brighton and Michelle Pooley, Brighton & Hove City Council
ISS at mid point DTO
Laura Janes, the Howard League for Penal Reform
Panel 6 – International perspectives
Chair: Sue Wade, Chair, the Howard League for Penal Reform
Room: Marlborough 2 (second floor)
Scotland’s ‘Whole System Approach’ and the Reintegration of Young People Leaving Prison
Stephanie S. Smith, University of Strathclyde
Key Messages from an Independent Inquiry into an Australian Youth Justice System
Alasdair Roy, ACT Human Rights Commission, Australia
Experiences of Children in Conflict with Law in India: A Non Judicial Juvenile Justice System
with a Judicial Attitude
Jaya Ghosh, Postgraduate Researcher, School of Law, Lancaster University