Agenda (Subject to Change)
DAY ONE – WEDNESDAY 10th OCTOBER 2007
08:45 – 09:45 Seminar: Introduction to RJ chaired by Nicola Preston, Assistant Director (UK), International Institute for Restorative Practices
09:00 Registration and Refreshments
SESSION ONE
10:00 Chair’s Introduction
Rosemary Hartill, Chair, RJ Strategy Group, Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
10:10 Restorative Justice: The Evidence
Professor Lawrence Sherman, Wolfson Professor of Criminology, Cambridge University
10:30 Restorative Justice on the Ground
Sir Charles Pollard QPM, Chairman of the Winchester Restorative Justice Group and Chairman, Restorative Solutions CIC
10:45 Enduring Restorative Justice Solutions
Peter Woolf and Will Riley – RJ Conference Participants
11:05 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Restorative Justice – A Real Alternative
Government Spokesperson to be confirmed
11:25 Questions and Discussion
11:45 Refreshments
12:15 SESSION TWO: SEMINARS (12:15 – 13.30)
1 RJ and Policing: Tackling ASB Through RJ
Chair: Debbie Hewer, Member, WRJG
Chief Superintendent David Harvey, Senior Police Advisor, Youth Justice Board for England and Wales and ACPO Youth Issues Group
2 RJ and Youth Justice: Engaging Victims in RJ
Chair: Nicola Preston, Assistant Director (UK), International Institute for Restorative Practices
Cally Lewis, Restorative Justice Manager, Essex Youth Offending Service
Juliet Starbuck, Senior Educational Psychologist, West Sussex Youth Offending Service
Sandra Beeton, Association of Panel Members
3 Serious Crime, Prisons and Youth Custody: Restoring Inside Justice
Chair: Tim Newell, Member, WRJG
David Eagleson, Deputy Governor, HMP Magilligan
John Bennett, RJ Development Manager, HMYOI Ashfield
Susan Brookes, Head of Offender Strategy and Partnership Development, Scottish Prison Service
4 RJ in the Community: Community Schemes in England
Chair: Nigel Whiskin MBE, Business Director, Restorative Solutions CIC and Member, WRJG
Val Keitch, Co-ordinator, Chard and Ilminster Community Justice Panel John Stevenson, Head of Anti-Social Behaviour Unit, Places for People Group
5 Schools and Education: School Behaviour, Bullying and ‘Safe to Learn’
Chair: Margaret Mary Kelly MBE, Member, WRJG
Helen Flanagan, Restorative Approaches Consultant and Behaviour Improvement Programme
Co-ordinator, West Lancashire Excellence Cluster
6 Special Interest: Innovations in Restorative Justice
Chair: Mike Ledwidge, Director, The Restorative Justice Training Company and Member, WRJG
Harriet Bailey, Chief Executive, Restorative Justice Consortium
Marian Liebmann, Restorative Justice Consortium Restorative Justice Trainer and Consultant
13:30 Buffet Lunch
14:30 SESSION THREE: PARALLEL PLENARY SESSIONS
Plenary A: Courts, Prisons and Parole
Chair: Lawrence Kershen QC
His Honour Judge Fred McElrea, District Court Judge, Auckland, New Zealand
Rt Hon Lord Justice Robin Auld, Author of Government “Criminal Courts Review 2001”
Julia Hennessy, Senior Programme Adviser, RJ, Crime Prevention Unit, Ministry of Justice, New Zealand
Case Study – Ray Fishbourne and TV-Stars
Plenary B: Neighbourhood Policing and Anti-Social Behaviour
Chair: Rosemary Hartill, Chair, RJ Strategy Group, Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
Jerry Kirkby, Programme Director, Neighbourhood Policing Programme
Chief Superintendent Mike Barton, Lancashire Constabulary
Case Study Lancashire Constabulary - Deborah Birtles, RJ Project Manager, Lancashire Constabulary and Allan Brickman, Police Community Support Officer, Lancashire Constabulary
16:00 Refreshments
16:30 SESSION FOUR: PARALLEL PLENARY SESSIONS
Plenary C: Schools and Education Restorative Approaches: Outcomes for Pupils and Staff
Chair: Harriet Bailey, Chief Executive, Restorative Justice Consortium
Graham Robb, Interim Chair, Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
Luke Roberts, Restorative Approaches Co-ordinator, Inclusion & Standards Division,
Children and Young People's Service, London Borough of Lambeth
Plenary D: Special Interest – Sentencing Circle Role-play
Chair: Rosemary Hartill, Chair, RJ Strategy Group, Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
Her Honour Judge Bria Huculak, Provincial Court of Saskatchewan, Canada
Mike Ledwidge, Director, The Restorative Justice Training Company and Member, WRJG
17:45 Close of Conference Day One
19:30 Conference Dinner with Guest Speaker
Sponsored by: Reliance
DAY TWO – THURSDAY 11th OCTOBER 2007
08:00 – 09:00 Seminar: The Sherman and Strang Report
08:30 Registration and Refreshments
09:00 SESSION FIVE: PARALLEL PLENARY SESSIONS
Plenary E: RJ, Schools and Education
Implementing and Embedding Restorative Approaches in Schools
Chair: Graham Robb, Interim Chair, Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
Dr Belinda Hopkins, Director, Transforming Conflict – the National Centre for Restorative Justice in Youth Settings
Jeannette Veira, Strategy Leader, Multi-Agency Locality Team, Children & Young People Services, Bristol City Council
Janet Clark, Manager, Bristol RAiS (Restorative Approaches in Schools) Project,
Restorative Solutions CIC
Plenary F: Restorative Justice: Perspectives
Chair: Rosemary Hartill, Chair, RJ Strategy Group, Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
Karin Sten Madsen, Copenhagen Centre for Victims of Sexual Assault
Vicky O’Dea, Director, Ashfield YOI
10:00 Transfer to main plenary room
10:15 SESSION SIX: PANEL DISCUSSION
Chair: Rosemary Hartill, Chair, RJ Strategy Group, Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
David Davies MP, Conservative MP for Monmouthshire and Special Constable,
London Transport Police
Gary Stephenson, Divisional Commander, Northern Division, Lancashire Constabulary
Will Riley, RJ Conference Participant
11:15 Refreshments
11:45 SESSION SEVEN: SEMINARS (11:45 – 13:00)
7 RJ and Policing: Implementing RJ on the Ground
Chair: Joanna Mears, Member, WRJG
Gary Stephenson, Divisional Commander, Northern Division, Lancashire Constabulary
Deborah Birtles, RJ Project Manager, Lancashire Constabulary
Nigel Whiskin MBE, Business Director, Restorative Solutions CIC and Member, WRJG
8 RJ and Youth Justice: Strengthening RJ in Referral Order Contracts
Chair: Harriet Bailey, Chief Executive, Restorative Justice Consortium
Steve Jones, Director, Remedi
Darren Carson, Reparation Co-ordinator, Northamptonshire Youth Offending Team
9 Serious Crime, Prisons and Youth Justice: Working with Prolific and Priority Offenders
Chair: Margaret Carey, Chair, Restorative Justice Consortium
Brian Dowling, Operational Director, RJ Programme 2001-2004
Sgt Helen Orros, RJ Co-ordinator Barnet Division, Metropolitan Police
Peter Woolf, RJ Project Worker, Barnet PPO Scheme
10 RJ in the Community: New Approaches
Chair: Roger Cullen, Senior Policy Adviser, Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
Dave Walker MBE, Co-ordinator, Southwark Mediation Centre
Ron Hart, Registered Manager, Stanfield Children’s Homes
11 Schools and Education: Peer Panels and Community Justice
Chair: Dr Belinda Hopkins, Director, Transforming Conflict – the National Centre for Restorative Justice in Youth Settings
Catherine Witt, County Youth Justice Services Manager, Lancashire County Council
Simon Evans, Programme Manager, National Centre for Restorative Justice
12 Special Interest: Those Affected by Serious Crime
Chair: Tim Newell, Member, WRJG
Jay Beachus, Escaping Victimhood Workshop
Professor Howard Zehr, Professor of Sociology and Restorative Justice, Eastern Mennonite University, Virginia, USA
13:00 Buffet Lunch
14:00 SESSION EIGHT: YOUTH JUSTICE
Introduction by: Rosemary Hartill, Chair, RJ Strategy Group, Youth Justice Board for
England and Wales
Alice Chapman, Director of Restorative Justice, Youth Justice Agency for Northern Ireland
Roger Baker, Chief Constable, Essex Police and Chair, ACPO Youth Issues Group
Thames Valley Police Case Study – RJ & Graffiti – Helene Sentkovsky
15:15 SESSION NINE: CLOSING PLENARY
Professor Sir Al Aynsley-Green, Children’s Commissioner for England, 11Million
Professor Howard Zehr, Professor of Sociology and Restorative Justice, Eastern Mennonite University, Virginia, USA
Sir Charles Pollard QPM, Chairman of the Winchester Restorative Justice Group and Chairman, Restorative Solutions CIC
16:00 Close of conference
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