2013 Preventable Harm - Criminal Justice, Communities & Civil Society
The 16th Annual Conference Report of the Association for Criminal Justice Research and Development Ltd (ACJRD) was launched by Nora Owen, former Minister for Justice on Wednesday 26th February 2013.
Nora Owen and Maura Butler, ACJRD Chairperson, pictured with some of the Conference Report contributors.
The Conference brought together a panel of experts who explored a wide range of themes including; the role of the community and voluntary sector service provision in criminal justice, harm reduction, policing diverse societies, the experience of restorative communities and The Victim’s Rights Directive.”
The report includes the following plenary papers:
“Looking the gift horse in the mouth: voluntary and community sector service provision in criminal justice”
Presenter: Professor Anthea Hucklesby, University of Leeds
Keywords: Community; Criminal Justice; Services; Harm; Voluntary Sector.
“Policing diverse societies”
Presenter: Sergeant Dave McInerney, Garda Racial Intercultural & Diversity Office
Keywords: Discrimination; Policing; Minorities protection; Support; Community; Racism.
“Harm reduction or abstinence from drugs?”
Presenter: Professor and Senator John Crown
Keywords: Harm; Drugs; Addiction; Abstinence; Addiccts; Drug-related crime.
“Harm Reduction is good but is it good enough?”
Presenter: Professor Catherine Comiskey, Trinity College Dublin
Keywords: Opiate treatments; Harm reduction; Drug Treatments; ROSIE study; Addicts.
“Developing a restorative community – the experience to date in Tallaght West”
Presenter: Claire Casey, Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative
Keywords: Restorative practices; Community; Children; RP Programmes; Policy; Tallaght.
“The Victims’ Rights Directive: A force for Change?”
Presenter: Maria McDonald, BL
Keywords: Victims' Directive; Ireland; Crime; Support; Victims' Protection.
The report includes the following workshop summaries:
“Responding to victims in a civil society: the policing challenges”
Presenter: Sergeant Aidan Curtin, Garda Victim Liaison Office, Garda Community Relations Bureau
“Victims of crime and their service to society – should the burden be on their shoulders?”
Presenter: Shirley Cummins, Dublin Rape Crisis Centre
“From harm reduction to total abstinence: a continuum of care in drug treatment”
Presenter: Tony Geoghegan, CEO, Merchants Quay
“Evidence based harm reduction practices – addressing issues of chronic addiction in the community”
Presenter: Kerry Anthony, MBE, CEO, DePaul Ireland
“Roots of Empathy programme – developing empathy in the classroom and beyond”
Presenter: Susana Nunez and Catherine Sheridan, Project Leader/Project Worker and Mentor, Roots of Empathy Programme, Barnardos
“Valuing young people in our community”
Presenter: Sean Kinahan, CEO, Le Chéile Mentoring Project
“Creativity, inclusiveness and boundaries – the three pillars of family support”
Presenter: Larry de Cléir, Bedford Row Family Project
“What’s love got to do with it?”
Presenter: Graham Jones, Managing Partner, Solas Project