The report includes the following plenary papers:

Keynote Speaker
Mrs Justice Catherine McGuinness, Supreme Court & President of the Law Reform Commission

The Principle Deficit in Non-Custodial Sanctions
Professor Dermot Walsh, University of Limerick
Keywords: Non-custodial sanctions; Custody; Fines; Ireland; Community Service.

Putting Prison in its Place
Dr. Ian O’Donnell, Institute of Criminology, University College Dublin
Keywords: Prison; Offenders; Crime; Prison Sentences.

Current Developments in Youth Conferencing and Restorative Justice in Northern Ireland
His Hon. Judge David Smyth Q.C.
Keywords: Restorative Justice; Northern Ireland; Youth Offenders; Crime.

Reducing the Use of Custody: Strategies to Promote the Use of Alternatives to Imprisonment
Dr. Julian V. Roberts, Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford
Keywords: Custodial sentences; Imprisonment; Crime; Criminal Justice.

Crime, Courts and Confidence – The Challenge to Change
Cedric Fullwood, Chair, Cheshire Probation Board
Keywords: Criminal Courts; Crime; Penal System; Crime Control