Keynote at BSC ‘Thinking Differently About Youth Justice’ conference

The conference is convened by the BSC Postgraduate Committee. The event will be held at the University of Leicester on 25 April 2017. 

Conference Details

Contemporary youth justice can be suggested as laden with both problems and opportunities. Despite difficulties resolving the longstanding disproportionate treatment of particular groups (Smithson et al 2013, Uhrig 2016), opportunities to divert significant volumes of young people from youth justice services have also arisen. While responses to those who remain have become refocused on areas such as education (Taylor 2016), the status of young youth justice experts has also become elevated, with the promise that young voices can gain greater prominence (YJB 2016). This current state of flux has heightened the need for critical scrutiny (Phoenix 2015) while also cementing the importance of relationships between research, policy and practice, such as through the Greater Manchester Youth Justice University Partnership.

The BSC Postgraduate Committee would like to welcome postgraduates to the one day event Thinking Differently About Youth Justice where space will be provided for discussion, reflection and the drawing together of contemporary themes in youth justice.

Confirmed speakers:

• Professor Jo Phoenix (Open University) - The Death of Youth Justice?
• Professor Hannah Smithson (Manchester Metropolitan University) - Knowledge Transfer and Youth Justice: Developing and Embedding Youth Justice Research in Practice
• Dr Kate Gooch (University of Leicester) and Piers von Berg (University of Birmingham) - Session title tbc

Call for abstracts

We invite abstract submissions of 300 words from postgraduate students on the theme of Thinking Differently About Youth Justice drawing on themes described above, and contemporary issues more broadly. Please email your abstracts to roxanna.dehaghani@le.ac.uk by 24th March - we will provide outcome notifications by 31st March.

Other details

Registration and coffee will take place from 9-9.45am with the day drawing to a close at 4pm
If you have any special dietary requirements or require accessibility details or support please contact Roxanna: roxanna.dehaghani@le.ac.uk

About the BSC Postgraduate Committee's ‘Thinking Differently’ Series

The BSC Postgraduate Committee's 'Thinking Differently' series brings together academics and practitioners to critically explore contemporary issues in criminology and challenge taken-for-granted assumptions. The series seeks to build on the work of the BSC Postgraduate committee's work by hosting events that seek to provide a meaningful and relevant contribution to the criminology postgraduate experience within a supportive and inclusive environment.

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