Conferences

Juvenile crime and juvenile justice : towards 2000 and beyond

Australian Mineral Foundation, Adelaide
26-27 June 1997

Introduction

This conference identifies strategies that appear to show positive results in preventing youth crime. Issues discussed include: programs that work in dealing with juveniles; early intervention to prevent youth crime; strategies for dealing with special groups like Indigenous youth and young females; and designing and implementing programs for young offenders.

Conference papers

• Demographic profile of young people in Australia today (ABSTRACT ONLY)
  Dr Adam Graycar, Director, Australian Institute of Criminology
• Children in the legal process - a comment on juvenile crime and juvenile justice
  Dr Kathryn Cronin, Commissioner, Australian Law Reform Commission
• What works and what doesn't in juvenile justice
  Dr Ken Buttrum, Director-General, Department of Juvenile Justice, New South Wales

What works and what doesn't

• The Home Detention Program for young offenders
  Jeremy Gaynor, Department for Family and Community Services, South Australia
• Critical issues in managing young offenders : a review of Western Australia's recent initiatives
  Dr Paul Omaji, Justice Studies Program, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia
• The psychology of cost effectiveness in juvenile justice
  Tim Keogh, Director, Psychological and Specialist Programs, Department of Juvenile Justice, New South Wales
• Vocational pathways within juvenile detention centres
  Paul Altschwager, Cavan Education Centre, South Australia

The juvenile justice process

• Youth as victims and offenders of homicide
  Carlos Carcach, Australian Institute of Criminology
• An analysis of juvenile recidivism
  Michael Cain, Department of Juvenile Justice, New South Wales
• Young people and the police
  Chief Supt Owen Bevan, South Australia Police

Young offenders

• Key issues in juvenile justice in South Australia : a non-government perspective (ABSTRACT ONLY)
  Kym Davey, Youth Affairs Council of South Australia
• Difficulties faced by courts in sentencing children
  Chris McRoberts, Magistrate, Childrens Court, New South Wales
• Public space and youth crime prevention : institutions and strategies
  Dr Rob White, University of Melbourne, Victoria
• Juvenile crime : overview of changing pattern
  Dr Satyanshu Mukherjee, Australian Institute of Criminology
• Policy issues in responding to young offenders
  Madeleine Hedges, Director, Residential and Youth Services, Department of Family and Community Services, South Australia
• New directions in juvenile justice in Western Australia
  Annette Wells, Acting Director, Community Based Services, Western Australia
• Role and function of the New South Wales Juvenile Crime Prevention Advisory Committee - a personal perspective
  Jenny Bargen, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales; and Chair, Juvenile Crime Prevention Advisory Committee, New South Wales
• Models of juvenile justice
  Professor Ian O'Connor, Head, School of Social Work and Social Policy, University of Queensland
• Young women and juvenile justice : objectives, frameworks and strategies
  Professor Christine Alder, Department of Criminology, University of Melbourne, Victoria

Planning intervention programs

• Planning and implementing specialist programs for young offenders
  Ann Callen, Project Officer, Department of Juvenile Justice, New South Wales
• Creating a therapeutic program within a juvenile justice custodial setting
  Ana-Marija Ciko, Clinical Program Co-ordinator, Yasmar Juvenile Justice Centre, New South Wales

Juvenile justice and Indigenous Australians

• General overview of Aboriginal involvement in the criminal justice system (ABSTRACT ONLY)
  David Rathman, Chief Executive, Department of Aboriginal Affairs, South Australia
• The new stolen generations
  Chris Cunneen, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, New South Wales
• Aboriginal youth and the South Australian juvenile justice system : has anything changed?
  Joy Wundersitz, Director, Office of Crime Statistics, South Australia

Diversionary options within juvenile justice

• Family conferences for young Aboriginal offenders
  Rod Welch and Kathy Symonds, Youth Justice Coordinators

Prevention programs

• Programming for Aboriginal youth in custody : what works and barriers to success
  Barbara Baikie, Manager, Riverina Juvenile Justice Centre, New South Wales
• An Indigenous perspective on juvenile justice and child care reform (ABSTRACT ONLY)
  Marina Rigney, Supervisor, Yaibya Tirramangkotti, Department for Family and Community Services, South Australia
• Strategic directions in the prevention of youth crime
  Yvonne Korn, Director, National Campaign Against Crime and Violence